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Are You Making This Common Mistake (That Could Ruin Your Business)?

12. March 2009

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Erica’s note: This is a true story. All names in this post have been changed to protect the parties involved. During the last recession, in 2002, I picked up some contract PHP programming work to make ends meet. One of the clients I picked up shared an office with another firm. The firm was successful, and [...]

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The end of the SlashChick era, and the beginning of something even better.

5. November 2007

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Last month, as I realized the final quarter of 2007 was approaching, I immersed myself in thinking about what I want to do with myself over the next year. 2007 marked the end of several things for me, and notably, the end of one thing I haven’t said much about yet: my SlashChick online persona. I [...]

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New "Email me blog entries" provider for SlashChick.com

3. October 2007

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Hi all, You may have noticed recently that email updates for SlashChick.com were broken. When you received an email, the title didn’t show up. Upon further consideration, I decided to abandon the old system and sign up with FeedBurner so you can receive an email whenever I update my blog.

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Introducing Retrograde!

16. July 2007

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I had a crazy-busy weekend. I am going to Burning Man again in late August (my 3rd Burn!) Last year my friend Erik and I rented an RV and split the cost. The total ran about $2000 to rent for the week. I’m really glad I rented once, because it gave me an excellent idea [...]

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More time than I thought!

9. June 2007

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For the past week, I’ve been exploring some new techniques to rearrange my time so that it is used most effectively. This follows my realization in What’s Most Important? (my previous entry) that time will become my most valuable resource. I have several goals: 1) Make my time at the office of maximum effectiveness, as I want [...]

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