Mercury Launch is Making Things Happen f...

My good friend Scott Annan recently launched a startup accelerator in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  The idea behind it was so interesting that I asked Scott if he would be up for doing an interview with me on the subject.   Please do pass this interview to anyone who is in a startup in Ottawa! Interview with Scott Annan on Mercury Launch The Twitterverse is abuzz right now with talk of your new project - Mercury Launch. Can you tell me a little bit more about it? Mercury Launch is a startup accelerator for web and mobile (tech) entrepreneurs where they spend...

Drool-Worthy Office Tech (+Drool Worthy ...

Ever wonder what would happen if Lady Gaga and Robert Brunner (American industrial designer famous for his work with Apple) had a baby?  No?  Okay, well try to imagine it now.  What you would get is a sleek and sexy printer that dresses up any boring office space. Paul Hochman, over at Microsoft’s Business on Main website, shares a few different tech toys that are oh so delicious and oh so fun in one of his recent Tech Notes videos!   Check out the fun gadgets here: http://on-msn.com/lqCx5W  We’re also cooking up an uber-fun giveaway...

State of the Internet [Infographic]

Online Schools has compiled a really awesome look at the Internet by using an interactive infographic. To quote Online Schools, “The Internet has changed the way we live—that’s obvious. But what we think people forget is how big and important the worldwide web really is. Do you know how much time people spend on the Internet every day? Do you keep track of how many times you tweeted last month? Do you know how many people bought Uggs from Amazon (shame on them!)? No? You don’t? That’s okay—we’ve done that for you. But beware:...

Virtual Assistance Q&A with Total A...

On Wednesday, July 13, I did a Blog Talk Radio interview with Total Attorneys on the subject of communicating effectively with your virtual assistant.  The radio program featured Kevin Chern (Total Attorneys), Bob Hannon (Total Attorneys) and myself. You can download a copy of the radio interview in MP3 format here. Post-call, I created a Q&A based on some of the questions that we had thought about before the call.  Even though we touched on SO much more during the live radio interview, I still wanted to post these here so that you could benefit. 1. What...

What is Google+?

Google recently started opening up the invite process for their new project: Google+.  Google+ is a social networking tool that allows you to easily share content with select groups of people.  It takes features from both Facebook and Twitter to create a tool that is easy to use and integrates seamlessly with tools you may already be using (the Google suite for example). Targeted Sharing The main feature of Google+ is circles.  Circles are groups of people who share a similar attribute.  For example, you could put all of your family into a...