Archive for April, 2008
I’m going to create a business plan
Thanks to Nodatilu (who commend on a previous post) I’ve decided that I am going to try creating a business plan for my computer shop business idea. I never really thought of using that as a gauge to see how sound this business really is. I must also thank Mike Muise (who happens to be [...]
Follow up to “If I were a TWiT who would I want to be?”
In my previous post “If I were a TWiT who would I want to be?” I said I would like to be like Steve Gibson. While is is who I would like to be, I’ve been told that I am already like one of the regular TWiTs. Can you guess who? For those that know [...]
Is running my own business just a pipe dream?
The more I think of it the more I realize that I was never really meant to work for other people. I believe that my true calling is running my own business. Over the years I’ve dabbled in business off and on but haven’t really had the resources to make a true go of it. [...]
Top 10 reasons I hate Facebook
Everyone knows what I am up to – Does “John the Janitor” at my old elementary school really need to know what I’m doing? All the notifications are annoying – I know you can turn them off but that’s not the point. People upload and tag photos of you – then you have to approve [...]
BitTorrent and the Legitimate Use of P2P
Joe Stewart wrote a short article about BitTorrent and the legitimate use of P2P networks. It was written back in 2004 but I believe it still speaks of things that are relevant today. It seems that some people still think that BitTorrent is evil but do not understand that BitTorrent is simply a protocol and [...]
Google’s market share hits almost 70%
“Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, today announced that Google accounted for 67.25 percent of all U.S. searches in the four weeks ending March 29, 2008.” (Source) Here is a breakdown of the top search providers. Google – 67.25% Yahoo! – 20.29% MSN – 6.65% ASK – 4.09% It doesn’t appear that Google’s momentum [...]
