Another week, another month almost done. I’ve been busy with a lot of events for my daughter. With her social schedule you would think she was 16 rather than 8.
This week I have google docs, freelancing, Facebook, WordPress and more.
Enjoy!
- Google Docs turns into a Universal File Viewer – The file formats that can be viewed inside Google Docs, without conversion, include Photoshop (PSD), Illustrator (AI), Fonts (TTF), AutoCAD drawings (DXF) and Office 2010 documents (like DOCX, XLSX and PPTX). Thank goodness – I’m a fan of open source software and don’t have any of those programs – now it’s easier to look at files that clients send to me.
- How to Spot Difficult Clients BEFORE Signing a Contract – Advice on how to weed out potentially difficult clients before you start working with them.
- Indie Store Finder – I’m not a fan of big chain businesses and prefer shopping at independent, locally owned businesses. I would rather give my money to my neighbors rather than some faceless corporation. Even if it costs more… This finder will help you locate independent bookstores, cafes, pet stores, etc. near you. If you set up a free account, you can even help make it better by adding businesses that aren’t already listed.
- How Borders lost its soul – Honestly, I didn’t know Borders ever had a soul. A lot of their stores are closing down, although the big one in Philly isn’t, and this article discusses that issue. Borders put a lot of indie stores out of business and now the indie, online, and e-book sellers are pushing them out. I guess it’s corporate karma.
- Why do people in cars hate people on bikes so much? – Because they can? And they are somewhat anonymous behind their tons of steel. It’s ok – I hate the cars right back.
- How to disable / remove the WordPress 3.1 admin bar, redux – The new version of WordPress, 3.1, contains an admin bar. People are either going to love it or not. This articles discusses different ways of removing it.
- Four Great Resources For Creating Custom Facebook Tabs With iFrames – Just what the article says ;-) One of my iframe posts is listed there too.
- There Are Too Many “Public Displays of Technology” in This Country: Survey – I think people are getting a little rude. When someone is talking on a cell phone and placing an order or when someone is walking down the street and walks into you because they are too busy looking down at their gadget. I’m surprised I don’t see more people walk right into traffic.
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There Are Too Many “Public Displays of Technology” in This Country – I couldn’t agree ore. if someone next to me in a nice restaurant answers a call…they only do it once. ;-)
Hi Dennis – Oh, with some people you can’t even have a conversation without them constantly checking their gadgets – they insist they are paying attention but you can’t have your attention on both at once. There may be an age issue with this but regardless, it’s still rude.
Age issue my …but OK, if you’re 18+ with at least one decent parent, you know what is or isn’t rude. ;-)
When it comes to cell phones, the age is lowered considerably, but it is a parent that gets the punch in the eye. Woot!
I totally agree – I think there may be an age difference on what is and isn’t considered acceptable. When we were kids there weren’t cell phones so it’s not “normal” behavior for us. Younger people have grown up with gadgets so the prob. view them differently.
Hi Kim! I’ll share my perspective on the car vs. bikes thing. I don’t hate bikes and I’m all for anything that makes it easier and safer for them and pedestrians. I do get nervous and annoyed when they (and pedestrians and other cars!) don’t give me clear signals about what they are doing. I think it’s a case where a few bad apples have spoiled it for the rest of them. Just like a few jerk motorcycle riders have made many drivers wary of any motorcycle.
Honestly, I think for a lot of people it starts out as fear because you’re not sure what the rules are and scared to death that you’ll get into a collision with this much more vulnerable person and that fear turns to annoyance and anger. We need better education on bike safety for drivers!
And everyone needs to learn to freaking signal. My current grouchy old lady obsession is parents who just bold across an intersection with their kids without making eye contact with all the drivers. Yes, the driver is supposed to see you and it is their responsibility to check before going, but you can’t count on that and…(this rant can go on for hours). I guess we need to teach people to be better pedestrians, bikers and drivers.
Hi Tracy – It’s auto-supremacy. Bikers can’t lumped with all of the bad ones but drivers don’t. I think drivers need the most education – they have had control of the road for quite some time now and they must learn that it’s not just for cars and that it must be shared.
And I always do the eye-contact thing when crossing – you never know what they are going to do.