Productivity and Success Tips
"You're Making Me" is dedicated to Time Management, Motivation, and anything else that MAKES ME more productive, persuasive, happier, smarter, or just plain better.
Welcome to blog post #200. Yay! I wrote my first post for You’re Making Me on August 22, 2007. That means it’s been 5 years, 9 months, and 7 days since I started this blog (If you’re reading this on Wed May 29, 2013). That’s a long time. I realized that there are a lot [...]
I want to share some good news. The You’re Making Me Podcast is now available on Stitcher! Listen on your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and other devices with Stitcher!. You can find it free in your app store or at Stitcher.com – and when you download, register with Facebook so you can share your [...]
The newest version of Skype (Version 5.7) has a few hip new features that I think will help you get ahead of the curve… at least until everyone else catches on. Video Calls to Facebook Friends You’re now able to place video calls directly from Skype to your friends on Facebook. You can also send [...]
I’m just sitting down on the day after my first multi-site video conference to look back at how things went. I mentioned I`d be doing one in an earlier post. Overall, I feel my first video conference was a complete success. It`s definitely more complicated than doing a webinar. In a video conference, the site [...]
I just had the opportunity to do two hours worth of training for a video conference I’m giving next Thursday. Although I’m no stranger to presentations, I’ve never done an actual video conference before. If you’re wondering what a video conference is, it’s where people go to several different geographic locations and then all dial [...]
I’ve been planning on adding video to the site for a while now. Finally, that time has arrived. I’m making some adjustments to my home office and I think you’ll approve. I’m getting a sweet lighting system installed for the videos and I’m excited to share something pretty cool that I’ve done to one of [...]
Read an eBook Week is from March 6 to 12 Now is a great time to sample eBooks, since many writers are offering huge discounts this week in celebration of Read an eBook Week. I’m taking part, and have added Diamonds and Silver, my popular motivational fable, to the SmashWords.com eBook site. Right now, you [...]
Here’s your weekly dose of light-hearted links to get you ready for the weekend. Non Sequitur Comic Strip. A funny Facebook themed comic. [image] * Every Sitcom Uses The Same Newspaper. When you look closely at the newspaper used in most sitcoms, you’ll find it’s actuallly the same paper used over and over. Pretty cool [...]
Hi everyone. Here are a few links to help you ease into the weekend. * The last 18 years (in rap). A nice year-by-year recap of events since 1992 done as a rap. What an easy way to brush up on important historical events. * The island. From far away this map of London looks [...]
Trick.ly: a link shortener with a ‘secret.’ I just found this new shortener. It’s different from other sites, because you can password protect the link and also offer a hint to the password. This would be great for tracking clicks for sensitive info. I haven’t tried it, but looks cool. * Wolves Autotuned. OK. This [...]
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