Archive for September 30th, 2008
Swanky Paper Puts Quality Back Into Stationery
Although many people may try to tell you that the internet killed the old fashioned letter, that’s just simply not true. Many people still get out their pens and stationery to write short notes or letters to friends. It’s because of them that wonderful businesses like Swanky Paper are able to do so well. Heather [...]
Chicago News: More women are using what they know to earn big bucks while remaining ‘stay-at-home’ moms. Even as the economy faces a downturn, new research shows women are making strides as business owners at record rates and on their own terms. Maria Gandara always expected to spend her days surrounded by children. The mother [...]
Meet The Mom Behind Ball Baby Carriers
Examiner: Kimber Tower, mom to 6 year old Belle, 3 year old Edward aka Buddy, and almost one year old Xander. Examiner: Tell me something unique/interesting about yourself. Kimber: I love saving money. I do a lot of couponing with my grocery shopping and save a lot of money while building up a huge food [...]
The Art of Money Getting or, Golden Rules for Making Money #8
The Art of Money Getting or, Golden Rules for Making Money was originally published in 1880 by P. T. Barnum. Part 8 Use The Best Tools Men in engaging employees should be careful to get the best. Understand, you cannot have too good tools to work with, and there is no tool you should be [...]
tampabays10.com: Matt Elflein is on a roll? literally. Elflein broke his neck in a diving accident four years ago and is often out and about in his wheelchair. “I don’t like to sit still. I like to keep going,” says Elflein. Elflein doesn’t feel sorry for himself, but adjusting to life in a wheelchair was [...]
House Swapping A Growing Niche
Star Tribune: Sher and Luke Bruun have outgrown their two-bedroom Apple Valley townhouse and are itching to get into a house with more room for their family. Since May, they’ve tried to sell the house on their own by using real estate websites, but with six other townhouses for sale on their street, they’ve had [...]
Patent Crisis And The Age Of Open Source
ReadWriteWeb: We live in an age when success of innovation is mixed with unprecedented failures. On one hand we’re reinventing the web, fighting for a greener future and building genomix. On the other there are housing bubbles, credit crises and war. The technology patent crisis is important to our future. For decades the patent law [...]
Wired: Long before the advent of the Web, evangelists were confident that cordless phones and faxes had already made the office a relic. “Working from home holds the promise of a new American dream,” Paul and Sarah Edwards gushed in their 1985 manifesto, Working From Home, in which they extolled the virtues of commuting from [...]
Cool Home-Office Toys You Can Write Off
Forbes: Maryann, a home-based Web site administrator in Virginia, owns 11 computers: five desktop models in the formal office area, another in the basement, a laptop by her bed, another in the den, two more in the dining room and one in her purse. “It’s a veritable showroom,” she says. Coming soon: a notebook for [...]
