Feb 24 2010

For sale, by owner experimentation

So, I’m experimenting with the sale of my home by trying to do it myself sans realtor. There are many reason why, which I won’t go into detail about right now.

I’m trying this out and will write about the success/failure I experience.

For now, go visit http://BuyMyKamloopsCondo.ca and make me an offer :)


Aug 7 2009

Surveys, on the cheap and dirty

Building a survey can be as complicated as you need it to be, but often you just need a quick an dirty solution. Google Docs to the rescue. Continue reading


Aug 4 2009

Twitter matters, even if you don’t

I’ve only been using twitter regularly for a few months now, prior to which I didn’t see the value in all that noise and inconsequential nothing that seemed to clutter the twitterverse.  I didn’t really care what you ate for breakfast, or that you just took your dog for a walk, or any of the million other boring things you do in life that you feel the need to broadcast to the world.  It was only after a month (or so) of disciplined use that the value became clearer to me.

It comes down to a few things really:

  • The whole is greater than the sum of the parts (i.e. Trends give twitter value)
  • What people say in your network are probably more valueable than what you say, so retweet what matters
  • It’s so easy, even a celebrity can do it

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May 19 2009

Time to start blogging

I’ve been meaning to start blogging again for a while now.  Though I never really had any useful blog in the past I feel as though I have things to say now but never a proper venue to say them.

So what’s been holding me up? Continue reading