Don’t you just hate negative people? I know that I do! Being negative is never a good thing. I hate when I’m in a negative mood and I try to get out of it as quickly as possible. When you are running your own company you need to have a positive attitude because more often…
Crazy Mocha
In my never-ending search for cool, relaxing places to work at during the day I have come upon a really cool place that anyone who lives in Pittsburgh should know about, Crazy Mocha. My first experience with Crazy Mocha was at the Southside Works location on East Carson street. The first thing I noticed when…
Into the Twittersphere!!
Hahaha if you haven’t seen this video yet you have to watch it! It has to be one of the funniest Twitter-themed videos I have seen! It is so true too, because if you are on Twitter you love it and are really into it. If you are not on Twitter you tend to not…
Your Own Personal Brand
It seems that many people are 50/50 on this subject. Many people feel that personal branding is extremely important and can help your business. Others seem to think that personal branding is not important at all and will do nothing to help your business. In my opinion personal branding is important and if done right,…
ColorSplash iPhone App
I’m really not big on paid apps, but if there is one that I think is worth the money I will buy it and check it out. I was looking through my friends Flickr page and noticed a few photos titled ColorSplash and they were black and white with single objects colored in. I noticed…
Celebrating St. Patty's In Pittsburgh
Well St. Patty’s day really isn’t until tomorrow, but the celebrations went on this weekend in Pittsburgh. There were events going on all over the city. We had planned to go to the parade, but we just went to Market Square instead. Market Square is at the intersection of Forbes Avenue and Market Street in…
Follow Friday for March 13, 2009
If you follow me on Twitter you might have noticed that the past few Friday’s I’ve been telling you who I think you should follow on Twitter. Follow Friday started when someone thought it would be a good idea to give a shoutout to the people that they thought were interesting and other people would…
What Gets You Pumped?
Is seems that I talk a lot about motivation on this blog, and that is probably because I do! Motivation is a key thing when you are running your own business. If there is no motivation you tend to not get as much done and you definitely are not as happy. On the other hand…
Working from Panera Bread
I have talked about working from Starbucks before and some other coffee shops, but nowhere else really. The main reason for that is that I usually want coffee when I’m working and in Pittsburgh there really are not that many places you can go, bring a laptop, and get on the internet unless you have…
HootSuite – The Ultimate Twitter Toolbox
Twitter is growing at an exponential rate, it is everywhere now. Even celebrities are using it! You can find people like Ashton Kutcher, Britney Spears, and even Shaq. For these people Twitter is just another way for them to connect their audience and promote new projects. Actually for most of us that’s what Twitter is,…
February 2009 Thoughts
Well if you frequent this blog you know that not much has gone on this month, check out my previous blog entry to see why. This month was a total blur to me, trying to keep up with ThinkComputers and dealing with moving and everything else really made things really stressful. I did make some…