Behold...the antique oak filing cabinet that was handed down to me by my mother. Will I be more productive now that I can see the top of it?
I’m cleaning my home workspace to make room – well, honestly, to make it presentable – for an exchange student who is coming to stay with my family in a couple of weeks. Our house is a small one, and my home office space is at one end of our spare bedroom. It includes the family filing cabinet and a desk, in addition to my computer table, and stuff tends to accumulate. A lot of stuff. I’m too embarrassed to tell you how much stuff, but it’s honestly enough to justify the term “anal-expulsive”. ‘Nuff said. Continue reading
I love a week when I have a chance to read. I don’t mean books, because the truth is I almost always make time for them, no matter what. I’m talking here about articles, blog posts, the news – you know, the stuff that comes to you 24/7 via the Interwebs.
Google Analytics is a very powerful tool that can help you understand how people use your website. One of the more powerful options it offers is the ability to segment your audience in different ways, to see how various types of visitors interact with your site.
My inbox is full of mobile data today, and it seems that it has been all week. Everywhere I look, there’s more evidence that mobile devices still continue to increase in importance for Americans (just when you thought that mobile couldn’t get any bigger!). Here’s just a sampling of the headlines:
Yes, it’s Valentine’s Day. And that has me thinking about the things I love as a professional, things that make my life richer or easier or both. As a journalist turned website and electronic communications strategist, it’s a fairly wide-ranging list. Here are just a few of the things I really am appreciating today: 
Did you know that more than half of all iPad owners would rather use their iPad to read and send email than either their phone or their computer? That’s the finding of a recent survey of U.S. iPad owners by email software provider Perion. And you need to pay attention if you rely on email marketing in any significant way.