Work-life balance is a topic of constant debate. Can you achieve it? Does it exist? What’s it all mean? Wendy Piersall is asking those very questions. This time she’s asking dads for their input. Certainly, this is a topic of much debate and difficulty for moms. But dads get less attention. It’s assumed that dads […]
Archives for July 2007
Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast Tomorrow
A quick reminder to fellow Montreal tech entrepreneurs — the Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast (#6 I believe) — will be held tomorrow at 9am at Bistro, Etc. It’s free to attend, come as you are. It’s a great place to catch up and meet new people. If you want to sign-up, you can do so […]
New WordPress Plugin for Spam: Defensio
It’s been just about a month or so since I switched from Akismet to Defensio. The Defensio team are good friends of mine – Carl Mercier (uber-developer in charge of things over there) and Mat Balez (as good an instigator as any). They asked me to alpha test their WordPress plugin and I was happy […]
The Blogging A-List Is Far From Dead
The A-list debate rages on. Every couple of months it rears its head as people argue over whether the A-list exists and whether it remains relevant. In this latest installment, Hugh MacLeod is arguing that social networks and social networking tools (Facebook, Twitter, Pownce) have given people more power and ability to build their own […]
Starting a Business is One Massive Learning Experience
There’s nothing like starting a business to put your proverbial feet to the fire. Over the past 10 years as a Web and software entrepreneur I’ve learned an incredible amount. There have been times where my learning ebbed, and looking back, those were some of the most frustrating and depressing times. Adam Kayce (from the […]
Meet the MyBlogLog Team and Work For Them
MyBlogLog is an extremely popular tool amongst bloggers. It allows you to see who is visiting your site through a simple widget that most people include in their blog’s sidebar. The MyBlogLog mission is all about making the blogosphere more personal. People can become community members of your blog, and MyBlogLog serves as a communication […]
What’s the Motivation to Start a Startup?
Starting a company is hard. Even uber-successful entrepreneurs like Marc Andreessen will tell you so. And no matter what you think you know about starting a business, you’ll be proven wrong time and time again. Austin Hill beat me to my own post on the rollercoaster ride of startups, but his point is a key […]