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- The three best bits of data undermanager.ghost.io
One piece of data beats everything else. A quarter of a century ago, my dad taught me the best way to measure the health of our business was to look at the cash figure every day. Each morning at 10am, I get an email from Caroline in the finance team showing the cash we have in the bank compared with the same day last year. This fact offers no hiding place. The year-on-year comparison shows the strength of your cashflow and whether you are truly making money.
If you are fortunate, a fantastic way to share your fortune is to gift a friend the cost of travel with you. You both will have a great time.
- How to Make Sense of Any Mess howtomakesenseofanymess.com
- List one task, do it, cross it out | Oliver Burkeman oliverburkeman.com
- Recession: Simple Advice for Designers | 3. Running a design firm (Noisy Decent Graphics) noisydecentgraphics.typepad.com
Some stellar advice here.
- Check you're wearing trousers first robertheaton.com
<blockquote>Simple solutions are almost always quickest, easiest and most effective. Maybe sometimes it does turn out that they aren’t enough and you do in fact need to do something hard. But if people in the street keep giving you funny looks, make sure you’re wearing trousers before you start worrying about what colour they are.</blockquote>
- markwilson.it » Overseas roaming advice for UK iPhone users markwilson.co.uk
- Debt recovery | Business Link businesslink.gov.uk
- Startup School 2009: 37 Signals has some lessons for European startups eu.techcrunch.com
Always do good things, never do bad things.
- Seth's Blog: The art and skill of working with bureaucrats sethgodin.typepad.com
Have you noticed that most airports feature the same restaurants? It's not an accident. The people who run these chains have organized themselves to be good at dealing with municipal organizations. Same thing goes for design firms, creative firms, accountants etc. that deal with large corporations. In my experience, 40% of the fee goes for the work and 60% goes to pay for the do-overs, staffing, project management and hassle that comes from working from big organizations and committees. A lot of small businesses get burned when they charge just the 40% and the client expects that the other 60% comes for free. It doesn't.
- Parenting tips that work | Parent Hacks parenthacks.com
The digital skills that job seekers must have and that hiring organizations demand are varied, nuanced and cutting-edge.
How useful accessibility pages provided on a selection of UK Web sites were to users - in particular older people without significant impairments, but who may soon benefit from accessibility information.
- Vitamin Features » Redefining content management thinkvitamin.com
- Software by Rob : Becoming a Better Developer Part 9: How to Criticize a Software Developer Without Getting Punched softwarebyrob.com
The #1 rule of good criticism is be specific.
- MPS online mpsonline.org.uk
Mailing Preference Service
- gilest.org: Practical tips for freelancers gilest.org
Handy tips from Giles
- Garrett Dimon / About Going Solo garrettdimon.com
The importance of subtle clues to indicate change
If you are a freelance or small Web design firm, I have an uncomfortable question to ask you: are you thinking too small?
- Comments on 14012 | Ask MetaFilter ask.metafilter.com
I’d like to dress better. Clothing advice for a slim 20 year old male with a budget a bit smaller than the target audience of most fashion mags, please? And while we’re at it, how about some general clothing/grooming advice for the guys?
- How to fold a fitted sheet target.com.au
- 10 Things I Have Learned miltonglaserposters.com