Archive for June, 2007
· June 30, 2007 at 8:47 am · Personal, Web Development
Tags: archives, entries, links, Mitchelaneous, past, popular, posts
Want to see some of the most popular stuff that I have written? Sure you do! Thanks to a few WordPress plugins and hacking around, I have created a most popular list of posts and articles I’ve had here on Mitchelaneous.com.
You can check out the full list of popular posts by visiting /popular. I have to say it is interesting to say the least. Something I thought would be more popular are not - and something I had no clue would be popular are.
Just goes to show you the crap shoot the blogging really is. Check out the list and enjoy!
· June 29, 2007 at 12:18 pm · Hot Web Topics
Tags: Apple, coverage, feeds, iphone, news, press
Well I would give one away if I had one. Personally, I want to thank Apple for allowing me to skip out on reading and feeds today because I can’t freaking turn around without seeing another “I’m Getting an iPhone Man!” posts today.
I’m not bitter though, instead of fighting the noise - I’ll just contribute to it. 
· June 28, 2007 at 7:41 am · Web Development, Web Hosting
Tags: hosting, Interviews, press-advance, press-release, web-hosts, work
Last week on the Web Hosting Show I got the chance to have a sit down chat and conversation with one of the biggest press release writing firms out there today.
Talking with Dan from Press Advance was a very enlightening experience to say the least. I never realized how much work they really did for folks really. You could count me in the group of folks who said, “How hard is it to write a press release?”.
After this interview though I have to say I have a new found respect for the process and the work around it as well. That’s not all we covered though, here are some other topics talked about on this week’s podcast:
- Some Hosting News and Gossip
- Interview with Dan Garon from Press Advance
- A Little ‘Bit of News on Intenet 2
- Even Hosts Are Getting into iPhone Hype
- Calling Out the Podcast’s Haters
Haven’t tuned in yet? What are you waiting for? I can promise you you’ll laugh, you’ll cry and you might even learn a thing or two along the way.
· June 25, 2007 at 6:29 am · Personal
Tags: life, Lockergnome, Mitch, Projects, time, writing
Well, last week was one heck of an interesting week for me - lot of crap going on this way and that way, but I think I’ve got my plate cleared off and ready to start over again this week. Much of what went on I don’t think I’ll make public - not because it is bad but because it just ain’t any of your business.
Due to me being one busy mofo - I’m going to be leaving my writing duties over at Lockergnome. I still love Lockergnome and the crew, but it’s just not something my heart is in right now and that I have the time to do. Hopefully that will leave me a little more time to spread out to other projects and other things I have been meaning to do.
So yeah, things have happened - don’t want to talk about them - so why write? Just felt like I should at least let that one tidbit of information out there to the public. Now back to your regularly scheduled Mitchness.
· June 20, 2007 at 6:27 am · Personal
Tags: big, bugs, mosquito, photos, scary, standing, texas
Yeah, found this sucker on my desk yesterday morning. How would you like to wake up with that thing quickly buzzing towards your keyboard?
· June 19, 2007 at 7:29 am · Personal
Tags: advice, contracted, freelance, home, tips, workers
I have been a “contracted worker” for my fair share of years, since 2003 to be exact. Over that time I have figured out both the easy way and the hard way a few good tips to pass to others who might do freelance work - no matter what industry you might call home.
1. Don’t be afraid to speak up and pass your suggestions about the business you work for to the business you work for.
2. If it feels strange to you to get out of bed and get to work, then make yourself think you are going somewhere else. Get dressed, comb your hair and have some downtime before you get started. You have to get yourself in the mind that when you sit down at that computer you are in “work mode” and can not be bothered.
3. Don’t under sell yourself. If the company that hired you isn’t living up to their end of the deal or they are forgetting about you, let them know. Sometimes with freelance workers or contacted positions little things get overlooked. Don’t let it happen.
4. Want to read more about freelancing and the world around it? One cool source I just found the other day is at the Freelance Blog at FreelanceSwitch.com. Highly suggested reading if you are in the freelance business or your looking to get started.
I guess those would be my biggest ‘bits of advice for anybody wanting to “work for themselves” out there. If you know of any more good nuggets of advice, don’t be shy - pass them my way.
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