Audio Guides to a Better Web Hosting You!

Comments (1) · December 17, 2007 at 6:23 am · Personal, Web Hosting

Time to add to my list of web hosting audio guides, right from the Web Hosting Show. Just uploaded my latest special edition for all to enjoy:

+ Handy Guide to Domain Names - Episode 134

Here is a little more information about this episode of the best hosting podcast out there today if I do say so myself (and I just did!):

Need help picking the best domain name? Do you want some assistance finding the domain name register that is right for you? Have you considered the privacy concerns you might be giving up by getting that .com of you very own? I want to tackle domain names from head to toe to give people a guide to the confusing world of domain name registrations.

Go check out the show notes for the visual version, and for the audio version download the mp3 from WebHostingShow.com.

Past Audio Guides to the Web Hosting World

There are many subjects that take a little longer to explain and are confusing to most inside of the web hosting industry. Here are a few of the other special “guide” episodes I have produced. Read the rest of this entry »

 

Mitch Makes it into Ping! Zine

Comments (3) · November 26, 2007 at 5:00 am · Personal, Web Hosting

Ping! Zine’s newest edition is out in PDF (paperback should be coming to your mailbox in a few weeks) and you might be surprised to see who made it back into the magazine. This is my first time in a while to write up something for the magazine (mainly due to time issues) but starting next year one of my resolutions is to do my best to make more time for it.

One thing that never has gotten old yet is seeing my name in it. I really hope that doesn’t sound egotistical but I remember just being a fan of the publication and loving it - so actually being a part of the fun, it still gets me excited and hyped up. Read the rest of this entry »

 

To Do Lists - a Productive Person’s Best Friend

Comments off · February 19, 2007 at 5:00 am · Personal

Now I wouldn’t call myself the most productive person I know, but from time to time I go have spurts of productivity and am able to do a large amount of tasks in a small time frame. I have become better over the last few years at managing my time and getting things done. I figured I would share how I get things done in order to better help some of the less organized out there.

One good way of getting more productive is to make yourself a list.

Now I know some people poo-poo this idea because it sets a goal that you can not reach. Your to do list might be really huge, and looking at it might discourage you from moving forward. For me though, a list is a good way to help me remember what my daily tasks should be and what my weekly tasks should be.

You shouldn’t put things on your list like “brush your teeth” or “take a bath”. Hopefully those are given tasks that you know that you will do by the time the day is over with. Things marked on the lists should not be everyday goals you set out to do. They should be the odd little things that take up your free time.

I want you to create two notes to yourself. One should be what you want to get done in a day (normal day to day tasks that you need to make note of). The other should be things you need to get done by the time the week is over with (these can be bigger tasks or jobs that you do not need to do every single day).

For example, if I know I have to write five articles, I could try to write them all in one day - but then they would probably be a little suckstatic in their quality. Instead, I have five days in the work week, so I can write down on my daily to do list - write an article. This way one job that would take several hours can now be spread out through the week and take only a few minutes.

Now what is a good way to write these notes to yourself? Here are a couple of program that should help you out in that department. Both allow you to put little sticky notes on your desktop to write things down on.

+ StickyPad
+ ATnotes
+ Stickies

The great lesson to be learned is to not overwork yourself. Instead of doing one big job today, make it into several little jobs you can spread out through the week. This way you can have more hours of your day to do other things you need to do.

 

Web Hosting Answers for Your Questions

Comments off · November 15, 2006 at 5:00 am · Web Hosting

It is time yet again for me to empty my inbox and answer some of your questions about the Web hosting world. I have questions from every end of the Web hosting industry. From Web hosts to Web hosting clients, everybody has had something to ask. I’ll answer as many as I can before I loose my voice and my fingers go numb right here on the 84th edition of the Web Hosting Show.

+ Download and Listen to the Web Hosting Show, Podcast 84!

 

Time Management With To Do Lists

Comments off · September 27, 2006 at 9:59 am · Personal

Since I started my new job, I have been trying to manage my time better. I have a bad habit of putting things off till the last minute, and then spending an entire day working on things that I could have spread out a little better. So what was the solution to my time management issues?

Well so far, making lists of things for me to do has been working. I have a daily to do list with all the things I need to do every single day. For other tasks that I do day by day, I have a daily to do list for each day of the week.

So I might have five things I need to do every single day that is on my daily to do list, and everything else gets spread out on smaller to do lists for the days of the week.

So far it has been working out. The only hard part about it all is making myself stick with it, so I don’t have a boatload of work left for me at the end of the week.