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Archive for August, 2007

The Importance of a Good Workstation

Monday, August 20th, 2007

Over the last week I’ve become acutely aware of the importance of a good quality ergonomic workstation.  Early last week I felt the pearcing pain associated with Carpel Tunnel Syndrome.   Immediately I had to slow down and start to pay attention to everything that I touch.  I switched from using the mouse with my right [...]

8 Minute Abs

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

I found the video for 8 minute abs online the other day and it got me thinking.  How much do you think this guy made from the simple 8 minute video.  The production quality of this video is nothing that couldn’t be done today with a simple camcorder and basic video editing software.  The exercises [...]

Crazy successes on Thirty Day Challenge

Friday, August 17th, 2007

I am simple astounded at the success people are having with getting ranked on Google.  It simply doesn’t seem possible that it should be so easy. 
Previously I had assumed that in order to get ranked high you had to have a website that was reasonably well established and had collected a large number of [...]

The Halotis T-Shirt

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

This is great! Here I am sporting the first official HalOtis t-shirt.  I ordered the custom shirt from Zazzle.com just 2 weeks ago.  It arrived yesterday in the mail after getting hung up at the canadian boarder for a few days. 
This is the currently the only HalOtis t-shirt in existance.
I think it’s pretty cool [...]

Blogs — Passive or Not?

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

A lot of people online are using their blogs to make money. In fact there are people out there that make serious six figure incomes from their blogs. Should you jump into it to get a piece of the action?
Currently I’m authoring 3 different blogs and I’m already feeling the pinch. It’s [...]

Get Yourself a Moleskin!

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

Early this month I decided to pick up a small notebook that I could use when I’m out and want to write down ideas. Having something close at hand has proved to be invaluable for keeping track of all those ideas that I have throughout the day.
I found the ideal book at my local [...]

Giving up on Windows

Monday, August 13th, 2007

Over the last few days my computer has been crashing constantly.  Firefox has been hanging and basically making everything rediculously frustrating to use.
I belive that the hard drive is on it’s last legs.  But since it’s a Hitachi I’m actually pretty impressed that it’s stayed alive for this long.  In preparation for a crash I’ve [...]

Dive into Affiliate Marketing

Friday, August 10th, 2007

Just 10 days into the Thirty Day Challenge and I’m already hooked on the idea of becoming a serious internet marketer. I’ve found a number of people out there that have managed to make ridiculous sums of money online and I want a piece of the action.
Even though I’m still just a beginner learning [...]

Create a Marketing Strategy

Friday, August 10th, 2007

The marketing strategy for a company is vital to its success. The marketing strategy that I have defined for HalOtis is to leverage the online world to create most of the awareness of the company and website. Over the last few weeks I have read a lot of material about marketing and found [...]

New Macs: Buy now?

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

I’m in the market for a new computer, and my eye is on the new iMac. In fact I’m not even considering a non-apple product.
I love computers. I’m a full time programmer during the day, and then after work I spend a serious amount of time working on various online projects. In [...]