Last week I promised that I would take the advice given in The 4-Hour Workweek and contact someone famous for some advice. Well, I actually took this opportunity to contact Tim Ferriss, who wrote The 4-Hour Workweek, and within 3 hours I had the following response from Tim’s Executive Assistant: ——————————————– Hi Daniel, Thanks for [...]
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The response from Tim Ferriss
April 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments
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An Open Email to Tim Ferriss
April 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Dear Tim, I met you at SXSWi and immediately bought your book. On completing the 4HWW I was inspired (understatement) and wrote an article here about how you use ‘eustress’ to keep yourself unstuck and to ensure your success. I assured my readers that I would contact someone famous (you, of course) this week and [...]
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The Indispensable Blogging Tool BlogDesk
February 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment
By Ross Hunter I post to several blogs, but even with only one the indispensable tool for me would have to be the free and fabulous piece of software called BlogDesk. All the blogs I use are WordPress of course. For a dozen reasons it’s the only self-hosted (as opposed to a service like Blogger) [...]
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How to Use Diigo
January 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments
by Tracksuit CEO In preparation for our talk at SXSW and eBook, we’ve been compiling info on our blogging practices and favorite web apps. I have to say, one of the most useful and robust tools we use right now is Diigo. We use Diigo for TrackSuit CEO and for our corporate clients, we also [...]
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How to Blog on Company Time Without Getting Dooced
August 28th, 2007 · 4 Comments
by Tracksuit CEO Everybody knows the story of Heather Armstrong who was fired for her blog. From her pen name Dooce the phrase Dooced was born and is now part of our blog-wide lexicon. Now the blogosphere is full of writers and entrepreneurs who are trying to avoid Mrs. Armstrong’s fate. How can you write [...]
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