Entries Tagged as 'business'

WSJ going free

This is pretty interesting - Murdoch just dropped the bomb that he’s intending on dropping the paywall in front of the Wall Street Journal online. With paywalls dropping like flies it seems like everyone’s going hard after that sweet advertising money. More eyeballs, more traffic, more ad impressions and more click thru’s. I’m sure all [...]

Categories: business · open content · web1.0

4 Ways to Get Organized [Notes from the Virtual Office]

In the years I’ve had working as a consultant, I’ve gone through periods of greater and lesser organization. I can tell you, that when things are organized well (on many levels) everything goes smoother. There’s a lot of ways to look at organization, from something as simple as your desktop all the way up to [...]

Categories: business · nvo

A Real Open Book

by sean9
They’re all over the news these days, the latest community networking site to make a lot of waves, Facebook. If you’re watching from the outside, you might see another in the long string of community networking sites, from Friendster to Tribe, MySpace and all the rest. So why is facebook pulling any surprises?

Categories: business · community · microsoft · open content · social networks · web2.0

Notes from the virtual office: Hourly v. Project Billing

I’ve been running my web development business for awhile now, since 2000 and billing comes up all the time. In previous incarnations as a freelancer or consultant I’ve used a variety of ways to bill, hourly, daily, but my all purpose favourite is project based. Project based billing is not for everyone and not for [...]

Categories: business · nvo