My Thermos

I don't often write much about my business here on My Thermos. While it's not exactly a secret who I am or what I do, I do like to maintain at least a cursory distinction between the personal me and the professional me, as blurred as that distinction often is.

The outlet for my professional writing has come from my contributions to TechFires and now Web Worker Daily. There I get to discuss all the geeky stuff, the cool web apps and services that I love. Here I get to write about my other passions, my wife, my music, my family, etc...

Sometimes though, that blurriness rears it's head and something happens to bridge those worlds, something cool that I want to write about, something that is sort of business related but not really suitable for my other gigs. For example, a week or so ago I entered and won a contest run by the fine folks at BatchBlue who make small business software, particularly the BatchBook Contact Manager which I am currently evaluating. Continue reading "I'm A Small Business Super Hero" »

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.

Helen Keller

I have been very busy today finishing up a project for tomorrow. My perfectionist mode is kicking in strong so there are a lot of little things still on the to-do list, but collectively I think that these small improvements mean the difference between a good job and a great job - a satisfied client and a thrilled client.

It is a lot of work and I'll likely be up most of the night..

but I love every minute of it.

Continue reading "A Labour of Love" »