Programming
(written by me 6/6/2002 – shared for the first time here on erica.biz) Do you know that moment when you are programming something that really pushes the limits of the language you’re working in, and...
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How To Negotiate Your Phone and Cable Bill and Save Thousands of Dollars
Six easy steps to negotiate your phone billand save thousands of dollars.A few days ago, my phone provider, Vonage, announced it was increasing my rate plan to $17.95/month from my current...
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Five Steps to Freedom: How to Outsource Your Repetitive Tasks
Don’t enjoy cleaning your house, cooking, or mowing your lawn? How to outsource boring jobs in five easy steps.If you haven’t outsourced something like cooking or cleaning yet, and you’re still doing...
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How To Survey Your Customers for Free Using Google Docs
Read this post, and in just 10 minutes, you’ll have created your own survey for your customers or readers! Better yet, you will save hundreds of dollars, as you will likely never pay for an online...
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Double Your Productivity: Absorb Information Twice as Fast
I’ve been noticing a trend lately: We buy or download all this great video content, but then we don’t actually watch it. Does this happen to you, too? Most information products these days come with at...
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How to Reach Executives at Large Corporations
Ever had an issue with a company where you just can’t reach a human being? You’re directed through endless email queues, tedious “tech support”–your issue is falling on deaf ears. Isn’t it incredibly...
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How to Be the Most Memorable Person in the Room
“I came to South by Southwest. In a kayak.” Tyler Tervooren and I were walking along the street toward my rental car to head out and grab the best chicken wings in town for lunch at South by...
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The Riskiest, Most Radical 30-Day Trial I've Ever Attempted?
Something has to change, because this is killing me. It’s taking over my life, and it’s slowly but surely sucking my soul away. And yet, getting rid of it may prove to be one of the most difficult...
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My 30-Day No Email Trial: The Results
In early June, I embarked on a radical experiment: I gave up email for 30 days. Here are my results… When I started the trial, I felt completely overwhelmed by email, and I just wanted a way out. I...
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The “Macklemore Effect”: How to Rocket to The Top of Any Industry–Even If...
Years ago, when I lived in Silicon Valley, there was a core group of about 50 people–the “cool kids”–who would make or break any social application that came about. Even though it often seemed, back...
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