Have a question for Ask The Geek? Send it to me. Dear Ask The Geek, I’ve been blogging for seven years and I have a lot of popular content I’d like to republish in an ebook. Should I do this? Are there any tips you can give me for preparing my content? Thanks, Budding eAuthor Hi … Continue reading
If you have checked out my archives at all, you’ll see I’m a fan of podcasts. I’ve written a guide to podcasts, and I’ve recommended several podcasts for daily listening, technology lovers, and food lovers, too. I like to listen to podcasts almost as much as I like to listen to music, and I often … Continue reading
I mentioned back in November that I would start talking about self-publishing after I published my first book on Amazon Kindle. Since then I’ve published another book and I’ve got another in the works! Today I’m only going to talk about publishing ebooks, and specifically Amazon’s KDP program – Kindle Direct Publishing. Right now the ebook market … Continue reading
I’ve spent a lot of time talking with (girl)friends about what’s next for them. I want to help them start to think about “what’s next?” without hearing “not until I…” or “maybe when I…” or “I’m not ready” or “after…” or the worst: “I don’t know.” Here’s my advice… Continue reading
Have a question for Ask The Geek? Send it to me. Dear Ask the Geek, I have a question for the photo geek. What book or resource do you recommend to learn tips on using a DSLR? Want to increase my knowledge before my trip to Lucca this April. Thanks, Kristen Dear Kristen, this time … Continue reading
Last week I was privileged to be one of the few people on stage at the LeWeb conference in Paris, and I gave an Ignite presentation about The Future Way of Working: The Distributed Company. I go into more depth on how Auttomatic works in this post from earlier in the year. If you’ve never given a presentation in … Continue reading
I created this presentation for entrepreneurs who need online tools to make their ideas happen (I gave it earlier this year at the Professional Women’s Association in Milan). The presentation “Tools for Entrepreneurs: Create. Collaborate. Communicate.“ started out as a way to explain very technical things to non-technical people, but I quickly realized that most people when approaching technology … Continue reading
I spent some time reformatting a post of mine (on my food & travel site) about How to Order an Italian Coffee to be ready for the Amazon Kindle platform. In addition to formatting it for publication, I spent some time adding & expanding content and updating & adding new photos. It was a great … Continue reading
I love lists. I organize my productivity with To-do lists, I write Life Lists to keep those life goals in mind, and I dump my creative ideas out into Tickler lists, too. I used to be a die-hard Remember the Milk fan. Then I discovered Wunderlist. What do I love about it? It’s everywhere I … Continue reading
Here are the slides from the presentation I gave at the Girl Geek Dinner Milan about being productive on your Android – my 10 Tips and the 40+ Applications you can choose from to make them possible. All the applications suggested are linked to their Android Market pages so you can check them out immediately … Continue reading