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Signum sine tinnitu--by Guy Kawasaki

A practical blog for impractical people.

Asking for a Favor: Sign Up for the Alltop News and Updates Email ListNovember 28

Please help me evangelize Alltop by joining the Alltop News and Announcements email list. All you have to do is send an email to:

news-subscribe@alltop.com

You’ll get a confirmation email. Reply to it, and you’re set. Whenever we announce new Alltop topics, we’ll send out an email so that you can spread the word to your friends, relatives, and colleagues.

We have over 350 topics now, so I’m sure that you’ll find something of interest. To illustrate the breadth of our coverage, in recent weeks we’ve added these topics:

Business

• Project Management

• Net Security

• Printing

Interests

• Die-cast automobile models

• Hunting

• SciFi and Fantasy Novels

• Babies

• Sailing

• Fantasy Basketball

Behavior

The Art of BootstrappingNovember 28

Over at the American Express OPEN blog, I posted an entry that explains boostrapping. Check out "The Art of Bootstrapping."

Ten Tiny Apps That I'm Thankful ForNovember 24

This is Thanksgiving, so I’d like to show some gratitude for ten tiny apps that I use almost every day. If you’re a writer, blogger, speaker, or entrepreneur who uses a Macintosh, please give them a look because they will make you more productive.

1. 

   Adjix. Adjix is the best way that I’ve found to post links to web pages on Twitter. It shortens the URL of the page, enables you to edit the tweet, shows you the ever-important character count, and renders a preview of the page you’re linking to so that you can be sure of what you’re tweeting. Price: Free.

2. 

   BBEdit. BBEdit is admittedly overkill for the HTML editing that I do. However, it does a great job of formatting text into XHTML, and it houses the SmartPants UNIX filter that I use to smarten quotes and dashes (see below). Generally speaking, if BBEdit can’t do what you want to text, it probably can’t be done. Price: $125.

The Art of Laying People OffNovember 19

Over at the American Express OPEN Forum, I posted an article explaining “The Art of Laying People Off.” Actually, I hope you don’t have to read it.

Free Reality Check TeleseminarNovember 18

Join me, Andy Sernovitz, Pam Slim, and Rich Sloan for a Reality Check teleseminar today (11/18/08). 2:00 pm Pacific time. Sign up here.