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Announcing a new blog that’s a little close to the heart

by on February 12, 2012 in Articles

Today I’ve decided to announce my latest blog…

The D Word is a blog I started a couple weeks ago to use as a note area more than anything as I adjust to my recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes.

It’s become a place to find links, updates and even diabetic friendly recipes as I’ve found them.

I admit this blog is a little different, but it’s one I felt I wanted to get out there as I work my way down this journey.

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Introducing ErgoTxt

by on September 20, 2011 in Articles

ErgoTxt is a mashup I built over the past week that works well for office workers..

Being an office worker myself, sometimes I can spend hours in one place. Leveraging the handy ErgoBot on twitter and Twilio’s handy SMS API, I built ErgoTxt… every hour it sends registered users a text message to tell them to do something.

These messages are generated by ErgoBot and sent straight to you, so you can get reminded to get up and do something.

∞ Visit Link: http://rogerstringer.com/ergotxt/

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Don’t start emails with “Y U No Use [Insert Service Name]“

by on September 13, 2011 in Articles

The subject line above, sadly is the subject line of an email I got last week from a service emailing to ask why TheInterviewr doesn’t use them for it’s Telephony work.

First of all, I only use services that I trust, since I’m asking my users to trust them as well, and for all my Telephony services, I only use or recommend Twilio. That will never change, as they have served me well on various projects for nearly two years now (Good job guys).

This other nameless service offers similar features, but I’ve never used them, and I’ve only heard mixed reviews about them. So while I may have considered them for a smaller project, the fact that they actually send an email were the subject line starts out as “Y U No Use Blank” isn’t really a confidence builder, so I promptly file them in the never going to use folder.

But as I thought about it, it seemed that this was worth writing about… If you are a professional business.. Trying to build confidence and trust in your service.. Why… Why would you actually use a subject line like that? It’s practically asking to never be taken seriously, and if I can’t take your seriously, then I won’t even evaluate your service to consider using it at some point.

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TheInterviewr… Gaining some Momentum

by on August 26, 2011 in Articles

This has been an exciting week for TheInterviewr.com, it got picked up by some popular websites and gained some interest out on the web.

Some of the sites that have featured TheInterviewr.com:

  • Lifehacker.com: TheInterviewr Records, Schedules Your Interviews and Other Phone Calls

    There are a few ways of recording phone calls—Skype, a third-party jailbreak app on your iPhone, a digital voice recorder with a headphone adapter, incoming Google Voice calls—but none have been as easy as using TheInterviewr. The webapp lets you schedule interviews, upload documents you’ll use for that interview, and best of all, record it automatically.

  • ReadWriteWeb.com: TheInterviewr: A Really Easy, Fast, Free Way to Record Telephone Interviews

    TheInterviewr is a new mashup that makes it super, super simple to record telephone interviews online using your existing telephone. It is a dream come true and for now at least – it’s free.

Since Tuesday night, I’ve seen over 400 new users, and have handled over 200 interviews.  And from conversations with users, I’ve also begun fleshing out the next version of the site, which will have more features for users to use.

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How a chipmunk can help you reach your goals

by on July 12, 2011 in Articles

The title of this post may sound a little strange, so let me first get into a little back story of something I witnessed last week..

Driving to my office as I do every morning, I watched a chipmunk run up from the bank of the lake on one side of the four lane highway. Moving quickly, he ran in front of my car… ducked under a truck in the next lane… Took a quick break in the meridian.. Then bolted around another car… Followed by a quick heart wrenching dash in front of a car in the last lane. Finally, as he reached the side of the road, he gave himself a celebratory leap for joy… At which time, a pickup truck swerved over the side of the road and took him out…

Ok, that wasn’t really too inspiring in the end, but it made me think about projects, and goals, and a few other things like that.

Everybody has goals and projects… As a freelancer, I work on projects all day… And just like everybody, I have goals for my various personal aspects.. Goals for my various sites… Goals for my life… Goals for my family…

The cars are your average roadblocks, regardless if they’re client related… Personal related… Skill related… Or just blocks from unexpected sources.

In this case, the chipmunk knew the cars would be there, so you can take a lesson from there.. You know you will face some sort of obstacle, so keep your eye out for you, and it won’t take you by surprise. In fact, if you watch for obstacles early enough, you can even see the obstacles coming from miles away.

Now for the sad part of the story, the pickup that swerved and took the chipmunk out… That represents the obstacle you can never see coming… Maybe if that chipmunk had continued into the forest, he would have been safe, but he had to stop and get ahead of himself didn’t he? He had to shout and say “Hey everybody!! I made it!!” When he really wasn’t done… That’s like saying “Hey, this project is done… But there’s really a whole other part of it left to do that I kind of forgot about”.

So what’s the moral of this whole article? Basically… Plan ahead… Keep an eye out… Keep your focus… And don’t get too ahead of yourself til the job is done.

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