This content is adapted from a paper I wrote as part of a marketing class for my MBA at the University of North Alabama (UNA) during October and November of 2024. Automattic is best known for the WordPress Content Management System (CMS) and related products such as WooCommerce (an eCommerce add-on for WordPress), along with […]
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I’ve long been a believer in networking. So far, since restarting my business, I’ve spent more money on networking than anything else. The Huntsville Chamber of Commerce and BNI have been the two biggest outlays of time, money, and other resources. Not just the dues, but the mileage, meals expense and again – the time.
The limits of networking Read Post »
(I should have called this “Part IV,” since it’s being written several months later, but a few things have happened at work since then) My previous installment on Bulldust-adjacency didn’t accomplish much, except to establish a blinding flash of the obvious about consulting work, which is that far too much of it runs to low-effort
How to Know When a Situation is Bulldust-adjacent vs. Totally Dipped in It Pt. 2 Read Post »
The mistaken belief that you can control everything that happens, without understanding any of it, by creating more process. Leadership The (sometimes) mistaken belief that you can fundamentally change a situation by digging deeper into what you’re trying to do. I’m starting an MBA at the University of North Alabama. And one of my first
Having written two blog articles today while watching the Yoast SEO-a-meter rise and fall with my every input, I’m going to give myself a break and just try to write in English. But that never goes that well. Field Service Management Software in Huntsville AL Well, why did I end up talking about that? In
A blinding flash of the specific Read Post »
My first experience with consulting was when I hired a consultant for my small family business. We’ll call him Bob, because that was actually his name. Bob helped me a lot. As a semi-retired banker, he worked with me for about $500 a month (this was over a decade ago, so don’t draw any conclusions
A blinding flash of the obvious Read Post »
If you experience miasma from reading LinkedIn or other social media, or for that matter at trade shows or networking events, you may be experiencing bulldust. I started discussing this in a low-key, highly interrupted way last year on this blog, but it’s been difficult. I’m not as big an expert on this subject as
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This is going to be low effort. Just walking around the digital water cooler and starting to notice the tiles falling from the ceiling. Fortunately not at MY workplace; we do something useful. Elon is certainly a big part of the specific problem going on right now, this minute, but there’s something rotten about the
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In a previous post I mused about the nature of bulldust and promised to develop a few ideas along these lines. I was beginning to think that promise may have also been bulldust, but I managed to get ahead of life long enough to think about one of my topics: when situations are bulldust-adjacent vs.
How to Know When a Situation is Bulldust-adjacent vs. Totally Dipped in It Pt. 1 Read Post »
https://how-i-experience-web-today.com/ Someone has created a demo of what I want to talk about in patterns of bulldust. Enjoy! I’ve been busy with a work project and moving to another house, so I haven’t totally forgotten about my series.
how-i-experience-web-today.com – a definite bulldust demo Read Post »