Very busy peeing and compiling the World’s Longest Blog Post. (Actually, that’s horseshit. Have you read Steve Pavlina?) In the mean time, I’ll share this charming nugget.

Over at Brazen Careerist, Penelope Trunk wrote a post last year suggesting that what generation you’re in should be assessed not on your year of birth, but by your use of and comfort with technology. (There’s a lot of drama over at BC about generations. People go whacko in her comments, laying the smackdown on everyone from Boomers to Gen-Yers. Seemingly only infants are safe.) Anyway, she put up a little quiz with some tech stuff to see where you’re at on the cool beans scale. My score indicates that I am part of Generation Jones, or those born between 1954 and 1965. Read More

Right now, I’m trying to work three jobs. Trying, in this context, is a euphemism for failing.

Luckily, all three of those jobs are from home. Luckily, I have a phenomenally supportive husband. Less luckily, Jack has entered that charming toddlerhood stage in which he must be physically attached to me at all times or he might die. Not conducive to working from home.

Earlier today, I was hiding in the kitchen and trying to get some work done. (See: “trying”, above.) I’d been in here for about an hour, and I was able to get a few posts edited and loaded, a few pictures chosen, with little more than a knock at the door I chose to ignore.

All this I could probably handle — people have certainly done more difficult things in the whole of human history. But, as many of you already know, Jamie and I got the bright idea to have another baby. Read More

Hi. Welcome. It’s nice to have you. I’d like to tell you a secret.

I’m not a big fan of roundup posts.

I know this means I’m going to have to surrender my Web 2.0 card and I will no longer be invited to the blogging country club, but I usually go to a blog to read what the blogger has to say, not what the people he’s sucking up to have to say.

So here’s a roundup of IttyBiz. It’s Sunday and you probably are messing around on the internet to avoid thinking about tomorrow, so here’s a little list of some of our hidden gems:

“As a general rule, traditional marketing methods suck. You don’t need to know them. Yes, you need to know traditional marketing theory, because human psychology will never change. But methods? Out with the ark, people.” Read More

(I didn’t actually take this photo of Einstein. It came from pvera’s flickr stream.)

Now I’m pissed. (I also really have to pee and I would like a charming Mexican lady to come to my house with guacamole and a mop, but that is completely irrelevant.)

I was catching up on Freelance Switch and came across a post by Lea Woodward, who I love. Lea writes for Location Independent Living, which rules. Her post, titled “Why Being An ‘Average’ Freelancer Might Just Be Enough” was totally awesome and should be required reading for everyone above the age of 15, freelancers or otherwise. The premise that she makes, and she references everyone from scientists to success coaches to Tony Robbins, is that the quest for excellence is often a shitload more trouble than it’s worth. (Those weren’t the words she used, but space is at a premium here.) Read More

There’s drama in the blogosphere, people. Like James Chartrand smells the chance to shill all the way from icy Quebec, I can smell drama, and baby, I want me some.

For those of you who don’t read every metablogging blog or post in the known universe, I’ll introduce the key players:

Maki is a Canadian marketing dude (no, he’s not me) whose blog is about ‘’Helping you make money online.’’ He writes really good long-ass posts and is the Mac Daddy of social media. He was the first one to Stumble and Sphinn one of my posts and I can honestly say that’s what got my traffic started.

Yaro Starak is a serial entrepreneur extraordinaire who has successfully run a bazillion businesses, and whose blog is “aimed at those interested in Internet business and Blogging.’’ He is the founder of Blog Mastermind Mentoring Program, a pretty cool program for, uh, bloggers. He’s also extremely cute, although for many of you that will not be relevant to this article. Read More