by Naomi Dunford
Naomi is in Ireland and mostly away from all things internet, and so we present for your reading pleasure and general edification Post #3 in the Unofficial List of The Top 15 Best / Favorite / Most Popular IttyBiz Posts.
Originally published January 31, 2008
You’re not alone.
I’m typing this in bed, on the new laptop my IttyBiz readers bought me. (By the way? Thanks for that.) To my right, on the floor, on Jamie’s side of the bed, sit two Macintosh computers. They belong to my mother. For those of you who are new, I’ll take this opportunity to mention that my mother moved to Europe in 2005. I have yet to get off my ass to put them in storage. To my left is a floor full of books. They used to live in my busted chipboard bookshelf, but Jack likes to play with them, taking them down and putting them back in an order he feels is more appropriate. The last time he played this game was about 10 days ago. The books are still on the floor. Neither of us can get into bed from the sides, so we come up from the foot. Read More
by Naomi Dunford
Naomi is in Ireland and mostly away from all things internet, and so we present for your reading pleasure and general edification Post #4 in the Unofficial List of The Top 15 Best / Favorite / Most Popular IttyBiz Posts.
Originally published December 7, 2009
I’m not a big cook. I’m not a cook at all, really. I didn’t cook before I started IttyBiz and I sure as hell don’t cook now. Jamie and I eat out a lot, and if we’re not actually eating in a restaurant, somebody’s going for takeout. What this means is that we’re not the type of couple who sees going out for dinner as a big treat. Read More
by Naomi Dunford
Naomi is in Ireland and mostly away from all things internet, and so we present for your reading pleasure and general edification Post #5 in the Unofficial List of The Top 15 Best / Favorite / Most Popular IttyBiz Posts.
Originally published January 13, 2010
There is a highly icky and pervasive problem that keeps most of the world from having the ittybiz they dream of. Smart people do it and dumb people do it. Opera goers and NASCAR fans. Die hard vanilla lovers and those who would throw down for pralines and cream. Many, many people believe something that is an absolute, utter, devastating lie.
They think the world is linear.
Why this belief didn’t go out with thinking the earth was flat, I’ll never know. I don’t know whose fault it is, although it’s generally a good idea to start with your parents when looking for someone to blame. Read More
by Naomi Dunford
Naomi is in Ireland and mostly away from all things internet, and so we present for your reading pleasure and general edification Post #6 in the Unofficial List of The Top 15 Best / Favorite / Most Popular IttyBiz Posts.
Originally published November 16, 2009*
* Since this is a re-post, some deals or products mentioned may no longer be available.
As a reader of this article, you will fall into one of three categories:
1. People who sell things, or want to sell things.
2. People who are, without exaggeration, destitute and are very sensibly finding free information online about starting and running an ittybiz.
3. People who are financially comfortable but like to wave the I’m-so-fucking-liberal flag. (We know who you are. We can identify you by your screaming about the plight of the poor, while donating less than 1% of your money and 0% of your time to charitable causes.) Read More
by Naomi Dunford
Naomi is in Ireland and mostly away from all things internet, and so we present for your reading pleasure and general edification Post #7 in the Unofficial List of The Top 15 Best / Favorite / Most Popular IttyBiz Posts.
Originally published June 10, 2008
After a few weeks of home business lessons from the sex shop and home business lessons from the tattoo parlour, it’s time for another one. It is Tuesday after all. (I had a request to do a brothel next, but even I don’t know how to track down one of those. Southwestern Ontario is not known for its liberalism.) Therefore, without further ado, here are 5 home business marketing lessons from the homeless dude: Read More
