In this post Liz from Pocket Cultures shares 5 tips on how to develop a blog that is friendly to those from around the world. First of all, why do you want to blog for a global audience? Well, the world is getting more connected, and people in more and more countries are becoming active online. Pock...

Unbeknownst to most folks, when the NAR and DOJ settled their lawsuit, home sellers came out the winners. It was recognized by both parties that homeowners have certain rights with respect to how and where their homes are listed, or not listed, for sale on the internet and MLS. See NAR-DOJ Settlemen...

I’ve noted before that more and more women are making more than their partners and spouses, and although statistically in many jobs, men still make more than women, the balance of monetary “powerâ€� in many relationships is shifting. So how is this balance holding up in the recession? Turns ...

Quick - you’ve got a music file that someone (a collaborator, a client, a friend) needs to hear. How do you send it to them? It seems countless Web entrepreneurs have new ways for sharing media - there are online Flash-based music editing applications, social networks, elaborate MySpace and Fa...

Worried about the state of your 401K? We all are. But there’s no need to panic. Chances are, you don’t need to use all of your 401K savings at once. If you take the right steps, your 401K investments will have a chance to recover. Below are five simple steps to help you rescue your 401K:...

The Importance of the Non-Techie or How I Learned to Stop Pulling Out My Hair and Love my Luddite by: Mick Jacobsen My wife mocks Twitter thoroughly, “You don’t even know these people,” she repeats. She thinks Facebook/MySpace is weird. She considers online gaming to be silly.  Sh...

These are my links for March 10th through March 11th: Tweepler (Tweepler.com) - Tweepler Is an easy, more enjoyable way of processing your New Twitter Followers. View a list of New Followers and classify them in one of two "Buckets" Follow (meaning you wish to follow them back) and Ignore ...

Gone are the days when you could graduate from college, find a respectable employer, and remain at the same company until you received that 50-year anniversary gold watch, a generous retirement package, and a nice pension. And even if the old-school work model was still available, I suspect many of ...

Okay, pep talk time! Anyone feel like hanging up the cleats? Or how about, stick a fork in me, I'm done. Because of the economic instability our world is in, all of us and I mean all of us right now are feeling some level of pinched, afraid, frustrated, and ready with some things to just say, &q...

My series on alternative fees will resume next week.  But first, a word about the economy. When I opened the Boston Globe at breakfast a few days ago, I was planning to read about the Celtics first and then the Red Sox.  But I was distracted by an article on the front page with the headl...