8 things I wish everyone knew about email

1. Change your settings so that email from you has a name, your name, not a blank or some unusual characters, in the from field. (ask a geek or IT person for help if you don't know how).
2. Change your settings so that the bottom of every email includes a signature (often called a sig) that includes your name and your organization.
3. Change your settings so that when you reply to a note, the note you're replying to is included below what you write (this is called quoting).
4. Don't hit reply all. Just don't. Okay, you can, but read this first.
5. You can't recall an email you didn't mean to send. Some software makes you think you can, but you can't. Not reliably.
6. Email lives forever, is easy to spread and can easily show up in discovery for a lawsuit.
7. Please don't ask me to save a tree by not printing your email. It doesn't work, it just annoys the trees.
8. Send yourself some email at a friend's computer. Read it. Are the fonts too big or too small? Does it look like a standard email? If it doesn't look like a standard, does this deviation help you or hurt you? Sometimes, fitting in makes sense, no?

And a bonus tip from Cory Doctorow, who gets more email than you and me combined: When you go on vacation, set up an autoreply that says, "I'm on vacation until x/x/2010. When I get back, I'm going to delete all the email that arrived while I was gone, so if this note is important, please send it to me again after that date."
 

Posted by Seth Godin on April 23, 2010
Source: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/

Just had a great training session with Catalyst4Christ. They are an organization that helps people experience God at a deeper level.

http://catalyst4christ.org

 WhatTheFont is a lot like one of my favorites, Identifont. This little free service allows you to upload a graphic that contains words, and the system does its best to identify your font.

I tried it with a few logos I’ve developed where I knew what the font was. It hit about 50 percent of the time, but the misses were darn close. I could have easily used one of the fonts they came up with as a close match to the look and feel.

WhatTheFont is a tool brought to you by MyFonts, which looks to be a pretty inexpensive way to purchase interesting fonts. Of course, I still prefer dafont, which is free. I’m funny like that.

Originally posted by Cheapskate Freelancer 03/11/2010

Posted by Seth Godin on December 11, 2009

1966: NBC, CBS and ABC decided what I did every night at 8 pm.

Today: are you still ceding control to others?

It's easy to allow 'them' to dictate how (and how often) you friend or post or follow or tweet...

Shouldn't you be the one who decides?

If your Facebook circle is draining your energy and not pushing you forward, why, precisely, is it there? If you are spending more than a few minutes a day on Twitter, is it because you can't stop or because stopping will cost you your goals? Which is more important: a ringing telephone or an unfinished new concept on your screen, waiting for you to type out the rest of it?
 

Submitted by Anthony Adams on May 15, 2009 - 5:35pm. Business | Business News | Local News

(Best Syndication News) SACRAMENTO CA – Assemblyman Anthony Adams (R-Hesperia) today honored Seth Neistadt, President and CEO of Axiom Media, Inc. specializing in website development for individuals, non-profit organizations, educational facilities and healthcare organizations, as this year’s 59th District Small Business of the Year.

“Axiom Media goes well beyond being a small business providing quality service and is committed to being active in building up our community,” said Adams. “Under Mr. Neistadt direction the company has shown leadership and commitment to the community at large through non-profit work and community activism.”

Adams sent a request to all 17 Chambers of Commerce serving businesses within the 59th Assembly District to submit nominations for the award. Axiom Media was nominated by the Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce for the company’s work with the Chamber and local businesses.

Axiom Media has received numerous awards and accolades since opening its doors in 2002. In 2006 the company was a finalist for Business of the Year through the Cal State San Bernardino “Spirit of Entrepreneur Awards – Inland Empire.” The company was the first High Desert business to be a finalist for the award.

Mr. Neistadt has served on various community boards and committees within the High Desert community, including the Victor Valley College Foundation, Apple Valley Rotary Board, Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce Board, and the Business Owners Leadership Team of High Desert Church.

The award recipient for the Small Business of the Year award must meet the California Small Business Association’s criteria for a small business as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Assemblyman Adams represents the 59th Assembly District, which includes the communities of Hesperia, Apple Valley, Glendora, Claremont, La Verne, San Bernardino, San Dimas, Monrovia, Highland, Lake Arrowhead, Crestline, Sierra Madre, Arcadia, Bradbury, La Crescenta-Montrose and Redlands.

By Rebecca Bloomfield

 

Axiom Media is the first business in the High Desert to be a finalist in "The Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards - Inland Empire". Each year, entrepreneurs are nominated and selected as finalists in the following categories: Emerging Entrepreneur, Technology Entrepreneur, Social Entrepreneur, Supporter of Entrepreneurship, Family Business Entrepreneur, General Entrepreneur, Lifetime Achievement. The entrepreneurs selected in these categories will represent a diverse group of individuals from throughout the Inland Empire who exhibit outstanding entrepreneurial leadership, passion, creativity, and business acumen.