May 2007
24 posts
If you want to learn about business, don’t watch The Apprentice, check out Mary Queen of Shops. “It’s all about trying to understand the intricacies of how to sell fashion. And understanding who the customer is, which is so vital for fashion shops.” And every other business.
“The scientific use of thought consists in forming a clear and distinct mental...”
– Wallace D. Wattles
Yell.com Pay-Per-Click Is A Disappointment
I have been testing out Yell’s new PPC solution for a client and I’m not that impressed. They didn’t explain this very well to me so I only discovered AFTER I opened an account that they restrict you to JUST national and regional searches in the UK. This is really crap because the vast majority of people (and probably the best prospects) will put either their postcode or their...
“Alice laughed: “There’s no use trying,” she said; “one can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” -Alice in Wonderland
How To Be A (Ultra)Vagabond →
Why are so many web entrepreneurs so young? →
I Love Current TV →
I'm back.
I ended my self-imposed and Tim Ferriss inspired “information fast” this morning. It has been a really worthwhile experience. Stripped of the constant stimulation of info junk food, I felt like I was a lot more productive during the week. I did cheat towards the end and watch a couple of TV programs. But I mostly stayed away from unnecessary web surfing which I’m chuffed about. I...
“Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative...”
– Albert Einstein
I'm going on a crash diet.
Tim Ferriss has got to me. I mean really got to me. He’s given me a kick in the pants and I’m only halfway through his book The 4-Hour Workweek. Today I’m starting a one week information fast. Why? ‘cos my name is Wes…and I’m an information junkie. I love information. Reading for me is not a chore, it’s a passion. When I did the test in the book Now,...
“And unlike any blog I’ve ever tried to maintain in the past, it’s never an...”
– Wes is loving the Tumblr Kool-Aid
“What I tell founders is not to sweat the business model too much at first. The...”
– Paul Graham
Avoid All Work (That Can't Be Done Playfully)
The Kpelle people of Liberia, to name one, scarcely make the distinction at all, allowing for a difference between arduous “forest work” and lighter “town work” but generally avoiding all work that can’t be done playfully, amid song and dance and jest. It’s not that they’re slackers. On the contrary: Diligent rice farmers, they organize their lives...
“The overall impression is that Microsoft is now a pilotless, decaying spaceship,...”
– Windows Vista - Orphan of the Sky
Is It Possible To Work Just Four Hours A Week?
The Internet Marketing world has been buzzing about a new book called The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss. This is no ordinary book. The author is a guest lecturer at Princeton University, speaks six languages, has been a world-record holder in tango, a national champion in Chinese kickboxing, an actor on a hit TV series in Hong...
A startup's best friend? Failure →
“How do you teach obsession, because more often than not it’s obsession...”
– Why I’m Glad I Never Went To Business School by Dame Anita Roddick
“If you guys don’t learn how to write copy, you know what you’re...”
– Gary Halbert, Copywriting Genius