Broke and Ain’t Got a Dime – Precious Bryant
Filed under: Personal Days - Blues and Coffee Breaks
It’s early Sunday morning. I just got paid, but I’m broke and ain’t got a dime. Just like the song says…
From the master compilers at Hear Music, Got a Feeling Called the Blues, is an outstanding collection of blues works from the various masters of the form. The bulk of the performances hail from between the 1930s and the 1960s, with an exception or two as necessary to catch a major performer. Precious Bryant covers this Blind Willie McTell tune.
Born Precious Bussey in Talbot County, GA, on January 4, 1942, Precious Bryant has performed rural acoustic blues throughout her native state for over 30 years in a variety of settings, from the Baptist church to folk festivals to clubs and concert halls. As a female practitioner of a rapidly fading folk style, Bryant has a unique musical voice, if only by virtue of survival.
Use Free Office Productivity Software
Filed under: Tips & Tricks - Sites, Software, Shortcuts
Money Saving Technology Tip 16
Use Free Office Productivity Software
“Instead of costly productivity tool applications from Microsoft, use equivalent free tools. Google offers free versions of email, word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet applications. Sun offers a suite of free productivity tools called the OpenOffice Suite, including a word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation application. Mozilla offers a free email client, Thunderbird, which does most of the things Microsoft Outlook does.”
Keith Klundt, Orange Soda, @OrangeSoda
I switched to Gmail from Outlook two years ago and have never looked back. Which applications from Google do you most often use? If you’re still purchasing productivity tools, what keeps you from switching?
Courtesy of Small Business Trends
Bragging Rights. Who Has Yours?
Filed under: Social Business - Strategy & Networking
About a year before Clay Shirky’s recent blog post in which he explores how women are less willing to take risks in self-promotion than men, I had an “Aha Moment.”
Resentful. Angry. Frustrated.
“I know so much more than he does, and yet he’s on stage teaching people about shiny tools he doesn’t use or understand himself.“
“I taught him about Twitter, now he’s on a national platform acting as if he ‘get’s it’ and doesn’t have the balls to even give credit where credit is due.“
“Time after time I submit a proposal only to later discover the guy who calls me for assistance all the time is presenting instead. What’s the deal?“
True to my southern heritage, the social culture of my age group, and a host of other outside variables, I was stuck.
Stop Waiting for Someone to Recommend You
You should know that you almost never find a prophet in your own backyard. The reverse is also true. To be recognized as a credible resource with a unique blend of experience and skills travel is often required.
Social media tools enable you to “travel” without leaving your desk.
A targeted, well defined, strategic social business marketing campaign introduces you to:
- new people
- new ideas
- new freedoms
- new industries
- new skills
- new opportunities
- new revenue
What’s your experience?
Are you sitting in a little red wagon, like I was, waiting for someone to come along and pull you where you want to go?
Do you think self-promotion is rude? When is it okay to brag about yourself?
Share your thoughts in the comments. Together, we can learn to pull our own damn wagon.
