Productivity. and Pinterest.
I’m cleaning off one of my desks. At the back of the desk, I found two wire racks. “What is it?” I wondered. And then it hit me: this is one of those racks that supposed to hold file folders upright, at the back of your desk, so you can see them all. Death on […]
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I’ve been testing process mapping software this week. Will write a larger post about the process and my decisions along the way later. I like Creately; even the free version has everything I can think of wanting. Final test: how does the link translate in a blog post? These links shared from a free account; […]
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Sometimes, you just have to declare that a book is dead. Sometimes, somebody has to be the grown up, and make the decision that nobody’s going to buy this book, nobody wants it, it has no resale value, and it’s time to return to that great paper pulp machine in the sky. Intact books cause […]
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I’ve been cleaning out my studio; I found a 2004 calendar that I had saved for the pictures. At the back were two pages designed to show the full year, day by day. I use a lot of outdated calendars as record books. They show up in the thrift shop stream. If all I need […]
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5 days into the new world order, and I am beginning to discern a path that might just lead me through this very dark and scary forest. It is possible that we may even be nearing the “end of the beginning,” although that is probably grossly optimistic. There are more shocks to come. The idiots […]
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My favorite thrift shop had a manual typewriter on display. The lady behind the counter said, “One just like that sold just last week—I can’t imagine why anyone would want to use a manual typewriter!” I said, “Maybe the power goes out a lot where they are.” And then, “Maybe they just like the way […]
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When I teach the Images unit of the Social Media Marketing Certificate Program, I encourage people to build their own library of stock images. I hate pictures of people writing backwards on glass windows; of perfectly balanced teams where everyone is dressed in color-coordinated clothes, where everyone had an orthodontist. “Take your own,” I tell […]
Continue reading...When I started teaching social media, we talked about Instagram and couldn’t really see how to use it for business. I created an account, simply to have my hand in the game. I decided to post pictures of the cooling tower, which I pass every time I go to Raleigh. It’s visible from all over […]
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I opened my Shopify store, Karen Tiede Studio, in March. I was pleasantly surprised to log in yesterday and see this message on my dashboard: I need to do more research to see if I can find a few more anchor points. I know that half of all the stores that are started, are published […]
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I collect planners. More hope is sold in the planner aisle at Staples than at Max Factor… The NEXT planner will solve my problems…. the NEXT planner will make me organized. (Heck, I get as much benefit from last year’s calendars as I do from a new planner; they all have value. Often, I don’t […]
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