IT for small businesses

It’s that time again!  We are giving another workshop at the DC chapter of SBA/Score.  If you plan on attending, save some dough and sign up now; it’s $10 more at the door.  We will cover the full gamut of IT essentials for small businesses and startups.  I mean all of it: from website design to green business practices.

Speaking of green, we’ve uploaded our slides this time, rather than print them out (SBA only has single-sided printers).  So check them out and send us questions in advance.  Or comment here.

Here are some thoughts from the last one we did, back cold, cold February.

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deep purple-purpendicular download There’s a bit of a tech craziness is going around Washington DC lately with lots of twitter chatter about Government 2.0.  It’s no secret that this new administration is looking for answers in these challenging times but I have some concern that signal-to-noise ratio is going to cause some trouble.

In the last two years, Washington DC has taken center stage regarding technology adoption across institutions at both local and national levels.   Seems barely a few years ago that tech hackers never really saw much value in hanging out with PR and marketing people.  We had to be forced to go network like it was a chore and play nice with everyone we met.  Now-a-days, it seems like we’re all tripping over each other to exchange business cards, write on each others blogs and trying to score tickets the latest tech conferences.  Why is that?

Lots of reasons.  GenXers are now in positions of influence and arguably more willing to adopt new technologies.  We have a new and more open administration in the White House that is mandating more transparency.  And we have a bad economy that once again is attracting big business to Washington DC area.

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Word Association Time, kids:

Georgia? Peanuts.  Peanuts? Salmonella.  Salmonella?  Widget!

“Widget?!“, you say? 

Yes. Widget, I say. And I admit when I first saw it, I also thought that was an old pairing of words.  I mean, it’s Widget!  It hangs out with the hip crowd: social media, facebook, macs. iPhones, for crying out loud!  iPhones have widgets. “Widget” certainly does Not hang out with them FDA types.  But, like all us mere mortals have to pay taxes, so are mere technologies appropriated by all facets of government, and to the left you see a barely breathing example of the FDA Salmonella Widget.

Where do I get mine, you ask?  Well, mosey on over to the FDA.  Bring three forms of ID, a birth certificate, three passport-style photos…

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Facebook, about two weeks ago, updated its terms of use.  The Force did not like that. Here is one excerpt:

Sure, you can choose not to use Facebook at all, but that doesn’t mean a thing. Someone can still take your photo, slap it on Facebook, and now neither you nor the author of the photo can stop Facebook from using the photo in whichever way they please

[ http://mashable.com/2009/02/16/facebook-tos-privacy/ ]

Well, fear no more, masses.  Facebook this morning informed me (and presumably you, too) that “Because of this response, we have decided to return to our previous Terms of Use”.  

Go ahead.  Pat yourselves on the back.  You deserve it.

Green tips for every day life!

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Being environmentally conscious (and generally, socially conscious) has become fashionable.  And as with all fashion, it has become expensive.  Somewhere between Carbon Credits and Green Roofs, we lost track of the basics.  When I was a wee lad in Elementary school, you didn’t have to go broke and smell of patchouli to save the world. On the contrary, it meant being frugal and being conscious of your actions.  On this first article in our “Green Business” category, I want to explore a few green tips that are not only socially conscious, they also increase your “Green visibility” and will not break the bank.  For now, I start with bringing it back to the basics: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. And you may even save  a few pennies in the process.

1. Ditch Styrofoam

I walk in a meeting, at some ungodly hour like 10 am.  Happily, the person at the desk is nice enough to offer a very welcome cup of coffee.  They come out with a styrofoam cup and packets of sugar and cream. Oh, and one of those plastic stirrer things.  And I’m thinking: Styrofoam? Really?!  Whether there’s any basis to my bias is yet to be determined, and there’s still some debate about the paper vs. styrofoam cup thing, but it is accepted in many circles that styrofoam is just plain bad, with health effects as well as environmental.  I don’t know why but styrofoam still persists. 

2. Ditch the paper and plastic, too

Now consider the alternative: I get a reusable mug with a spoon and a sugar and cream server if I wanted sugar/cream.  Now I think happy thoughts.  I think they care about the environment. I think they think of their work place as something more than a factory.  I think they care about their employees and probably have a rec. room. Chance are the coffee tastes better too.   I get kind of confused when I go to lunch, and they ask whether the food is “for here” or carry-out…only to serve it in the same disposable plastics when I’m eating in.

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