Category Archives: The Lighter Side
Dear A-Hole: Hey, you! Social media person! Do you even know what “social” means?
Sometimes you come across people who are very very good at their jobs. In fact, you can tell by how they act what their job actually is. Then there are other people, like the recipient of today’s Dear A-Hole love note, who say one thing, do another and leave it for their tagline to sort [...]
If your consultant is saying this, please fire them
Overheard on Twitter: “I wouldn’t worry too much about it. Business is feast or famine.” Ah yes, the old ‘feast or famine’ cliche. Time has certainly given that one the ring of truth, hasn’t it? But is it actually true? I mean, if you run a business, where does your love of old cliches cross [...]
A new look for ignite living and plans for the future
Based on some of the things I’ve got planned for the near future, I’ve decided to change up the look of Ignite Living a bit. The new design is more of a spit polish than an entire overhaul, ‘cause who’s got time for redesigning their own site, right? It might interest you to know the [...]
My year making a living as an artist
Yeah, I know. I disappeared. Again. I tend to do that from time to time, as Ye Olde Readers surely know by now. Where have I been this time? Traveling the world? Slaying dragons in the Far East? Racing fast cars in Europe? Nope, mostly I’ve been here in Seattle, working hard at my web [...]
Why people are unfollowing you on twitter
In which Charlie reveals why people might be dropping you from their Twitter lists like you’re a poisonous puffer fish coated in hot lava and rabid Saint Bernard slobber. I‘m sure there are an infinite number of reasons why people might choose to drop you from their Twitter lists. I’m sure someone, sometime, with no [...]
