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Cannonbose Business Lesson #1

By: Michael Cannon

Save yourself headaches and money.

Still Busy, 2 Major Projects Launching, Loads of Podcasts

By: Michael Cannon

Life is still pretty busy these days for me. In fact, I've pushed back for the 3rd time heading to Boston for gettng Peichi's and my marriage paperwork authenticated for us to be registered in Taiwan. I'm aiming to get a resident visa instead of a work or other so that I can attend school and own a business in Taiwan.

Next week, Cannonbose will be launching two new sites. One is based upon an aviation related publication. Another is a TYPO3 extension using model-view-controller programming techniques as an emergency document management system. Once they launch, I'll share the URLs.

While...

How I'm Paying Off My Credit Cards

By: Michael Cannon

A recent email discussion, lends itself to a talk about paying off credit cards.

Today's Problem: Getting from Boston to Orlando and then Berlin

By: Michael Cannon

Like most business owners, I try to not spend anymore than what I really need to. With the upcoming 2008 TYPO3 conference in Berlin, it was time to do early bird registration and book my flights. Since, fuel is such a constant concern nowadays, I wanted to book now in hedging against even higher fuel fees.

In the past, I'd spend (waste) time searching a wide variety of airline websites and the associated flight option mashups. Inevitably though, I'd come back to a certain geeky like solution to plan my flights and then book specific flights without fear of surprise fees.

I still use my...

你好。你很忙吗？(Hello. Are you busy?)

By: Michael Cannon

I'm very busy nearly everyday. I'm so busy, that I have a calendar to help me figure out when I have time to do something or not. Even when I have time planned for a task or three, I still have to find ways to occasionally multi-task successfully since not all tasks are consecutive.

Hence, the Chinese heading. I have to practice my 汉语 (Chinese writing) when I can  or  else I'll miss out on my study efforts.

Are you still waking up every morning and getting to work right away only to break away for meals and bathroom breaks only when most needed? Then are you working late into...

Keep Looking and Improving Constantly

By: Michael Cannon

I asked my wife this evening if I could watch a movie in bed and after a few moments of deliberation, she relented. That was 90 minutes ago and I still haven't watched a movie.

"Why not" you might ask, well I got side tracked doing a quick check of my Google AdWords account and found out that I hadn't a landing page for a keyword phrase of mine that I should've had in place since early-2007. This means that Cannonbose was spending money and not getting search visitors where we wanted them to go. As such, despite my desire to relax a little bit and watch a movie, I needed to...