Can Your Relationship Survive your Business?

I am a terrible girlfriend. Actually, that’s not strictly true; I can understand why some people would think I’m a terrible girlfriend. As a freelancer, I’m never really “off.” No matter what day it is, if I’m at home, I’m probably in front on my laptop, absorbed in a world that my other half is [...]

Are You Getting the Right Sort of Traffic?

Over the last couple of days, a select few websites may have noticed spikes in the number of their web visitors. Most will know where the traffic is coming from, and will hopefully have been prepared for the onslaught. They will all have been featured as part of Forbes Woman’s “Top 100 Websites for Women” [...]

Why Are Some Businesses So Scared of Technology?

I spent a very relaxed afternoon at a friend’s house yesterday, being thoroughly middle-class. There was good food and wine in the kitchen; children were running around underfoot; there was chat and debate amongst the women on the verandah, while inside the menfolk were gathered around the big screen television to watch the England game. [...]

Freeware of the Week! [Calibre]

Even if you don’t have a Kindle or an iPad, you might still enjoy reading e-books. There are a number of readers on the markets, and each of these have their own proprietary format. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could treat your e-book collection the same way as you would your paper library? Moving [...]

South Africa in the Spotlight

This is a guest blog post by Jennifer Gorton of Forex Indicators. Jennifer writes on a range of issues related to foreign exchange and commodities trading. Last Friday was a great day for all sports fans young and old. The start of the 2010 World Cup kicked off between host nation South Africa and our [...]