Andy Milk Interactive

In conjunction with Caroset Media (http://www.carosetmedia.com), we helped launch a fascinating site called LostManProject.com. It showcases Chris Schoenbohm’s worldwide travel and work in HDR photography. Don’t know what HDR photography is? It speaks for itself.

Check it out:
LostManProject.com

I’d say I probably already have done about half of these tips but there are some great ones in this list:

http://e-strategyblog.com/2009/05/linkedin-best-practices-for-business/

I definitely like the suggestion to upload a photo to your profile.  My last name is Milk so most people who’ve met me usually can put the name to the face, but there are a LOT of LinkedIn requests I get from people I worked with years ago that I scratch my head and wonder, “Is that the art director from the North Shore?” or “Who on earth is this person?”  If they have a photo, the quandary is usually solved immediately.

Another great tip suggests to update your status often.  I try to update mine whenever possible. I could Twitter this kind of status or put it on Facebook, but the LinkedIn status is very specific to the type of work I’m doing on a daily basis. One day I could be wireframing a widget, another day I could be palms deep in PHP, and another day I could be jerking around some jQuery. (I couldn’t resist the alliteration)

Past and potential future colleagues might like to know on a daily or weekly basis what kind of spectrum I cover. Sure, it’s all listed on my web site, in my profile, and on my resume, but until you see what’s actually being done by someone real-time, it’s hard to get a feel for it.

That reminds me…I meant to write about my “Never Say No” philosophy to consulting. I’ll get to that later this week.

Cheers,
Andy

It sounds like a legitimate application, doesn’t it?  It sure does look like one when it’s operating on your PC.  It flashes a Security Center that looks very Windows-ish and it pops open balloons in the bottom right, warning you of all sorts of potential calamities if you don’t buy the full version.  This malware, spyware, and/or whatever other -ware bad guy is a tricky one to remove.  It even puts an icon in the Control Panel.  I was able to quickly find a solution, after sifting through a few that could’ve been malware themselves.

The “Malwarebytes” tool they offer for download and the steps they illustrate removed Antivirus 2009 successfully from one PC I tested.

Here it is:  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/uninstall-antivirus-2009

Your who?

I just had a client run into an issue with her hosting provider, who charged her more at the end of the year for a disk usage overage. There wasn’t any sort of automated disk usage monitor or reminder being sent to her, but there sure was a billing receipt sent! It was also time for renewal with this hosting provider and we determined she could save 50% off her yearly bill if we switched her to another hosting provider.

The moral of the story?

Make sure you periodically (yearly, quarterly, monthly) take the opportunity to see if there’s a better deal for the same service you already have out there. It’s one thing to stick with a service provider because of reliability, quality support, and responsiveness, but it’s another to just go on cruise control and leave things how they are because you don’t have the time to make a switch or you don’t know how to make a switch.

Find the time or find someone who can help you!