Archive for August, 2007

Thirty Day Challenge – I’m in!

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

I got to know about the Thirty Day Challenge through the great Brendon Sinclair and SitePoint.
As the site puts it:
I”n a nutshell… The Thirty Day Challenge is about making your first $10 online. For a full 30 days we are going to be showing you exactly how to start your own Internet business and generate your first income online without spending a dime”.
So I’m keeping an open mind and doing it. So far I’ve found very useful advice and tools. I’m working hard to be up to speed, since I only started last Friday, and tomorrow is already day 11. But I’ll do it, and let you know about the experience, and whether I made 1, 10, 100, or no $ at all :-)

Thought for the weekend

Saturday, August 4th, 2007


I am reading Seth Godin’s “small is the new big” and, of course, loving every word of it. This sentence is taken from an article called “Are you a Clown?”. He applies it to the business world, but it means so much more…

“Wishful thinking is not a replacement for the real world”

You’re forgiven Little MOO

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

I had ordered my personal cards from Moo. I now ordered some stickers to try.
They made a small mistake with my order. Do you think they waited until I got it (and maybe not even realise it)? No. They sent me this email:

Hello,

I’m Little MOO. We’ve spoken before, I’m the piece of software that
manages your order with MOO.

I’ve done a Very Bad Thing.

Don’t worry – your StickerBook will be fine, but I might’ve lost the
information that tells the real life people at MOO what colour cover
you ordered for your StickerBook.

I might only be a piece of software but I am embarrassed and I do
feel like a bit of an idiot. If you do get the wrong cover for your
book, please accept my apologies and know that someone has fiddled
with my insides and fixed them, and it won’t happen again.

In the meantime, I hope you love the Stickers you ordered.

Very best wishes, and sorry again,
Little MOO.

It made me smile. It made me feel lighter, having had a crappy day up till then. Do you think I cared about the (small) mistake?