http://ojar.com/news advice and tips for creating and keeping love alive. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:09:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Have you ever worked really hard on something only to see if fail at the last minute for reasons beyond your control? For the last 4 months I have been working on an important project. It cost me quite a bit of money and time. The exact project details aren't important but I want ... http://ojar.com/news/2007/11/05/have-you-ever-been-so-close-that/ Hi, As you can imagine I get a lot of emails from people on the Internet. While I am happy to get feedback there are just not enough hours in the day for me to reply to each individually. A common theme struck me this week as I reviewed some of the emails I had ... http://ojar.com/news/2007/08/26/do-you-live-in-an-as-is-or-should-be-world/ Hi , I just spent the last few days at a business conference in Texas. If you've ever spent much time at a business conference you will know that part of the time you spend is time spent networking. Meeting other people in your industry, swapping stories and learning what works ... http://ojar.com/news/2007/08/12/isnt-it-our-fault/ Seth Godin has just release a mini-book called, "The Dip". Its about, when it makes sense to give up or keep trying. How many times have you heard, "winners never give up" or do they? You can get the mini-book HERE for and maybe it will help you figure out some good stuff ... http://ojar.com/news/2007/05/13/when-to-try-and-when-to-give-up/ A law firm wanted more business, so this is their 'innovative' billboard. In case you can't read the tag line of the billboard it reads, "Life's short. Get a divorce". Yes, it got buzz on the major media networks but it raises some serious questions. Excuse me, I feel nauseous! -- Michael. http://ojar.com/news/2007/05/06/bad-taste-or-valid-advertising-statement/ Well it's time to reveal what we have come up with in our discussions to improve OJar. 1. To save bandwidth costs everything will be in black and white. As technical people know that will immediately save 30% of our hosting costs with reduced bandwidth usage. 2. To save moderating time, anyone ... http://ojar.com/news/2007/04/01/the-changes-coming-to-ojar/ A short note to update everyone. Things may seem 'quiet' but Juggernaut has been working on a new concept to enhance OJar. He has taken ideas from the existing site, ideas from some other sites and has really come up with some new concepts that are very exciting. Imagine elements of myspace/hotornot/blogging/wikipedia ... http://ojar.com/news/2007/03/31/behind-the-scenes/ "Amid the turmoil and tumult of battle, there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all; amid confusion and chaos, your array may be without head or tail, yet it will be proof against defeat." The same idea from a different framework: Web 2.0 (or, community driven sites) work ... http://ojar.com/news/2007/03/22/ojar-changes-from-a-sun-tsu-perspective/ I have asked Joe (Juggernaut) to lead a dialog with OJar members about potential visual metaphors (look-and-feel) for OJar if it had more topics. - How would the home page appear? - Navigation? - Colors? - Layout? - Visual Cues? If you have ideas please contact him. Thanks, Michael http://ojar.com/news/2007/03/22/what-would-ojar-look-like-with-more-topics/ I invited 6 people to a teleconference to begin a dialog about the future direction of OJar. There were many more I would have liked to invite but I wanted to get a good mix of individuals into a very small group. Old-timers, newbies and a few "trouble makers" in ... http://ojar.com/news/2007/03/21/teleconference-recording-and-slides/