Bill Kennedy’s getting it done at Energized Accounting, a relatively new blog hosted by Google’s Blogger that so far has been host to some inspi­ra­tional posts for me. The latest is all about a favourite topic of mine, data visual­ization: If you want effective commu­ni­ca­tions, you have to take respon­si­bility for both the sending and […]

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Choosing an accountant for your business is always a delicate endeavour. It’s incredibly important for your accountant to under­stand your business thoroughly, inside and out, backwards and forward. So, for some non-traditional businesses (i.e. profes­sional blogger), this can be tricky to say the least. A post titled How to pick an accountant for your online business […]

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An esteemed Princeton economist has predicted that accoun­tants, lawyers and other highly educated and highly paid workers in the developed world will be made obsolete in the near future by lower cost alter­na­tives in the devel­oping world. From the best accoun­tants and lawyers to the smartest deriv­a­tives traders to teachers and lecturers, many of today’s most […]

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Which nascent social network does it better for work-related connec­tions? Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. LinkedIn is an online network of experi­enced profes­sionals from around the world, repre­senting 130 indus­tries. By their own defin­i­tions, these two utilities target slightly different types […]

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May 1 is a special day for Canadians of all types (since it’s the day after taxes are due here), but it’s very special for accoun­tants who’ve spent the past few months first up to their necks in audits (there are many businesses that operate on a calendar year end) and followed that up with […]

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