I’m a huge fan of visualizing things. Things like data. Data is fun, sure, but not as fun as a data visualization. Pictures are worth a thousand words, and pretty pictures have gotta be worth at least 1,001. What’s helping me visualize data these days? Mind maps. That’s because there are two really cool webContinue reading “Mind maps made productive for public accountants”
Author Archives: Neil
Microsoft plunges into social networks with accounting and finance site
This is probably the type of thing I should be blogging about. The phrase “right in my wheelhouse” comes to mind. The intersection of several of my favourite things: accounting, technology, and social networks. Microsoft has announced a new “community” around Dynamics Live specifically for accounting and finance professionals. The site isn’t named yet butContinue reading “Microsoft plunges into social networks with accounting and finance site”
Cell phones become mobile
I’ve been waiting for tomorrow for a long time. The rest of the country has been waiting for tomorrow for a long time. And that time has finally arrived. Wireless number portability is now here. Canada is finally catching up with the rest of the world and unshackling phone numbers from phone companies. My numberContinue reading “Cell phones become mobile”
Shared office space can preserve scarce cash
Smart cash flow management is critical to any business, but especially so for startups. Leasing the building, furnishing it, maintaining it, equipping it with phone and computer systems and networks… These are significant costs that startups would do well to avoid for as long as possible. So it was with great interest that I readContinue reading “Shared office space can preserve scarce cash”
Using blogs as marketing tools
A while back, about a day or two after passing the UFE, I was approached to write a short editorial for The Bottom Line, a finance and accounting monthly, about how and why accountants and accounting firms should blog. I sat down soon thereafter and punched out a short, authoritative screed extolling the virtues ofContinue reading “Using blogs as marketing tools”