Blog Moving

I just finished converting ArtOfProgress.com to a WordPress blog. Up next is JamesTharpe.com.

My site will be back online in a day or two.

How to read all those blogs

Check out Google Reader. It is what I use to read all the blogs I read. It also integrates well with the Google Homepage and the Google Toolbar.

Can you tell I'm a Google fan?

Campaigns Wikia

Today I came across Jimmy Wales's blog (the Wikipedia guy) and read/skimmed the articles. One post I found especially interesting was for the Campaigns Wikia. This seems like a pretty interesting project. Here's the mission statement:

It's time for politics to become more intelligent, and for democracy to really involve the people. Broadcast media tells you what to think and doesn't let you get involved. It's time to focus on what you need, what you care about, and the messages you want to get out.

The site is obviously in its infancy. For example: there is a small article on Jeb Bush but not George. On the other hand, there are some very long articles such as the one on health care.

I'll be keeping a watch on the site to see what happens. I hope it goes well.

Get rich... slowly

In my continued quest to conserve money as I start my new business, I came across another great web site: Get Rich Slowly. This site has a lot of little tips on saving money; such as an article on Healthy food for an Unhealthy Budget (something I am especially interested in) and another one on Handy Personal Finance Spreadsheets (one of which I will be downloading shortly).

Of course, without any income I'm simply trying to go poor slowly. Yesterday my mom helped me organize my file folders and receipts. Today I'm going to attempt to set up QuickBooks and QuickBooks Customer Manager. On Monday I will have some business cards printed up and, at that point, I should finally be ready to begin actively drumming up business.