Build your own attractive business cards online with free webapp Deyey. The site’s built-in templates are attractive, simple to use, and easy to customize (just check out their demo to see how easy), and when you’re finished you can save the card at Deyey or download it to your computer to print off there. If you’ve always needed a good business card but didn’t feel like shelling out for professionally designed or printed cards, Deyey’s a nice alternative. For another free business card alternative, check out previously mentioned Businesscardland.
Deyey [via MakeUseOf]In a constantly-changing society, new technologies exist today that haven’t existed yesterday. Blogger Wendy Piersall says that the best way to move forward and prepare our children is to educate them to innovate, think for themselves, and give them the skills necessary to make a living in the future. How is this done? Teach them through games. She proposes fourteen games that will teach children about business and makes clever arguments about why each is a solid choice. For example, the Sims 2 Open For Business expansion pack lets you manage businesses that can either thrive or fail. Lemonade Tycoon 2 is another viable choice, allowing children to understand the value of their money as they sell the drink in NYC. The Stock Rush game teaches children to invest wisely. These games certainly can teach children the value of a dollar, and they’re fun, too!
14 Educational Games to Teach Your Kids about Business [eMoms at Home]Like it or not, office politics are almost impossible to avoid. Even those that try to completely avoid the political scene often get caught in the tangle. Stop running and learn how to leverage the politics in your office. The Dumb Little Man weblog has a series of tips to help you step up your game. But why is everyone so pissy about office politics? You know who is good at office politics, people with empathy, people who are great time managers, and people who see themselves as part of a team. Which means, of course, that you should get good at office politics, because the people who are bad at it have dead-end careers, and spend their lives whining about how it’s not fair because they are so good at doing their work.
How do you survive the politics in your office? Share in the comments. How to Improve Your Skills at Office Politics [Dumb Litttle Man]
Fed up with working for the Man? Check out the StartupNation Top 100 Home-based Businesses for some ideas of how to become an entrepreneur from your own home. Categories include Yummiest (?) and Slacker-Friendly. Canine couture anyone?
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Financial blog The Simple Dollar has written up a few tips on how to deal with those inevitable business lunches – and how to keep costs to a minimum.
I drink a large amount of water just before leaving. Suggest carpooling. Order water as the drink (it’s free). Order something inexpensive but filling. Participate strongly in the conversation – this keeps you from spending too much on the meal.What’s your best budget tip for business meals? Thoughts in the comments. How To Minimize The Cost (And Maximize The Benefit) Of Eating Out For Business [The Simple Dollar]
Latest version 2.3 of free, open source office suite application OpenOffice.org is now available for download. The upgrade includes new features, overall polish and security patches.
Mac OS X only: Share more than just your user folder on your Mac using the SharePoints preference pane. You already know how to access your Mac’s files from your PC, but OS X’s default Windows sharing only shares the user folder. To share other folders, grab SharePoints, which offers a graphical interface for configuring Samba (Windows sharing) as well as advanced AFS (AppleFileServer) properties. SharePoints is a free download for Mac only, donations requested.
SharePoints 3.5.4 [MacUpdate]
