Joe Beaulaurier’s Blog

I did something yesterday I rarely ever do. I went and had breakfast by myself at a local restaurant. Sure I’ll do this when traveling but this time it was a block from my office which is only a mile from my home.
In the restaurant was a gathering of locals, men and women, strung along [...]

Many of us at PRWeb received phone calls last week from a Mr. John Havens. It seems Mr. Havens is a contributor to About.com’s podcasting topic section and he himself has setup a podcasting studio. He was offering us the ability for our customers to have podcasts made which could be attached to their press [...]

This is my token Apple-bashing diatribe. If such words can send you into a tizzy, just stop reading now. Really. Just stop.
The mandatory computer assignment for me at PRWeb was (is?) a wonderfully shiny Apple iMac. I was watched as I opened the box. Two Apple fans were standing behind me, waiting for me to [...]

I got to take several customer service phone calls today. I forewarn them they’re talking to a newbie (I’ve not been with PRWeb 2 months) and they could do better if they wanted to leave their phone number and await a CSR callback. But that’s not enough to deter them. So get to learn along [...]

We’ve lived in our house for 16 years and still have the original eggshell paint on the walls. Frankly, we’re scared of colors and painting requires choosing colors. But using Gimp, I took some pictures around the house and played around with applying a couple color schemes we were considering. Amazingly enough, we’ve decided on [...]