‘If I had known what it meant for a woman to invade a man’s world I wouldn’t have been able to face it’
Reflecting on her career, Agnes Macphail wrote in the Sept. 15, 1949 issue of Maclean’s. Macphail became the first woman elected to the House of Commons 100 years ago, on Dec. 6, 1921. ONCE when I was addressing...
1 Key Email Marketing Tips for Modern Businesses
Key Email Marketing Tips for Modern Businesses Email marketing is a form of marketing that businesses today can use and make the most of to inform potential and existing customers of their new products, discounts, to provide updates on developments in the business and much more. Email marketing is a branch of online marketing strategies, and it can be used in conjunction with social media marketing. For the most part, email marketing...
How To Avoid Small Mistakes That Can Disrupt Your Business
Mistakes within your business may be inevitable at times, but there are still ways to avoid them or at least learn from them. This article will contain some advice to help you avoid small mistakes to keep your business flowing. Focus On Staff Retention Many business owners and managers make the mistake of underestimating the value of their employees. That may be because they see them as disposable and replaceable, or that they just...
A Few Notes on A Few Notes on The Culture
When I post a link, I do it for two reasons. First of all, it’s me pointing at something and saying “Check this out!” Secondly, it’s a way for me to stash something away that I might want to return to. I tag all my links so when I need to find one again, I just need to think “Now what would past me have tagged it with?” Then I type the appropriate URL: adactio.com/links/tags/whatever There are some links that I return to...
Hope
My last long-distance trip before we were all grounded by The Situation was to San Francisco at the end of 2019. I attended Indie Web Camp while I was there, which gave me the opportunity to add a little something to my website: an “on this day” page. I’m glad I did. While it’s probably of little interest to anyone else, I enjoy scrolling back to see how the same date unfolded over the years. ’Sfunny, when I look back at...
Tibet’s ancient books protection center has made thousands of rare books free to view online.
Exciting news: Tibet’s ancient books protection center has uploaded over twenty thousand folios of rare, ancient books and documents to the Tibet Library’s official website. Users are able to search, copy and...
The Letterform Archive Launches a New Online Archive of Graphic Design, Featuring 9,000 Hi-Fi Images
An online design museum made by and for designers? The concept seems obvious, but has taken decades in internet years for the reality to fully emerge in the Letterform Archive. Now that it has, we can see why. Good...
The Archive of Healing Is Now Online: UCLA’s Digital Database Provides Access to Thousands of Traditional & Alternative Healing Methods
Photo by Katherine Hanlon on Unsplash Folk medicine is, or should be, antithetical to capitalism, meaning it should not be possible to trademark, copyright, or otherwise own and sell plants and natural remedies to...