Archive for the ‘Business Etiquette’ Category

August 19, 2010 1

Why I am politely declining your partnership proposition

By Hort in Business Etiquette

As a young freelancer — especially a traveling freelancer, it seems — I am constantly approached by young entrepreneurs who have brilliant (or self proclaimed money-maker) ideas waiting to blossom. Obviously when I’m being approached it’s an online idea and someone’s in need of a website/web-app. When I was younger, I jumped on these ideas. [...]

March 14, 2010 4

BA Expats website lying to its users

By Hort in Branding, Buenos Aires, Business Etiquette, Travel

To me, life’s always been simple: Black & White. Get busy livin’, or get busy dyin’. Unsurprisingly, I see no difference on the Internet. There are people making it better and people making it worse. To me, BA Expats (marketed: Buenos Aires Expats – Online Community of Expatriates and guide to living in Buenos Aires, [...]

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March 2, 2010 0

This Blog entry will make you cry

By Hort in Business Etiquette

Imagine for a second that you’re most coveted possession (aside from wife & kids), your be-all-end-all, your everything, your entire set of records, invoices, expenses, work, source files, works-in-progress, all just went down the shitter. *flushhh* Thankfully, the above is a false statement. That’s what could happen to me — and you — since the [...]

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