Tuesday, July 08, 2003
Take the Macintosh Home Business Survey
Mac-using businesses, Bertie Hall needs your help. The Azusa Pacific University student is conducting a "Macintosh Home Business Survey" in order to gather data for academic purposes. Of the hundreds of businesses to have identified themselves as Mac users this week (keep 'em coming), several of you mentioned that you run your business out of your own home. What better way to show off your new-found collective strength than to give Mr. Hall all the data he needs?
In Bertie's own words:
"Dear Fellow Mac User and Home Business Owner, I really need help with a school project at Azusa Pacific University (http://www.apu.edu). My project involves researching home business operations, especially for entrepreneurs who use computers (hopefully a Mac) in their home businesses. The survey below fulfills my Research Project requirement for my Bachelor's Degree in APU's Accelerated Degree Program. I would greatly appreciate it if you would take the time to fill out my survey."
The survey can be found in two different formats, on two different websites. The first format, which is an automatic online version of the survey (check the appropriate boxes and click "submit"), can be found by clicking here. The second format, which is meant to be emailed, printed, faxed, or mailed in, can be found by clicking here. Oh, and let's take this seriously -- this isn't one of those surveys where every Mac user votes nine hundred times to get the Mac declared "the bestest platform in the whole wide world". This time it's about actual reasearch, so if you're not a Mac-using home business, this one's not for you. But if you are one, don't pass up the opportunity to assist a fellow Mac user.
Oh any by the way, if you came here today from MacSurfer or another external link, the odds are that you're reading this article at our new digs, www.billpalmer.net. Up until now, "billpalmer.net" was simply a forwarding address for billpalmer.blogspot.com, but as of today, Pinocchio is now a real website. Just so we don't lose anyone in the process, the content of my blog will continue to be posted simultaneously to www.billpalmer.net and billpalmer.blogspot.com. But soon enough, all my content, old and new, will be at the new digs exclusively.
Why make the move, you say? Because it's time for this site to grow beyond just being a blog. There's a detailed, searchable database of Mac-using businesses that's just aching to be created, and this will happen much sooner than you think! I've long wanted to offer a location in which bleeding-edge Mac-using educators can download and exchange resources and ideas, and now I'll be able to, before too long. And my columns need comments areas where readers can post their thoughts for the consumption of other readers. All of this will happen this summer. In the mean time, it is my sincere hope that regular readers will stick around through the upcoming growth spurt. And I hope everyone is wearing a seat belt.
Mac-using businesses, Bertie Hall needs your help. The Azusa Pacific University student is conducting a "Macintosh Home Business Survey" in order to gather data for academic purposes. Of the hundreds of businesses to have identified themselves as Mac users this week (keep 'em coming), several of you mentioned that you run your business out of your own home. What better way to show off your new-found collective strength than to give Mr. Hall all the data he needs?
In Bertie's own words:
"Dear Fellow Mac User and Home Business Owner, I really need help with a school project at Azusa Pacific University (http://www.apu.edu). My project involves researching home business operations, especially for entrepreneurs who use computers (hopefully a Mac) in their home businesses. The survey below fulfills my Research Project requirement for my Bachelor's Degree in APU's Accelerated Degree Program. I would greatly appreciate it if you would take the time to fill out my survey."
The survey can be found in two different formats, on two different websites. The first format, which is an automatic online version of the survey (check the appropriate boxes and click "submit"), can be found by clicking here. The second format, which is meant to be emailed, printed, faxed, or mailed in, can be found by clicking here. Oh, and let's take this seriously -- this isn't one of those surveys where every Mac user votes nine hundred times to get the Mac declared "the bestest platform in the whole wide world". This time it's about actual reasearch, so if you're not a Mac-using home business, this one's not for you. But if you are one, don't pass up the opportunity to assist a fellow Mac user.
Oh any by the way, if you came here today from MacSurfer or another external link, the odds are that you're reading this article at our new digs, www.billpalmer.net. Up until now, "billpalmer.net" was simply a forwarding address for billpalmer.blogspot.com, but as of today, Pinocchio is now a real website. Just so we don't lose anyone in the process, the content of my blog will continue to be posted simultaneously to www.billpalmer.net and billpalmer.blogspot.com. But soon enough, all my content, old and new, will be at the new digs exclusively.
Why make the move, you say? Because it's time for this site to grow beyond just being a blog. There's a detailed, searchable database of Mac-using businesses that's just aching to be created, and this will happen much sooner than you think! I've long wanted to offer a location in which bleeding-edge Mac-using educators can download and exchange resources and ideas, and now I'll be able to, before too long. And my columns need comments areas where readers can post their thoughts for the consumption of other readers. All of this will happen this summer. In the mean time, it is my sincere hope that regular readers will stick around through the upcoming growth spurt. And I hope everyone is wearing a seat belt.
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