BeckerBiz — Larry's business blog

As many of you know, I started a blog (this one) a couple years ago to post about various stuff that interests me. The blog was called “phaim” and I’ve left all that legacy stuff in place because there were some pretty decent articles, including many about business, which I may refer back to at [...]

I love being able to share things that help other people. I usually try to do that when I set out to do a blog post, but today I just have some information. (Although it might be helpful to somebody, and that would be great!) I’ve been working on an invention in my spare time [...]

I don’t always have the time to answer NAPP members or blog readers in great detail, but recently a question came to me as the result of one of my posts here about flash and I took the opportunity to answer my reader at length. Since there’s a lot of good information in my reply, [...]

As the Exec Director of The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), my biggest gig all year is Photoshop World. This week it’s in Orlando and I’m just wrapping up a few work-related things before I head out. — By the way, if you’re in central Florida, day two and three of the Expo are [...]

A couple weeks ago I wrote a post that had a word in the title that’s incendiary. As a writer, I try to grab my readers’ attention by offering a new way to look at something or even use a play on words that’s a little shocking or possibly funny. (I know I don’t always [...]

Sales opportunities come out of thin air sometimes and if you’re ready for it, you might just get the sale. You run into people all the time, and if you’re instantly ready with a strong portfolio, you might just get a job or two you would otherwise never hear about. In Business, There’s No Such [...]

My buddies Scott Kelby and Terry White are great about telling their readers to back things up. Photo libraries. iTunes libraries. General files. Everything. I agree, but my budget is tighter than theirs, so I explored a bit before jumping on board the DROBO train. There are a couple things to consider. Backup software and [...]

I’m home from ImagingUSA and I’m keeping with the tradition of bringing home a serious cold for the second year in a row. The sore throat started on the shuttle bus ride from the hotel to the airport, and this year’s cold came with a fever! Show Specials Okay, there’s nothing scientific here, just a [...]

Editor’s Note: It’s Monday and ImagingUSA is still under way in Nashville. I’m not flying home to Tampa until tonight and I should have a bit of an event review later this week. Over the holiday season last December I let you know about some blogs I like. One of those is from Atlanta-based photographer [...]

As a dedicated Palm OS user since the Pilot 1000, I’m pretty much done waiting for Palm to step up and deliver in all of the important areas to business users, which made Palm famous. I’d go back to my Treo 755p but it’s big, the browser stinks, and the platform is only continuing to [...]