[TechRepublic] Small business lessons for IT consultants

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Small business lessons for IT consultants TechRepublic blogger Chip Camden discusses Maggie Mason's seven lessons for small businesses from an IT consultant's perspective. What lessons would you add to the list? Read more Resource of the day Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones You need the ability to support users on today's most popular platforms -- including iPhones and iPads. LogMeIn Rescue can help. Test drive LogMeIn Rescue for free and start providing complete on-demand remote support to customers and colleagues. Launching an IT consultancy: What has changed since 2008 Erik Eckel updates his tips about starting an IT consultancy to include some lessons that his office learned in the wake of the financial crisis. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Before your project team high-fives and runs for the hills, consider this Most project teams finish a project and then flee with no looking back. Patrick Gray talks about why this is a terrible idea. Read more 10 toxic character types you'll meet on the job You know that obnoxious, manipulative, picked-last kid you used to play with? He's all grown up and making life miserable for his boss and co-workers now. Read more Techno itinerancy and surviving the professional apocalypse TR member Todd Fluhr provides some survival steps for freelance techies who have little or no resources to work with. Additional tips for survival are welcome in the discussion thread. Read more Save your money: Three bad Linux books Not all Linux books are created equal. Some are amazingly good, and definitely worth buying. Others are a waste of money. Three specimens identified in this article are of the latter variety. Read more 10 expressions that don't belong on your Web site Want your Web site to attract visitors, hold their attention, and get the right message across? Make sure you avoid buzzwords, marketing tripe, and meaningless hype. Read more Featured multimedia   A world of Android phones at Google I/O (photos) Though Google I/O is mostly for developers, there's plenty to see for the average cell phone fan. On one floor, a display case had Android phones from around the world. View on site HTC ThunderBolt Teardown Bill Detwiler cracks open the HTC ThunberBolt. Verizonâs first 4G LTE smartphone has chips from Qualcomm, Broadcom, SanDisk, Micron, and Atmel. View on site LEGO structures create BrickMagic 2011 BrickMagic Festival for LEGO Fans was held in North Raleigh, NC from May 7-8, 2011. Take a look at photos of some of the LEGO creations that were on display. View on site Today's recommended downloads Ensure High Availability for Critical Systems and Apps (Quest Software) Free White Paper: Improving the Efficiency of Large UPS Systems (American Power Conversion (APC)) Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn) Learn the Alternatives to RAC (Quest Software) Stop Wasting Electricity in the Data Center (American Power Conversion (APC)) Perennial favorites   18 maxims of successful IT consulting Sanity saving tips for newbie IT consultants Five ways to be profitable in IT consulting True or false poll: Bill Gates still runs Microsoft? This week's Windows Blog poll question is a bit tricky: Who is really running the day-to-day operations at the Microsoft Corporation? TechRepublic newsletters   Get IT advice and techniques, mobile news, Mac tips, and product reviews in these TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Five Tips 10 Things Smartphones Macs in Business Product Spotlight Fractal image galleries Fractal art from the XaoS zoomer Chaoscope fractals showcase the beauty of chaos Flame Fractals continue to dazzle Incredible flame fractals take you through the wormhole

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