November 2011
1 post
Tax Thursday at Freshbooks →
Hey everyone. I just wanted to let you know about a guest post I did over at the Freshbooks blog. They’re starting a Tax Thursday series over there, to help get you prepared for April. They’re…
Nov 26th
September 2011
2 posts
Sep 3, Dealing with Incomplete Documentation →
Sep 4th
Customer Service: More Important Than Ever →
When I was a teenager, good customer service was never much of a selling point. There were a few reasons behind this philosophy. 1. I was a teen, and therefore accepted the fact that…
Sep 2nd
July 2011
13 posts
You know those stickers on vans with all the...
Jul 29th
How to work within constraints. →
This morning, I don’t have my regular laptop. I knew this would be happening in advance, so I prepared. I was going to use one of my kids’ netbooks. I couldn’t get everything done, but…
Jul 29th
Is your town stuck in the 20th Century? →
Do you ever feel like your city isn’t on the same page technologically as you are? When I’m on Twitter or LinkedIn, people are using the technology to connect with…
Jul 26th
The #1 Marketing Strategy for Freelance... →
Jul 23rd
1 simple way to get new clients →
Not too long ago I spent some time telling you how bad I was at selling. I can’t think of a better way to spend a Friday morning, than to bash myself again. Well, maybe bash…
Jul 23rd
Ask ThatBookkeeper: Whose job is it to use... →
Most of the time, pouring over my site stats and analytics is a waste of time. I usually just end up obsessing over why more people read last Tuesday’s post than…
Jul 21st
Trippy effects the iPhone's HDR has during a...
Jul 17th
ThatPick (July 14, 2011): Arkli →
One of the most fun, and yet challenging aspects of entrepreneurship in this day and age is social media. If Twitter is any indication, there are millions of social media…
Jul 15th
Bookkeepers: not as expensive as you think. →
There are more than a few reasons why I didn’t end up with a career in sales. When I sold computers, I had no problem telling a customer that another store had what they…
Jul 14th
Getting back to basics: setting up bank accounts. →
Today, I wanted to continue with our Back to Basics series. So far, we’ve talked about deciding to be an entrepreneur, choosing a good business idea, and financing…
Jul 8th
Know your limitations to make each day a success. →
As I’m writing this, I’m feeling particularly rundown. I think it’s just a cold, but whatever it is, I’m not at 100%. Some people would choose to take this opportunity to…
Jul 7th
Don’t forget an important task again. →
I have discussed some of my productivity tools in the past. And, as I mentioned last week, they can sometimes have a negative effect on that productivity. I think the…
Jul 6th
Happy Canada Day →
Starting, maintaining, and growing a successful small business is incredibly difficult. I can’t imagine having to do it outside of North America. And, more specifically,…
Jul 2nd
June 2011
1 post
Linux bookkeeping: calculating payroll →
. I had yet another Windows setback last week. I had some automatic updates that needed to restart the system in order to finish up. Upon reboot, it got to 35% complete…
Jun 22nd
May 2011
1 post
The whole email money transfer system appears to...
May 5th
April 2011
5 posts
There’s no time for profits like the present. →
Like I said yesterday, time has been on my mind lately. Time affects small businesses in many ways. Yesterday I spoke about time management. Time also has a great affect…
Apr 27th
Wedding Invitation Turns Into a Paper Record... →
Apr 16th
Rent Adobe Products (Like Photoshop) for Monthly... →
Apr 12th
What About That Linux Experiment? →
Many of you read my previous posts about bookkeeping in Linux. I started out a really fun experiment to try to do my bookkeeping using the popular open source operating…
Apr 7th
6 Ways to Complete Your Tax Return →
Well, here we are; it’s now April. That means that in 29 days from now, many of you will be scrambling and panicking because you woke up and realized that you forgot about…
Apr 2nd
March 2011
17 posts
Reflection on the First Year →
On March 30, 2010, I published the first post on ThatBookkeeper.com. I can’t believe it’s been a year. It some ways it feels like yesterday, but in many others I’m…
Mar 31st
Budgeting Tip: Add-Ons Add Up →
“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” — Aristotle I know budgeting wasn’t the subject matter back when Aristotle coined this term, but it still applies….
Mar 26th
A Better Way to Track GST on Meals in QuickBooks. →
I briefly touched on this previously, but I thought this was so clever that it needed its own post. For the most part, handling taxes is simple, especially in a full bookkeeping app…
Mar 24th
Xobni Adds Context to Your Contacts in Gmail, and... →
Mar 23rd
Over-the-Air iTunes-Syncing App Now Free for... →
Mar 20th
Android's Browser Is Way Faster Than Safari on the... →
Mar 19th
Figuring out what you’re worth →
Mar 16th
Get Detailed Hardware Information in Linux with... →
Mar 13th
How Accurate Is Your Smartphone’s GPS? [MAP] →
Mar 12th
Linux Bookkeeping–First Impressions →
I have started to realize that doing these experiments is so much better than my previous strategy; jump into a new project blindly and hope for the best. Apparently that’s…
Mar 12th
You Can Have WordPress.com Features on Your Blog... →
Mar 11th
1 tag
JetPack plugin for Wordpress →
The folks at Wordpress have offered up the JetPack plugin, which gives those of us with self hosted blogs a few of the cool features that the Wordpress.com bloggers had access to. A couple examples are: WP.me shortlinks Twitter widget Sharedaddy (an easy way to share posts with other social network sites This looks like a nice set of features, and I think I’ll give it a try. If you have...
Mar 10th
Sleep Your Way to Success →
No, not like that. This isn’t an episode of Mad Men. I’m talking about actual sleep. There’s a great article by Tony Schwartz over at the Harvard Business Review on the…
Mar 10th
Like.fm Tracks Your Music Listening Everywhere for... →
Mar 9th
Where Do You Hang Out Online? →
Let’s face it, there are too many places online to meet up and interact with people with similar interests. And, although I have joined a fair number of those sites, I…
Mar 8th
Teach Me About Linux Bookkeeping →
To be blunt, I hate my current workflow. I’ve got my business running with such a nightmare combination of software and hardware, and something’s got to change. I’ve got…
Mar 8th
March (Tax) Madness–3 Reasons To Prepare Early →
When you think of March, some of you will think of sports. This is, of course, the month for March Madness, the NCAA finals. It’s also the tail end of the NBA and NHL…
Mar 2nd
February 2011
8 posts
Now Anyone Can Sync Google Docs & Microsoft... →
Feb 25th
Global Corporate Tax Rates →
I found this infographic on Intuit’s TurboTax site. I found it really interesting, seeing all the different tax rates around the world. Although it was nice to see that Canada wasn’t…
Feb 25th
2 tags
I’m Awesome At Humility →
While doing research this weekend, I discovered that today is Be Humble Day. This is the first time I’ve heard of this, so I can only hope that I haven’t been too braggy on…
Feb 23rd
6 tags
Diagnose and Improve Your Financial Health: A... →
It looks like I’ve got some work ahead of me. I failed on far too many of these. 
Feb 17th
6 tags
Running a Small Business From Your Home: 8 Ways to... →
Such great advice if you’re working from home. 
Feb 16th
5 tags
No Such Thing As the Perfect Bank →
“A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.” -Robert Frost It’s not surprise that small business owners have a…
Feb 16th
5 tags
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It’s February 14th, Valentine’s Day here in my part of the world. I hope that you all have someone special to celebrate with today. While I’ll be spending a considerable…
Feb 15th
artedote asked: Hi,

Very fun and well designed website - I like the idea of technology finally being used to help renovate the "bookkeeping" of days gone by...

I am about to hire a bookkeeper and found your site - I am wondering if having a real person come into my studio is really the most efficient way to work it - can you do bookkeeping in US, a few more questions, but...
Feb 11th
January 2011
10 posts
From First TV to Dr. Oz – How to Get Local... →
Every time I read one of his posts, I immediately feel lazy and unproductive. You sure can’t argue with his results. 
Jan 27th
10 Fascinating Facts About E-mail →
Jan 26th