You may have noticed it's been quiet at eseehow.com for the past few months but don't worry – things have been happening behind the scenes. In our quest to make life easier we decided to make a product, one that will allow you to carry the information and programs you need wherever you go.

“Isn't that what USB Drives do?” you might ask. Indeed, but not as easily as this – you see, our new product is a USB Drive but not one that dangles and jangles on the end of your keyring or gets lost in the bottom of your pocket. Far better - this drive fits in your wallet, credit card style!

Sure, there may be other credit card style USB Drives out there but this one isn't just any old drive. It's pre-loaded with free portable applications, including an Apache web server, html and graphics editors, full office suite and more. No installation required – the programs run straight from the drive within Windows.

In the eseehow philosophy Principle #3 is Delegate, and Principle #1 (Do It Once) suggests the use of templates; when applied together, they give us the wonderful time-saving concept of using other people's templates.

However, an email I received last night highlights an important point when following this strategy: understand the work that is done on your behalf - it's your name on the label.

The email in question was the kind that every webmaster loves to receive, you know, the ones that say how useful the site is and how they'd like to recommend it to their social network. If that had been the only comment, this blog post would have been very different and I would have missed a lesson, one important enough to share.