Monthly Archives: February 2011
Skype For The Classroom And Other Interesting Tidbits
Blogging Although the situation in the Middle East and the revolutions going on there has put a focus on social media specifically and the Internet in general as a set of tools that is changing our social and political landscape, there are other online revolutions that are going on that don’t require the overthrow of autocratic governments. A recent article about one of the new uses for Skype is a good example of how fast technology continually ...
Continue reading18 Twitter Backgrounds To Help Get You Into The Spring Spirit
Social Media This winter a lot of states were hit very hard with horrible and even life threatening weather. Thankfully, spring is almost upon us and will hopefully bring about a much needed, warmer change. To help get you into the spring spirit, here are 18 free Twitter backgrounds to add color to your profile and brighten up the last of your cold winter days. Flowered Backgrounds Because of the flowery nature of these backgrounds, they’re probably ...
Continue readingStreamie: The Twitter Client That Lives In Your Browser
Reviews, Social Media Streamie is an open beta web application that streamlines your Twitter feed, displaying only tweet text and avatars in real-time. With it’s simplistic design, quick loading time and small set of features, it’s the opposite of bloatware. Upon signing in Streamie looks like a mobile app: most of the page is dedicated to your timeline, while the iconized navigation bar is centered across the top. From the navigation bar you can access ...
Continue readingWordPress 3.1 “Reinhardt” Released, New Feautres Added
WordPress, WordPress Coding & Design For WordPress users all over the world, today has been a pretty busy day as yesterday saw the release of the much-anticipated WordPress 3.1 of the popular blogging platform. Codenamed “Reinhardt” after the famous jazz musician Django Reinhardt, the new version not only adds a slew of new features to WordPress but also improves security and usability. But unlike security updates, which should always be applied as soon as practical, ...
Continue readingHow to Get Blog Traffic That Sticks
Blogging One major priority of bloggers is getting traffic to their blogs but a lot of people make a great mistake nowadays, not because they don’t know how to get traffic but because they don’t know how to make their traffic stick. It doesn’t matter how many visitors you’re able to get to your blog there is no point in it if you’re unable to make them return. While it is important to know that you can’t make 100% of ...
Continue readingSeveral Reasons To Avoid Writing Free Samples
Blogging I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel like a crow that’s obsessed with picking up anything shiny when it comes to the free samples that people ask us content writers to provide to get the work that pays our bills. It’s hard to discern between the people who will rip you off and take the sample and never return any of your subsequent emails, but I’ve found there are certain criteria that can be helpful when trying to separate the ...
Continue readingView Updates for Any Website Right on Your Desktop with Snippage
Reviews, Software & Programs Snippage is a tool that, up until recently, I’ve never really had a use for. I recently decided to give it a try because I was frustrated and had no other options. Unfortunately, I’ll have to let you in on the whole story to understand (just skip the next paragraph if you’d rather not…). I am an online student at Full Sail University and our email system does not allow POP or IMAP access. So, that means that I cannot ...
Continue readingShare Just About Anything on Your Mac with Droplr
Productivity, Reviews Droplr is one of the easiest, most convenient tools to have on your Mac. You can share just about anything like files, links, images, videos, screenshots, notes and code. It’s free to use and you get 1GB of free storage with your account. It also has Twitter integration, which lets you share things almost instantly. So if you’re looking for a way to quickly share content while boosting productivity, you may want to give Droplr a ...
Continue readingProtect Yourself from Unwanted Blogging & Web Site Viruses
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Continue readingFor Bloggers, Now May Be the Time to Start Tweeting
Search Engine Optimisation, Social Networking To tweet or not to tweet has been a question bloggers have had to ask themselves pretty much since the dawn of Twitter. The main question is whether or not the time, effort and energy spent on creating and nurturing a Twitter profile is justified by the benefit one gets out of it. It’s always been a tough question and one where the answer heavily depends on the blogger, their niche and their audience. Howver, with an update to ...
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