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Easy Blog Post Versioning with Dropbox
Software & Programs For me, the biggest part of writing is rewriting. A first draft is pretty easy to knock out, but the revising and refining are the real work. And more than once I’ve finished about the eighth revision when I realize #3 was the one I wanted. Then I have to remember what #3 said. Programmers know the solution to this is versioning software. With programs like Subversion and Git, you can track changes to a file and revert back to previous ...
Continue readingPutting Maps In Your Blog
Software & Programs Some times a picture truly is worth a thousand words. However, a map can be worth many times that when you’re trying to show where an event, an unusual town or any other object is. However, maps are copyrighted materials, just like any other images. Though the information isn’t, the images are. As such, just copying and pasting map images can land a blogger in trouble. Fortunately though, there are several great ways to embed a map ...
Continue readingMovable Type Motion: Bringing Social Networks Back to Your Site
Software & Programs These days, many companies are devoting full time resources to monitoring and participating in social networks. As social sites grow in both size and quantity, it becomes increasingly difficult to keep up with the conversations that matter to your business. Six Apart, makers of the Movable Type blogging platform, are hoping their new Motion software is your solution to this problem. Motion is built on top of Movable Type Pro 4.25 and allows you ...
Continue readingOpera 10 Turbo: A Browser for Bad Connections
Software & Programs If you travel a great deal, you’ve probably experienced the frustrations that come with surfing or even trying to post blog entries on a bad connection. Whether you’re on an overloaded wifi, a cell phone connection or even your in-law’s dial-up, as I am right now, you know how frustrating it can be to be away from your home or office’s broadband Web. However, Opera’s latest testing browser, Opera Turbo, hopes to ...
Continue readingGoogle Tools to Enhance your Blog
Blogging, Software & Programs Aside from Google’s Blogger platform, there are several tools you can use to enhance your blog and overall writing experience. From interactive maps you can embed in your blog pages to an online notepad to organize your thoughts and ideas, Google offers us many free tools and services which can help us blog better and interact with our readers to a greater extent. In this article, I’ll offer an overview of Google’s most ...
Continue readingGoogle Says Gmail Hack was a Phishing Scheme
Software & Programs Yesterday I spoke about the security of domains names. In both cases it the domain hijackers gained access to the bloggers Gmail account and added some filters to direct their email elsewhere. GNUCitizen claimed that the hackers used a multipart/form-data POST to gain access to the Gmail account but yesterday Google claimed this wasn’t the case. Chris Evans from the Google Online Security team said : With help from affected users, we ...
Continue readingAnalyse your backlinks with Backlink Watch
Software & Programs Steven Chappell posted about a useful backlink checking website yesterday called Backlink Watch. The site comes across as quite spammy as there are a lot of text links on the home page and a lot of banner ads at the top of the results page. And due to the volume of backlinks it gives you information on, it can take quite a while to load up the results. However, I would still recommend checking Backlink Watch out. There are lots of backlink ...
Continue readingWhat’s your opinion of Ad Blockers?
Software & Programs Dave Anderson left a comment in the forums yesterday letting me know that the forum sponsors are being blocked by AdBlock Plus, a firefox extension which lets users block website advertisements. Ad blockers have been around for years and I have participated in many discussions regarding the issue in the past. Dave’s comment got me thinking about the whole thing once again so I thought it would be good to open up the discussion to you guys ...
Continue readingCompare your blog to your competitors with Review My Web
Software & Programs Review My Web is a new online comparison tool which compares your website with 2 competitors. All you have to do is enter your blogs URL, 2 comparison URL’s and your email address. An email will then be sent to you with a link to your report. Each website is ranked in 4 areas : Competitive Traffic Rankings Search Engine (SEO) Competitive Analysis Competitive Site Analytics Social Media Analysis In each area you get a rating out of 5. At ...
Continue readingCapture colors easily with Ades Color Picker
Software & Programs Abdylas Tynyshov contacted me today about a new a new script he has developed called AdesClrPicker. The script is free to download and is very quick and easy to use, infact, the download file is just over 1mb in size. So what does the script do? Well, if you are like me then you probably capture colors from your desktop on a regular basis to help you design and edit your blog, logos, screenshots and more. For example, if you see a great color ...
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