Writing is its own reward. -Henry Miller© gustav* OpenOffice.org has released OpenOffice 3.0 Beta free to download. If you are not familiar with OpenOffice, it is an open source office suite from Sun...
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The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. - Mark Twain Sandra Grauschopf, the Contests Guide at about.com, led me to a good Mozilla Firefox extension...
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"Is whispering nothing? Is leaning cheek to cheek? is meeting noses?" - Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale (I, ii, 284-285)Shara Karasic has an excellent guide to Twitter posted today at...
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Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. - Alexander Graham Bell Skype is Internet telephony software. The software is free to download and allows free...
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Have you used an on-line survey to gather information? As one who believes in "writing with the reader in mind" the best way to achieve success is by asking: What is important to you? How...
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Have you been in an airport lately? I traveled out of Cleveland and into Phoenix over Thanksgiving and I was struck by the overload of electronics used by passengers in the airport. In the snack bars...
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My Dad, a longtime fan and owner of multiple Macs was reading the recent edition of MacWorld and found an article by Mathew Honan on the different Blog Platforms entitled The Smart Blogger's...
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I was reading Duct Tape Marketing, as I do regularly, and learned about bloglines new list of the top 1000 blogs. Duct Tape weighs in at #59 which is pretty darn good when you think the measurement...
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Stephen Hopson at Adversity University has moved his blog to Word Press. I applaud his actions as it is a far more challenging experience than you might think. As someone who has moved 28 times, I...
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I'm reading Seth's latest post How to create a good enough website and just the title is enough to send me over the edge. I struggle EVERY DAY to instill a "go above and beyond"...
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Google has another great tool and thanks to John Jantsch for turning me on to Google Custom Search. Imagine a search engine that YOU DESIGN to only contain the sites, blogs and information that you...
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There is a fast growing career opportunity in the web industry: measuring website usability by tracking the eye patterns. Tip of the hat to Branding and Marketing for news on this latest science:...
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There's new technology in the news today. Ooma Inc. a Silicon Valley startup began selling their $399 telephone units today that once installed in homes/businesses with broadband Internet service...
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This morning over coffee I'm reading about Zac and Vanessa of HSM fame in People Magazine. Yes, you caught me. What caught my attention was an advertisement for a new cell phone. On the heels of...
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I was having an interesting conversation with a customer today. We were talking about website statistics: Unique visits Hits Key words and phrases I said that I had a standing appointment with myself...
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I just signed up for PRLog to submit a press release on line for a customer and had to assign YET AGAIN a user name and password. How am I supposed to remember what I said? Some want your email,......
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We've all heard stories of computers that have crashed and people loosing all their data. You momentarily feel sorry and think "gosh, glad that wasn't me." But in the last six months...
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Linking - Pinging - Track Backs - what do they all mean? Andy Wibbels, author of Blog Wild has defined track backs even simple enough for me to understand. I loved his book BlogWild but his blog is...
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Bob Coppedge of Simplex-IT just turned me on to a FREE opportunity from Microsoft. Looking for web presence but don't have any money? Check out Microsoft Office offering a free website which...
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PC World recently listed the 25 websites to watch. Embedded in the article were the 25 worst websites. Like a "rubber-necker" checking out the details of a car accident in hopes of seeing a...
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That's the question on today's CEO Express Poll and so far the "nos" have it. 18% say yes 63% say no The question comes from a new book on the market: In his book, Andrew Keen (the...
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Wow - widgets seem to be taking over the world. It used to be that your website or blog just had content and maybe an advertisement but then widgets (little pieces of html code) starting popping up to...
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