Five years ago I started blogging in 2004 when it was still considered a new thing. I’ve also been blogging for PCMech for some time now. Blogging is for all intents and purposes an art. Art has craft to it. If you understand the craft, you will blog well. If not, it simply won’t work. ...…
FriendFeed is a social media site worth watching because it solves many of the common complaints of sites like Twitter. When you sign up for a profile with FriendFeed, it allows you to enter information from almost all of your other profile across the Internet. FriendFeed will then compile all of your activity into your ...…
People are posting comments all over the Internet. On blogs. On Twitter. On FriendFeed. On social bookmarking sites like Digg. Everywhere. Now, you can monitor all of this activity for any search tern automatically and get email alerts whenever you want. It is called Backtype. This site allows you to not only monitor terms across ...…
I’m going to say up front that some of these tips are a bit on the unethical side. They’re not necessarily wrong nor do they “cheat” anyone out of anything (being the system is free), but you’ll see what I mean in a moment. If you have a YouTube channel (meaning you have an account), ...…
Google just recently launched a multiple inbox feature in the Gmail Labs which can be pretty handy. In this video, I give a brief rundown of how to use it. Gmail just keeps getting better.…
If you run your own business, you may have one or more employees or independent contractors. That means you need to file W2’s and/or 1099’s. Traditionally, you might have to go to Staples or another office supply store and buy a stack of forms. And if you don’t have enough staff to use all the ...…
Whenever you have your own website, you want to keep track of how much traffic you’re getting. Your web host may have some kind of stats package available, however I recommend you go with something else. Namely, Google Analytics. Google Analytics will allow you to track all kinds of statistics for your site. It is ...…
WordPress is a blog publishing platform. There’s the WordPress-hosted version and the self-hosted version. At present there is absolutely no way to embed a video within a blog post without having to deal with embed code. Whether it’s from YouTube, Vimeo or any other video sharing site, they all require the use of it. If ...…
When it comes to the design of your blog or web site, finding the right look can be a challenge because the first question is the most difficult to answer. And that first question is: “Where do I start?” Not to worry, there are several places where you can grab ideas from. Mall Directory Everything ...…
I have had some people ask me what a hashtag is on Twitter. They don’t even know what it is called, but they see people including strange words after a number sign (#) in their tweets and they wonder why. In this video, I explain what a hashtag is, why people use it, and how ...…
Believe it or not, your computer can be used as a productive tool (who would have thought that?) But seriously, it can. This video shows you how to create a very basic financial spreadsheet for your personal or business finances. You can use Microsoft Excel or the freely available OpenOffice Calc from the OpenOffice Suite. ...…
Everybody who runs a web site or blogs wants web traffic and lots of it. And sooner or later you’re going to hear that “you need SEO” for better traffic results. SEO means Search Engine Optimization. SEO is the school of thought that puts a huge emphasis that “If your web site isn’t tailored to ...…
