Marketing Yourself
When you are selling your service on the web what you are really selling is yourself. So when a potential client’s first encounter with you is your website it should give them an idea of what you are all about. I have long believed that for a site to be friendly and approchable it needs […]
Why Not Have Open Hardware As Well?
Open Source software is taking the world by storm and changing everyone’s business model to one degree or another why not use the same model for hardware as well. I think many manufacturers are missing the boat on this issue and the one who steps up now can stake their claim as the industry leader […]
Nice CSS How-To and Template site
CSS started out as a means to replace the font element. In the meantime, it has grown to a powerful layout language. Even though it is not fully supported by all of the browsers, I believe it will be one day. As with HTML, a working group exists for CSS who concerns itself with development […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – Tremulous: The best free software game ever?
Here?s something for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) Linux and open source software lag behind the proprietary market in the number and quality of available video games, especially in the realm of first-person shooters (FPS), a genre dominated by the likes of Doom, Quake, Unreal, Half-Life, […]
What is Click-Fraud?
I have and will advise my clients to think very carefully before investing in any pay-per-click advertising program. The main reason for that is click fraud. How this works is that you bid on a “keyword” which can be one word or multi-word combinations. If you are one of the high bidders your ads are […]
Search Engine Optimization
There are way too many tools here to mention them all, but this SEO Tools page has links to the best SEO Tools on the internet and these tools will help you to optimize your website and move your search engine position higher. Tools include: Alexa Tools Backlink Tools Code Validation Keyword Suggestion Tools Search […]
Search Engine Promotion
No Strategy. No Success is an article by Frederick Townes who is the owner of W3 EDGE Web Design. I found this is a good read for beginners, as well as experienced designers. He covers many points including: Objectives Market Analytics Technology Presentation Layer Promotion Optimization Of course it’s a lot to cover in one […]
GIMP Tutorial For Everyone
I got a call from a new friend that I met at a PAPEN meeting a couple of weeks ago. He mentioned to me that he thought that I used Photoshop because he had seen a Photoshop Tips and Tricks post on my blog. I explained to him that I don’t use Photoshop that I […]
Malware Responses: What To Do Before, During, And After An Attack
A good article on the Information Week site talks about how to recognize when someone has introduced something with malware into your system. All business owners and mangers should read this. The article talks about things like: How to prepare for an attack How to recognize that an attack is happening What to do once […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – Periodic Table
Here?s something for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) Remember the plain Periodic Table hanging on the wall of your science class. This one is amazingly detailed and very cool to play with, it’s all done with Flash. Displays everything from boiling points to electron orbitals. Completely […]
