Posts - Page 24
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Background Pattern Generator
Many years ago in a web shop far far away I remember being shown how to create a background that tiled. It did not take me long to be able to create my own in Photoshop. Fast forward to today and you no longer need Photoshop to be able to ...
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Make Your Blog a Home
There have been a number of transitions in my life lately. Most notably we packed up our house in Rosthern, Saskatchewan and moved to Regina, Saskatchewan so my wife could take a new position in the city. It has meant a great deal ...
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Secure GMail
I have been using Google's GMail for all my email for roughly a year and a half now. It is great that I can access it from almost anywhere, including my mobile phone. I have always made sure I connected to GMail using SSL but reading Slashdot this morning I ...
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Sasktel, Packing, Moving and Top Ten
It has been a very hectic week here getting ready for the move to Regina. Not a lot of extra time to post on the blog. Not only have I been busy packing but Sasktel my Internet provider apparently cut my Internet service off 11 days early. After trying to ...
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Blogging in Reruns
When I was a kid I used to hate watching television in the summer. Looking back that was probably not a bad thing since it got me outside and playing, but the reason I hated watching television during the summer was because all of the shows were reruns. I ...
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Social Proof - The Masses Can't Be Wrong
We all want our blogs to be a success, we toil day after day to create unique content, participate in social media to help drive traffic to our sites, and do our best to make the RSS feed subscription button easy to see and click. [Social ...
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Google Opens Knol to Everyone
Google has announced on the official Google blog that Knol has been opened up for everyone. Knol is Google's version of Wikipedia and Squidoo mashed up together. You can create a Knol on a variety of topics much like a Squidoo Lens. You can also collaborate with others to help ...
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Dipity - Timelines for Everything
I was Stumbling the other night and was lucky enough to Stumble onto Dipity. Dipity creates timelines from your content. It is a easy to sign up and get started. Once you are a member you can create timelines of all kinds of things. You are not limited to creating ...
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A Beginners Guide to Blogging - Choosing a Topic
You have been doing lots of reading, and you are now at the point where you know you want to start a blog. The next step to start blogging is to decide what you want to blog about. What will your blog focus on? Personal Blogs If you ...
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SEO Secrets
I have a friend doing some search engine optimization on a website and we have had several conversations about the job. I have looked at the website and I thought I would share with you the secrets I told him after looking at the website about how to help it ...