Category Archives: How to use the Internet better
Get a Leatherman for Documents: 12 file formats added to Google Docs Viewer
I’m a big fan of Google Docs. I rarely have to use anything else for word processing, presentations or spreadsheets. If you have a Google account, you have access to all of these great, free tools. (By the way, you … Continue reading
Trying Cinch – an audio based social network
Just discovered Cinch – Robert Scoble (http://www.google.com/profiles/scobleizer) has been using it to post short audio updates from the World Economic Forum in Davos. I’ll be checking it out. I can see some business cases for it, like a quick audio … Continue reading
Learn how to automate EVERYTHING in your business: More Podcasts
Links to a couple of podcasts about starting online businesses. http://automatemysmallbusiness.com/ has been around for awhile. The two guys who do it both have successful online businesses and the podcast gives details about how to do almost everything you can … Continue reading
SEO Cheat Sheet: the 80/20 Rule vs the Arms Race
The more I learn about SEO (Search Engine Optimization), the more I see how the 80/20 rule applies. There are clear, well-understood, easy to do best practices. Then you can go on forever refining your SEO. Not usually worth it … Continue reading
Podcasts to help learn how to use the internet better
Why I love audio I love audio media – from music to language learning to old-fashioned radio comedy to audio books. While video can be compelling and endless fun, I always look at the run time and wish 12 min … Continue reading
A Blogger needs Social Media, and Social Media thrives on Blogging
I’m a big fan of using blogs and Social Media to reinforce one another. Social Media is a great way to expose your ideas to a larger audience than you may be able to attract easily to your blog (as … Continue reading
Dan Zarella studies optimum blog posting schedules
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2010/12/06/whens-the-best-time-to-publish-blog-posts/ In general during the day is better than at night and later in the week is better than earlier to get retweets and sharing on Facebook. But posting multiple times a day (any and all days) swamps these effects … Continue reading
RSS? What’s that and why should I use it?
What is RSS? RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It’s a very easy to use Internet technology which creators of content on the web can use to allow others to consume their content without fuss. Most blog software, for instance, … Continue reading
Google Tip of the Day: Drag file attachments from gmail on to the desktop
If you are running Chrome and use Gmail (isn’t everybody?), you can now drag any file attachment right onto the Desktop. Does this work on Macs, too? If you’re not using Chrome, what browser are you using? What do you … Continue reading
Kaiser Wilhelm II wants to be your friend on Facebook
George Carlin said that “military intelligence” is an oxymoron. Well, I don’t think so. Whatever we think about war (I imagine we can all agree that it’s not that great) and military forces (we probably concur that they have their … Continue reading