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Feed Suggestions from D to F?

Jan/01 in Hot Web Topics

Continuing the trend of plugging those who either deserve to be plugged or don’t get the plugs they deserve from the public, here are a few more feeds directly from my feed reader to you. All of these selections totally deserve a look if you have not done so before.

David Airey – A great graphic designer and not that bad of a blogger I must say. His recent issues with his domain name are worth reading alone to find out how you yourself might be in harm’s reach.

Worthy Example Post: Collective effort restores David Airey.com

Download Squad – This is a page/feed and resource that I would suggest anybody check out and subscribe to. Sure it has already gotten tons of appreciation and praise, but you know – there is a reason for that. It is a top notch web site.

Worthy Example Post: Hoosgot – The return of LazyWeb (in spirit)

Drop the Mike – A web site just added to my feed reader, Mike’s blog is shaping up to be something awesome and a resource any hoster, domainer, or just about anybody else can get something from.

Worthy Example Post: Pass The Mike: Cotton Rohrscheib

Dueling Analogs – I already told you about one of my favorite online comics, bLaugh. Dueling Analogs would be my second (with both being equal in quality, of course). This one is for anybody who is a fan of video games and short – yet hilarious takes on them.

Worthy Example Post: No Funkin’ Way!

Firefox Extension Guru’s Blog – Another great Mozilla and Firefox resource, if you like that sort of thing. When looking for web sites like my own FirefoxFacts.com – the gurus work stuck out like a sore thumb that just reeked of awesomeness.

Worthy Example Post: Blog Year in Review: November 2007

Freelance Switch – I’ve been a freelance worker for almost 6 years now so I can appreciate a resource the helps make any freelancer’s job easier.

Worthy Example Post: Should You Sell Hosting?

Correction: In my last article, I forgot an entry for “C”. CyberNet News definitely belongs one my favorite feeds list. An alternative to some of the bigger blogging network out there, it definitely delivers a lot of content in a small package. Two thumbs up from me and once again, sorry about missing it on the last list.

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Feed Suggestions from A to C?

Dec/27 in Hot Web Topics

Always having talked about being a big fan of others work more so than my own, I wanted to spend some time plugging those who deserve to be plugged. When looking around to for source to plug from my feed subscription list looked like a good place to start.

Asa Dotzler – Known as the community coordinator for several Mozilla projects, Asa is a guy that we can all relate to. Love Firefox or hate it, I would suggest you subscribe either way. You are always bound to find something of interest here.

Worthy Example Post: IE8

bLaugh – The un-official comic of the blogosphere has gotten a little less busy in the past few months, but there is still plenty of awesome comics if your are a tech or Internet fan. One of the few Online comics I actually subscribe to, just wish there were more updates.

Worthy Example Post: Huge Software Sale

Blog on a Stick – This blog belongs to one of the best Firefox theme designers out there today, TwisterMC. Past covering some of his Firefox theme updates, he does talk about plenty of interesting tech and Web related content.

Worthy Example Post: iPox Remix

Chris Pirillo – How could you not have much geeky love for Chris Pirillo? I still have to thank my time over at Lockergnome to much of the success I have now in my professional life. I’ve been a fan of Chris’s ever since the TechTV days and it was awesome to work with him on a few projects here and there.

Worthy Example Post: Thank You, Thank You – Note: Ok, example post only included because my name was in there. :)

Clickfire – If you consider yourself a webmaster, which I know many of you do – subscribe to Clickfire. From web dev ideas to web hosting help, they have a lot of content well worth diving into. Emory Rowland has done a great job at producing grade A content for 10 years now.

Worthy Example Post: How to Lose a SEO Contest

As I work my way down my feeds I subscribe to I am sure more suggestions and praise will be coming along the way. A list, B list or no list at all – I don’t care where your blogging from as long as I can get something out of the experience.

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Hosting Video Tutorials

Dec/10 in Web Hosting

Since the holidays has everybody (including me) all mixed up with to-do lists and haven’t don’t yet choirs I thought I would try something a little different this week for the Web Hosting Show instead of rolling out the usual podcast.

Whipped this tutorial up in under 30 minutes or so, since I have had some people ask for the “videos” section of the Web Hosting Show to comeback. What do you think – worth the time and effort to look into?

What hosting-based tutorials would you like to see?

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Do Your Copywriting Right!

Sep/11 in Writing Advice

Copywriting TipsI am often asked by business owners, entrepreneurs, consultants, coaches and others for copywriting tips. Here are my top six:

1. It is actually about them, not you.
Don’t write for yourself, your college professor or your next-door neighbor. It’s not about your style, your preferences or your own “voice.” It’s not even about what you like or want. It’s about the audience, the product/ service and, ultimately, about selling.

2. Be eye-friendly.
Nothing tires the eyes like big blocks of endless black and white text. So include bullets, sun-heads, questions, sidebars and headlines to break your copy into manageable, scannable chunks. Continue Reading →

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Lost My Mind, Found a WordPress Theme!

Sep/06 in Web Development Tutorials

Lose My Mind WordPress Theme

It is not that often I find a WordPress theme that impresses me – so mark this date on your calendar of choice because it is a special occasion indeed. I really like the LoseMyMind 1.0 theme. It is simple, yet not too simple. Clean, but still gives you some features. As I look towards redesigning a few of my projects, I might just have to keep this theme in mind.

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Corporate Bloggers, Be Egotistical

Aug/01 in Hot Web Topics, Web Development Tutorials

Every so often I get an e-mail from a web host who is running a blog and they tell me they have run out of “blog-like” things to say. “Hogwash!” I yell back at them. Ok, so I have never actually used that word exactly – but you get my point. If all else fails, promote yourself.

Yes, corporate blogs and bloggers should be more egotistical and talk more about themselves when there is nothing else left to say.

Here are a few suggestions to get you started:

1. Tell the story of how you came to be. Have you told your rags to riches story yet? Let people how the company started up and how it has grown since then.

2. Pitch one of your products and let me know how real people can make use of it. Don’t pitch it to me as a salesman, give it to me as a person to person conversation and win me over on why it might be for me or somebody that I might know.

3. Who are you? You might also do a type of “profile” post where you tell people more about the folks behind the scene. Let me know who worker number 1,356 is and why he is so important to the day to day business. (and if he’s not, time to give him the pink slip!)

As you can see, when talking about one’s self you could really go on and on. Have any other suggestions as far as ideas go for more corporate writing spot on the Web?

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Pownce – Needs a Little Something

Jul/12 in Hot Web Topics, Online Apps

Mitch Got Pownced!Well I have been using Pownce for a while now and I think there are some good things about it and a few things that could be improved with it. It hasn’t been fully released to the public though – so I don’t think there is any reason to think they won’t get things fixed up very nicely by the time everybody can use it.

Of course (like with any good Online application) I hope that continue to improve it past that point as well.

For those who are familiar to the instant messaging/connecting aspect of it – you can think of it as Twitter, but actually kind of useful.

Pownce Desktop Client Issues and Problems

I want to be able to minimize it to the system tray in Windows. It should remember it’s resized window as well. Right now I think the default size is a little on the large size, so I’d like for it to remember I resized it down each time I start it up.

Pownce Web Site Issues and Problems

Pownce really needs a better search option for users. I can’t really find people yet because the best thing you can do is a “Name” search. I want e-mail address search, I want keyword and interest search. I just want a little more to help me connect with people I know or people I might want to know.

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TheFirefox.net Fraud and Abuse

Jul/03 in Personal, Web Development Tutorials

TheFirefox.net - Pain in the RearIn my efforts to investigate this fraud issue, I tried to contact thefirefox.net’s web host – but have yet to get one reply back from them yet.

WebUnited.com have the proverbial skirt that these guys are hiding under. Besides a few press releases I couldn’t really find much information on or about the company. I put in a help desk ticket on their support system, but since wasn’t e-mailed a notice saying something to the effect of, “this is an automated message, you will be replied to in 24-48 hours” it probably doesn’t even work.

Looks like TheFirefox.net isn’t the only web site they are running this scam with. DomainTools.com shows at least 6 other domains hosted on this sever that look to also be fraud/abuse related accounts.

If anything else comes up, I’ll keep you updated.

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Western Digital Passport Hard Drive

Feb/13 in Personal

A few weeks back I picked up my very first external hard drive for backing up my files on my computer.

Now after doing some searching around and looking for exactly what I needed, I ended up with the Western Digital Passport Hard Drive. This little 60 GB hard drive does everything I need it to do.

Now some might ask, why not get a bigger one? Well, right now – I just don’t need it. This one comes with more than enough space for my personal files and backups, so I am golden there. By the time I need more space, I’ll probably want to buy a new external hard drive anyways.

I love the exterior of this thing as well. The case is shinny and black. I am almost afraid to touch it because I don’t want to get my fingerprints all over its sleek design.

Western Digital Passport Hard DriveThe software that comes with it is a little dumpy and ugly, but it gets the job done. All I have to do is plug in the hard drive, start the program, hit a button and I am backed up.

One built in functionality I really like with the backing up software is it sees my Firefox preferences and backs them up too. One less file for me to have to hunt down and but in the backup myself. I like it.

If you are looking for a small backing up solution, I would suggest checking this one out. It is a keeper for sure!

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What Yahoo Mail Needs

Dec/04 in Online Apps

The Yahoo Mail team came out with some excellent tips for searching my E-mails in the new Yahoo Mail Beta that has been out for a while now. I really love the new Yahoo Mail, but there are a few things that I wish they would hurry up and finish or do.

1. I want a better RSS feed reader. The one included right now sucks. Give me something like Google Reader and I will switch in an instant. It would be nice to have my mail and RSS feeds all in one spot, but right now when it comes to RSS Google is just giving me a lot more.

2. Let’s hurry up and get Calendar and Notepad working. I never really used these features in the old Yahoo! Mail, so give me something that is worth using. If you do not, then at least give me the option of getting rid of the buttons. (That could also be said for the RSS reader)

3. Give me the option to always reply in plain text. I really don’t like having to switch back to plain text every time I reply to a message. There should be a setting in the options somewhere that says “only send E-mail with plain text”. Get that in there and I would be happy.

Have anything else that needs to be done that I might have missed?

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