I have added a new word to my vocabulary. Logorrhea. We’ve all been touched by it. What is it? The Word Spy defines it, “excessive verbosity and long-windedness. Also know as verbal diarrhea.” Basically, you’ll find plenty of examples of logorrhea in online blogs and content. Do you read every online or email content word … Read more
Darren Rowse rustled up $54,000 worth of prizes in honor of ProBlogger’s birthday. He’s giving away two 20″ LG USB monitors from DisplayLink in exchange for this message. Back to you, Darren.
Businesses have been taking advantage of many online tools not originally created for business purposes such as blogs, feeds, wikis, forums and more. These help businesses create a community, build relationships and gain trust and credibility. Would you buy a book on this topic? If so, what do you want from the book that you’re … Read more
Businesses neglect simple strategies when building their Web sites. They often make the site about the company instead of about the customer. Customers can see through the marketing-speak. The following six easy-to-do features help businesses ensure they make the most of out of visitor’s time: Focus on the customer: A site tends to pump up … Read more
Those of you who read this blog through RSS readers — I apologize if you’re seeing a bunch of old blog entries resurface. I found a post that pointed to images in the right place, but because of a redirect — the images were broken. So I fixed some and still have more to do. … Read more
I bought my first portable mouse when it was on sale for very cheap. At first, I thought it was a bad investment because I didn’t use it for a long time. However, I started using my laptop for all work for a specific client and needed to use a regular mouse instead of the … Read more
I look forward to reading Mary Roach’s humorous Reader Digest column in every issue. The column reflects on things she runs into in life that many of us can relate. In the June 2007, she shares her experience in calling tech support regarding the Windows setup CD. Her computer crashed and it needed the setup … Read more
You may have seen these blogs. Their tagline says, “Just another WordPress Blog…”, their unoriginal content comes from everywhere else, and it looks lonely as no author appears identified in the blog. Some of these blogs have RSS, XML, and robots doing much of the work. These blogs often don’t have ads, so why bother? … Read more
I received an .odt file for posting on an organization’s Web site. Open Office‘s word processor uses this file format. I didn’t want to download and install Open Office even though it cost nothing. And going back to the sender wasn’t a good idea because she would either not know how to convert it or … Read more
Priscilla Palmer’s Personal Development List contains a long list of blogs worth reading that touch on personal development. The extensive list already contains the blogs I enjoy (Adversity University, Today Is That Day, and Lifehack). Here are a couple more to add: Jenna Glatzer, Christina Katz, and Dawn Goldberg. They are all talented writers who … Read more