Published on December 31st, 2008 Leave your comment (1 so far) »
Having just acquired jEN’s DSLR camera hand-me-down, I am still to embrace getting out and taking some shots just for the sake of it. A quick stroll to post a letter yesterday evening, turned into a mini photo expedition, much of which took place in our tiny garden.
You can see my efforts here, and jEN’s via her blog.
December 30th, 2008
Ever in search of the perfect GTD (Getting Things Done) solution, I have used pretty much everything that is available and landed firmly with Cultured Code’s Things.
Today came the very pleasing announcement it will be released as Version 1.0 next week.
Beyond the basic principles, GTD can be administered to the chronically overwhelmed in a whole [...]
December 29th, 2008
Gaining Google visibility when your website content solely duplicates existing content can be tough. Here is one method of overcoming the duplicate competition.
December 28th, 2008
This week, podcast hosting and publishing service Podango anounced they are about to shut down.
In a notice to all Podango users just two days ago, president Douglas G. Smith announced likely closure to take place Wednesday December 31st and that all users should take immediate measures to back-up media files uploaded there.
Today saw the Blubrry.com [...]
December 27th, 2008
Just over a year ago and with a very rough, hand written first draft, I decided to start writing and producing a regular audio book series of my first novel, Persistent Spirit. Now that I have struggled through a year of working this way, is it something I would repeat?
There are pros and cons to [...]
December 17th, 2008
The Stage, the print and online magazine covering every aspect of the arts and entertainment industry, chose to highlight Table Rappers - Persistent Spirit within their Turn off the TV special: Pick of the podcasts article.
Ewan Spence, podcaster extraordinaire and producer/presenter of - amongst others - the annual Edinburgh Fringe Podcast (sponsored for the past [...]
December 16th, 2008
Every three months or so the general SEO community murmur grows to a muttering, and ultimately a cacophony of misunderstanding as PageRank Update Fever takes a grip. But the apparent excitement is tempered by the resurrection of the age old debate on whether PageRank has any value at all.
December 14th, 2008
Geek gamer alert! I have always thought the Playstation controller design to be the most usable and comfortable of its kind and was delighted to see the Playstation 3 retained the same. But it has one important flaw.
The PS3 controllers have, of course, been enhanced quite considerably, while retaining the same layout and overall design. [...]
December 12th, 2008
Many bloggers have experienced their content being legitimately syndicated onto other sites and permit it to happen as part of their promotion. But many have also experienced the scrapers: sites that illegally duplicate entire blog contents, replicating new and old posts in order to populate their sites with content. A Wordpres plugin helps us fight back.
December 10th, 2008
The recent release of Google’s Searchwiki offering the ability for individuals with a Google account to directly manipulate their personal search results for a particular term, created much speculation as to whether (or when) Google might start using such data outside the realm of the individual searcher. We now seem to be a step closer to confirmation of Searchwiki data influencing SERPs.
