A quick and easy way to test audio on your site is provided by SoundCloud - play or read, the choice is yours. Leverage is one of the current buzzwords, presenting your content in as many ways as possible. Hype aside, it is also the polite thing to do as it makes your content available to more people. … [Read more...]
How To Be A Power Searcher – By Google
Like it or not, we dance to the Google algorithm. We may make all kinds of excuses, or word it any way but that, but it's the truth. Yesterday Google launched something that seems to have gone under the radar of many of the noisemakers in our industry. Why I don't know, but it's their loss. If you go to Power Searching With Google you can sign up for a six session course, … [Read more...]
Reader Magic
I frequently say to colleagues that we are not ‘normal’ internet users, and as such, we need to take a step back sometimes and put ourselves in the shoes of a normal web user. I was reminded of this yesterday when asked a question about something so basic to me that I couldn’t believe it was actually being asked! The subject of our discussion was RSS feeds. They are a joy to … [Read more...]
So Who Put Your Writing In A Straitjacket?
Sad but true – one of the great pleasures in life for me is settling down to see what delights Google Reader holds for me each day. I am a self-confessed feed junkie and I see no hope of a cure as long as there are wonderful tools to help me feed that addiction. I love to read the written word. … [Read more...]
Trello – Or How To Combat Cottage Cheese Brain
Life has changed a bit for me recently. In truth that’s an understatement, life has changed a lot – and not in a good way, but it has brought home to me how much solace there can be in the routine of our daily lives. The other thing it has brought home to me is the undeniable fact that your brain can turn to Cottage Cheese at a moment’s notice and there is nothing you can do … [Read more...]