So, like millions of other internet savvy women, I recently joined Pinterest. I got an account and instantly said; “I don’t get it, this is dumb” and then I went on with my life. That is, until I heard the words Pinterest about 200 more times here and there in everyday life and internetting around and I thought… “Ok, let’s …
Email security note
If you receive an email from ‘The Electronic Payments Association titled ‘Rejected transaction’ or something to that effect – don’t respond. It is a phishing attempt. The opened email looks like this: _____________________________________________________ Canceled Transaction Transaction ID: 5645746324515345353 Reason for rejection View details in the report below Transaction report report_5645746324515345353.pdf 13450 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 100 Herndon, …
Word of the Week – linkbait
This one has been around for a long time. The principle is simple, publish GREAT [or controversial] content on your site so other site owners will link back to it. The content can come in a variety of packages. It can be: insightful, profound observations or thoughts unique, humorous videos, text or images infographs illustrating timely topics sensational or polarizing …
This week in tech
This week one of the most talked about online events was Facebook’s introduction of its new ‘Messaging System’. It was labeled by most of the industry experts as the ‘Gmail killer’. At the Nov. 15, press conference Mark Zuckerberg said, not so. “This not an email killer, this is a shift towards more and more real-time communication. “We expect more …
6 things you (probably do but) might not know you can do on Facebook.
I was talking to my Dad on Fathers day and inevitably the conversation turned to Facebook and before long I was spouting off tip after tip of Facebook knowledge when it dawned on me that others could benefit from this information as well. So here you are… 6 things you may not know you can do on Facebook!!! These particular 6 …
Sticky: 6 things you (probably do but) might not know you can do on Facebook – Intro
I was talking to my Dad on Fathers day and inevitably the conversation turned to Facebook and before long I was spouting off tip after tip of Facebook knowledge when it dawned on me that others could benefit from this information as well. So here you are… 6 things you may not know you can do on Facebook!!! These particular 6 …
Image tags for better search engine placement
If you are adding your own content, images and videos to your site (you are doing this aren’t you) Be sure to pay attention to your image titles, ‘alternative’ [alt] tags and to your descriptions. For some reason this is a step a lot of folks skip over. DON’T SKIP OVER IT! Alt, title and description tags are important. This …
Google’s Personalized Search
Oh Google, we love you so but why do you have to keep stirring the pot? Oh yes, because it is your job, I forgot. Last month Google rolled out their ‘personalized search’ for everyone. This isn’t new technology. It has previously been available to only those folks who were signed into their Google account. Now, we all get to …
Reality check and your cyber safety
Michael Vick is young, famous and until recently had more money than god. Who knows what lead him to dog torture for pleasure? Michael Jackson was not young, he was very famous and had more money than Michael Vick. Who knows what lead him to self torture? Is money the common denominator? Maybe. It certainly helped. My west of the …
Who’s Tweeting at Twitter.com?
Here is a partial list – its kind of impressive: Reuters http://twitter.com/reuters BBC (Off-site List) http://menti.net/?p=1 CNN http://twitter.com/cnnbrk NY Times http://twitter.com/nytimes (The NYT also offers other sections in twitter) NY Times Business http://twitter.com/nytimesbusiness MSNBC http://twitter.com/dcagle Today Show http://twitter.com/TodayShow Wired News http://twitter.com/wired NPR http://twitter.com/nprnews Science Friday http://twitter.com/scifri Planet Money http://twitter.com/planetmoney ZDNet http://twitter.com/zdnett Conde Nast Portfolio http://twitter.com/Portfolio
Photo What?
When I was 10 my dad got this really cool program for his computer. I think it was called Photoshop. He showed me how to use a couple of the tools, I remember specifically the “smudgy finger tool” was of particular interest. I played with it for a while and made (drew) a picture of a candle. I remember thinking …
Just say no to Internet Explorer
… I’ve been pulling my hair out this past week because of my dear friend Internet Explorer. Now, I could sit here and type on and on about why Explorer sucks and why you shouldn’t use it, but quite honestly I don’t want to and a quick trip to Google would provide you with more than enough reason to make …
A soothing service
I was Stumbling around this weekend and I Stumbled Upon this site. I was made to stop. Usually, I will instantly close/Stumble away from any site with intrusive sound. This one held me for a while. It felt good to just let it play and relax for a little while. Give yourself some Zen time.