My most recent postings have been in reference to an event in which I describe how I captured the backchannel from a “low tech” audience by using a team of iReporters. While the preparation of this iReporting team was important, the technology supporting their work was as well. Using WordPress and the P2 theme, I was able to create [...]
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FREE Software Training from Lynda.Com
March 25th, 2010
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I like to share free quality resources, but sometimes free isn’t always the best option. In my opinion the best online training resource and bang for your buck is Lynda.com, which offers a wide variety of affordable software trainings. BUT, because this is a site about free resources I do have something free to share [...]
It’s Time to Check Your Email Daily
October 12th, 2009
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Email isn’t dead yet, so no excuses! It’s time to check your email. Whether you work for a professional organization, or yourself, you need to be checking your email daily. It’s 2009 and it’s time to embrace this technology that was used regularly in the 90’s and still is used today. It’s fine if you [...]
Why YOU Should Be Using Gmail
August 21st, 2009
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If you have multiple email accounts and/or you are checking your email from different computers, you should seriously consider switching to using Gmail as your email client instead of relying upon something like Outlook or your email’s webmail offering.
Benefits of Using Gmail
Gmail is FREE and allows you to funnel in all of your email accounts [...]
Maintaining Your Website Portfolio
May 11th, 2009
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Naturally each time you create or re-design a website, you add it to your portfolio page. I mean why wouldn’t you? You just spent all that time coming up with a perfect design, and validating your web pages. Of course you should post that badge of honor on your portfolio page, but do proceed with [...]
Understanding the Clouds
May 5th, 2009
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I want to take some time to explain some infamous “cloud” term(s), which you have probably heard floating around your office or the internetZ lately.
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve spent a fair amount of time reading about “the clouds,” cloud computing, and various cloud services. There’s a lot happening out there, but [...]
