When I first started blogging, I didn’t like to refer to myself as a blogger. At the time I made most of my money online through discussion forums and gambling related websites so the title ‘Blogger’ didn’t sit right with me. It felt a little pretentious. After years of blogging day in day out, I … Read more
Awesome Screenshot is one of my favourite applications. It allows you to quickly and easily take screenshots of web pages. The extension is available for Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari. The great thing about the extension is that you can take screenshots on the fly as you are browsing the web. You can choose to … Read more
Every country is known for something. Scotland is known for many things…some good, some not so good. The stereotype of us all drinking heavily is definitely true, particularly when you compare us to the rest of the world. Though we’re no different from the English, Irish, Welsh when it comes to drinking excessively. I’ve never … Read more
I’ve been doing more research into video blogging. One of the things I’ve been looking at over the last few days is YouTube Intros. I’m still undecided on whether I should use an intro or outro in my video but I thought it would be good to share what the services I have found so … Read more
The Robots.txt file controls what search engines and archivers can and can’t access on your website when they visit. It’s formally known as ‘The Robots Exclusion Protocol’ however most webmasters simply refer to it by its file name. Rogue archivers don’t adhere to the rules you set however all reliable search engines such as Google, … Read more
Have you ever used a piece of technology and just instantly fell in love with it? It happened to me several years ago when I tried Skype. At the time, it was miles ahead of other messaging clients such as MSN and Yahoo. The same thing happened again yesterday when I finally got round to … Read more
I’ve been using Gmail since the beta version launched in 2004. It’s an essential part of how I work online and I use frequently it to prioritise tasks. When the service first launched it made headlines by offering a whopping 1GB in storage. In 2012 they increased the amount of free storage to 10GB. They … Read more
Today I have the pleasure of presenting to you an interview I conducted with Georgina Laidlaw recently. Georgina is well known within the blogging world for being the editor or ProBlogger. She has also blogged for some of the top blogs on the web such as CopyBlogger and SitePoint and released a fantastic book about … Read more
All email marketers will to have at least once decide whether to use a single opt-in or double opt-in for their email lists. A single opt-in means that once a visitor enters their email address into your subscription form and clicks the sign up button they are automatically on your list. A double opt-in means … Read more
In the Summer Amazon introduced a Kindle rental system in the USA that offered customers up to 80% off the price of the print textbook. The service was aimed towards University and college students who didn’t need the book long term. Customers can choose a rental period of between 30 and 365 days and are … Read more