Gary Eckstein Social Media 1 addthis, digg, mixx, reddit, sharethis, Social Media, social networking, web, web 2.0
The Sydney Morning Herald published an article titled ‘Spread the News’, it which several of the social bookmarking and sharing sites were named and discussed. Overall the article is a good introduction to a few of the bookmarking and sharing services however I have this to add; None of the sites mentioned are particularly good [...]
Gary Eckstein Microsoft Office 0 Software, visio
Microsoft Visio is a very powerful tool and may be used for many time saving and diagramming activities besides the common flowcharting for which it is employed. For example, are you aware of the Visio ShapeSheet and the information and opportunities it provides? Because so much of the functionality of Visio is hidden (or not [...]
Gary Eckstein Microsoft Office 1 Process, Software, tutorial, visio
Microsoft Visio is a very useful, popular and powerful diagramming tool. The tool does however have its quirks and following some basic ‘best practice’ can significantly enhance the effective and efficient use of Visio. The following tips apply equally to Visio 2003 and Visio 2007: Repeat Shapes Particularly when using many pages in a single [...]
Gary Eckstein Internet 0 domains
Buying and selling domain names can be a profitable business! There are many articles out there advising what makes for a valuble domain name however it boils down to a few basics: The shorter the name the more valuable. Words or terms are more valuable than non recognizable names (especially if people search for those [...]
Gary Eckstein Social Media 1 feedburner, ping-o-matic, rss, WordPress
Pinging blog directories is an important and worthwhile activity when posting. A common problem with pinging is that it is difficult to know if the ping has been successful. For example, you may specify that you require ping-o-matic and King Ping to be pinged (as I used to) whenever a new post is published. But [...]
