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How to Flush Your DNS/Cache
This is a quick tutorial primarily for web designers. Normally your DNS clients will automatically cache (store) IP addresses and other DNS results. This makes it quicker to retrieve information from the same host. However, sometimes your cache gets stuck while developing. For instance – you know you updated some information on your site and it…
Bad reputation on-line? What can I do?
Question We have people saying some bad things about our company online? What can we do about it? Answer Joan Jett’s “Bad Reputation” might have worked well for her, but chances are it isn’t what you want for your business. With the advent of technology and mass use of social media including Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin,…
How to Create an Alias on your Macintosh
Question Can you tell me how to create a short cut to a folder? Answer “Short Cuts” are called an “Alias” on a Mac. You can make one by using any of the techniques below: Select the original folder and hold down Command + Option and drag it to a new location. Then you can…
How to purchase the right size stock photography for your designer
So, you’ve discovered the stock photography companies. You like the control of having your own account and purchasing your own photos. Picking out photos, sorting through hundreds of photos and finding just the right ones takes a lot of time and effort. The last thing you want to do is buy the wrong size for…
Tips I Learned From My Clients This Month
I love learning new things. I enjoy understanding other people’s workflows to see if there is something I can use for my own purposes. Here are a few things I learned this month from my clients that might help you. Keywords from PDFs This tip came from Linda Harvey (Linda Harvey Group). Did you know…
How do I block people that aren't my friends on Facebook?
Question When I comment on a facebook friend’s post I can see their friends’ comments even if they are not one of mine. Normally, this doesn’t bother me. But… there is a particular person I find offensive. Is there a way to hide or block their posts so I can’t see them? Answer Friends Most…
I Thought Macintosh Computers Don’t Get Viruses?
No. Macintosh computers don’t get viruses. A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself to infect a computer without any action required by the computer user. By this definition, there are no viruses on Macintoshes. But, that isn’t really the information you want. The word “Virus” has become commonly used to describe…
Ideas to Make Your Website Work Harder for You
“What can I do to make my Web site better?” I get this question a lot. In many cases, the short answer is “plenty”. Here is a checklist of items I use to help clients determine what items would be helpful to them to improve their website. (We’ll call the following, “the long answer”.) Content…
The Don’ts and REALLY Don’ts of Mailing Lists and Email Marketing
Building an email list takes time and care. You collect emails from clients, your own web site, sales reps, contests, and interested emailers. You send your offerings, deleting bounce backs and abandoned addresses, removing the opt-outs, watching the inbox placements and the click through rates, pruning here and adding there, tailoring and growing a list…
Merge iCal Calendars
Question Over the years and with syncing my iCal calendars I have too many different calendars. I would like to simplify them. For instance, right now I have: Work Home Home Chores Meetings How would I merge Work and Meetings and Home and Home Chores? So I have only these: Work Home I know I…