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Find Me By IP – What Browser Am I?
I discovered this site through one of my friends and thought it was kinda neat. It’s called “Find Me By IP”. It’s simple to use, you just click the link below and you will get a page telling you all about: Your IP address — identifies and allows devices the ability to communicate with each…
Your Business Card is Crap!
I hesitated posting this video because I didn’t want people thinking I was trying to sell them an expensive business card design. But, this guy really made me laugh. The only thing funnier were some of the video comments. I posted a couple of them below the video. Don’t forget to add your own two…
Things: Software by Cultured Code
First, I purchased Things by Cultured Code for Macintosh with my own dollars. Second, I didn’t get paid for this review. Heck, they don’t even know I’m reviewing it. Third, I love this application so much, I must share. I think it is brilliant. I purchased Things maybe 6 months ago or so. It has become…
Where is my BCC?
Question I’m in the Macintosh Mail application. How can I find out who I blind cc’d (bcc) my email to. When I review the sent mail, I can’t see who got blind carbon copied. Is there some incredibly obvious way I can see the bcc addresses in the “sent” email? Answer It should be obvious,…
The Social Media Guru
I loved this take on a social media guru. There is some language – so make sure you are those around you won’t be offended.
Web Hosting: Types and choosing the right one for you.
In the world of web hosting there are a lot of choices and it can be confusing to make a decision. You might wonder what the difference is between $10 a month hosting versus $150 a month hosting. There are three basic kinds of hosting the average person will care about: Shared Virtual Private Server…
Is Your Million-Dollar Practice at Risk?
Recently, I had the pleasure of doing some work for Linda Harvey for a direct mail piece. Linda specializes in risk management in the medical and dental fields. I didn’t realize how many things needed to be kept up-to-date and monitored for these fields. Unless your employees are actively informed of new procedures, it seems…
WordPress: Adding sponsor (or website) links
You may have a wordpress site that you would like to add “Links” to. This may be a list of sponsors or your favorite websites. One of the easier ways to accomplish this is through the “Links” panel. Add a new link After you have logged into your administrative area, go to the “Links” menu…
Cleaning up Text for Layout Automatically
I recently mentioned a few things you should be doing when preparing type for layout in “Bad Design: Things You Shouldn’t Do” that include eliminating double-spaces and using the correct hyphens. If you receive content that you’ll be utilizing you may notice some work needs to be done to clean it up. Fortunately, there are…
What does "hosting a web site mean"?
Question What does “hosting a web site mean”? Answer If you were hosting a party, it would probably mean that the party was being held at your house and you were providing everything needed to have a successful party: food, chairs, music, house, etc. Hosting a web site is similar. The host provides the server,…