Happy New Year! Today I want to highlight some blogs I’ve enjoyed over the last year and think you may find useful: Mashable is one of the top ten blogs worldwide, and is a great resource for news, trends and information about social media. TechCrunch is a useful source of tech news, trends and events. [...]
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Four WordPress Plugins
Originally, the four “calling birds” of the Twelve Days of Christmas were actually four “colly birds” – another name for blackbirds. And the first of my four recommended WordPress plugin today is called Twitter Blackbird Pie. 1. Twitter Blackbird Pie Sometimes you want to quote a tweet in a blog post. To make it more [...]
A Podcast in a Directory
It’s the first day of Christmas (I hope you’re having a very merry one!), so here is the first of my twelve gifts to you. How festive. And on the first day of Christmas, what else would you give but a podcast in a directory? (That just about scans, right?) OK, it’s not quite ready [...]
How to submit a podcast to iTunes
Delivering a podcast can seem dauntingly technical. But a podcast is really just a collection of audio (or video) files hosted on your blog – either a blog set up specifically for the purpose, or a discrete category called, say, ‘podcast’. The thing that transforms it from a collection of static audio files to a [...]
How to use three-point lighting
If microphones are essential to the quality of your podcast, lighting is essential for video. If you’re doing quick and informal clips, you may be able to get away with your handheld camera or iPhone and use the available light. I recommend the Flip or the Kodak Zi8 for this. The Zi8 even allows you to plug in [...]
WordPress.com or WordPress.org?
WordPress is the blogging software I always recommend. It’s free, powerful, flexible and endlessly customizable. But there are two versions – and one of the questions I’m most frequently asked is which version to choose: WordPress.com or WordPress.org? Here are the pros and cons of each to help you decide. WordPress.com WordPress.com is the hosted version [...]
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