Demonstration of blogging and its power

Google Reader (100+) We are sitting in class in Mssion BC talking about the power of blogging for professionals. It is as easy as writing an email to add and update a blog.

Jakob rattles the web design sabre

Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2005 (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox):

The positive of Jakob Nielsen's list of web design mistakes :

• "text they can read;
• content that answers their questions;
• navigation and search that help them find what they want;
• short and simple forms (streamlined registration, checkout, and other workflow); and
• no bugs, typos, or corrupted data; no linkrot; no outdated content."

Pretty simple list but most of the sites that I get involved with violate it in one way or another.

Spam Problems - beyond control

'Pump-and-Dump' Spam Surge Linked to Russian Bot Herders It has been hard to find out what is happening with all the Spam. In part I suspect the people that are hunting it are so busy with it that they aren/t talking but I also suspect that people are keeping quiet because it is so out of control. They simply don't want people knowing where they are in the fight.

Bloglines | RSS Feeds

Bloglines

I just discovered that my RSS feeds publication link in Blogger was in the wrong place so I have fixed it. You should be able to subscribe easily with a wide variety of programs now. Bloglines is only one of the possibilities.

So you think you have a virus?

Google Groups: alt.comp.anti-virus

So you think you have a virus or a trojan or something just generally missing up the way your computer works?

Max Wachtell in google groups way back in 2004 produced a wee list that lists the "things to do" and I don't think really that the list has changed all that much. I commend the first three points to your thinking.

• Update Windows
• Use a firewall
• Use an Antivirus of your choice and keep it updated.
• In Windows Explorer, set Folder Options to "show all files"
• And clean out all temp, cache, and junk files.

Okay so that is five. But that will keep you away from the worst.

RSS feeds? - Yahoo! News

Column: What are online RSS feeds? - Yahoo! News

Two entries in one night! Unfortunately this will probably suffer link rot relatively quickly. While it lasts though it is an excellent description and introduction to RSS and how it is replacing email as a mode for client discussion.

Learning from my workshops

Vancouver business directories - Google Search I often get more out of teaching my workshops than many of the learners in the workshop (At least I think so) In this instance it brought to my attention the importance of being visible in business directories. Not nearly true for most service businesses but for those that provide a tangible service it is increasingly important. There is a side value to being in the yellow pages in that many times they are used as the basis for these listings. But there are many groups from the local chamber of commerce to specialized local listings that provide a similar service. And for these businesses they need to be there.