Last weekend I got a sad call from a client. His web site had gone down. Sadly it happens. It shouldn’t happen often or for very long – but it happens. Unfortunately the web host selection predated me here – but I had some advice and comfort that I thought I’d share with folks. First, … Continue reading
Author Archives: Ann Treacy
Send out Your Blog by Email
Over the last few weeks I have been working on working on a blog about broadband telecommunications for the Blandin Foundation (www.blandinonbroadband.org). Griff Wigley of Wigley Associates (http://wigleyandassociates.com) has been helping; he’s a blog coach. It’s been a fun project. In the process I have learned about a very cool tool – Feedburner (www.feedburner.com), a … Continue reading
Doodle
Today’s Byte is short and sweet. It’s a very cool, one-purpose tool. Doodle http://www.doodle.ch/index.php.en It’s a simple tool that helps you schedule meetings or dates with a small group of people. 1) Go to Doodle. 2) Create a poll that lists possible times to meet. 3) A web site will be created for you. 4) … Continue reading
Captchas can Save your Forms
I have a few web sites with simple forms to collect information from visitors. Sometimes we get spam through the forms, where a computer (or bot) has clearly read the form and filled it out as best as it could. It can be a hassle but for many forms it happens so infrequently that I … Continue reading
PDFs & Flash Paper
Last week someone asked me for a free tool to turn Word documents into PDFs. Here are the tools I suggested to her: pdf995: http://www.pdf995.com/ I used to use this all of the time. Each time you use it you get an ad, but I figured that was fair enough. You download this software and … Continue reading
Overture Ads Are Changing
Today’s Byte is probably of most interest to anyone who runs or is thinking about online ads. (For those who aren’t interested in online ads – here’s a quick fun site on the Super Bowl ads http://www.superbowl-ads.com.) Google and Yahoo/Overture are the two biggest pay per click vendors. They sell ads on search engines … Continue reading
Personal Home Page
Someone was just asking me about how they could create their own news web page. So I thought I’d write a Byte on web sites that let you create customized versions of your web site that you can use as your personal homepage. My Yahoo (http://my.yahoo.com) let’s you pick and choose the news feeds that … Continue reading
Blogger Goes Google
Google (www.google.com) bought Blogger (www.blogger.com) a while ago – but so far users have not been forced to use the new Google features – that is until now. I just “upgraded” one of my blog accounts and I thought I’d share what I learned. Things I liked: It’s easier for people who aren’t tech savvy … Continue reading
PC Pitstop Happy New Year!!
This year for New Year’s I’m bring up one of my very favorite online tools: PC Pitstop: http://www.pcpitstop.com PC Pitstop provides a free tune up for your computer. You just need to click on the Tune Up for new members. You can register, but it’s not necessary. It takes a few minutes to run PC … Continue reading
Google Calendars Rock!
Happy Holidays! I am going to start by admitting that I need to be to a Christmas party in 40 minutes and I have to pick up a cheesecake on the way so this is going to be quick. I have a client who needs a calendar on their web site. They may want to … Continue reading
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