In the past it was difficult, time consuming and expensive to monitor the news. Now we have Google News Alerts. [First published February 2004. There are now many more tools you can use to track mentions of yourself or your projects, but Google Alerts remains very useful.] Your community group or business needs to monitor […]
Another of my regular WordPress articles for Informit has just been published: Peachpit: Web Design Reference Guide > Customizing WordPress: Display a Better Title: make a great first impression for your blog by customizing the first thing visitors see in bookmark lists and search engine results: the titles of your blog, its posts, and pages. […]
Over at Thinking Outside the Book Maria Langer wrote an excellent article about ebooks. This is my comment and response. Please read her article first. I think the ‘problem’ of ebooks is particularly acute in the area of technical writing — software how-to manuals and the like — more than it is for fiction. Information […]
Phil Plait asks: When you look at the constellation of Orion from your area, what do you see? I know I don’t see as much as I’d like to, and our neighbours seem to be adding more and brighter lights in and around their homes all the time. Orion’s easily findable and visible towards the […]
Congratulations to OS X Help with their “Insanely simple tutorials for the first time Macintosh user”. The site is exclusively targeted to the Macintosh user who just unpacked their new computer. It looks as though they started up recently, but they have some nicely written, straightforward tutorials on their site. Topics so far include working […]
The Karori Sanctuary now has details on its website about the capture of the stoat or weasel that was spotted last week —#128: Sanctuary showdown: intruder apprehended: The animal was spotted by a staff member on a routine search earlier today and cornered in a patch of native grasses right next to the main track. […]
If someone adds your web page to their Favourites or Bookmarks then the title is what goes in by default. It’s also what they see when they call up their list of Favorites next week or next month and it no longer has any context. When you surf around every page you visit has a […]
This Tip suggests you stand back and take a new look at your site. [First published July 2004. ] Visitors arrive at your website by all kinds of means and for many different reasons. They haven’t all conscientiously typed in your organisation’s address. So what happens when they arrive at your site, and maybe not […]
