Wednesday, November 30, 2011

12 Reasons to Try Linux Mint 12 | PCWorld Business Center

12 Reasons to Try Linux Mint 12 | PCWorld Business Center: "For any new release of a popular Linux distribution, there are typically numerous fans eagerly awaiting the software's final debut. For Linux Mint 12, however, that anticipation may well have broken all previous records, so anxious have Linux fans been to see the new release's answer to the controversial desktop environments increasingly appearing in other operating systems."

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The Secret of The Successful Copywriter | Copyblogger

The Secret of The Successful Copywriter | Copyblogger: "A copywriter was struggling deeply with his business.
He was getting clients and jobs, but his words weren’t making sales, and his clients rarely called him back."

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HTG Explains: Understanding Routers, Switches, and Network Hardware - How-To Geek

HTG Explains: Understanding Routers, Switches, and Network Hardware - How-To Geek: "Today we’re taking a look at the home networking hardware: what the individual pieces do, when you need them, and how best to deploy them. Read on to get a clearer picture of what you need to optimize your home network."

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Google Rolls Out a New and Compact Navigation Bar - How-To Geek

Google Rolls Out a New and Compact Navigation Bar - How-To Geek: "Earlier this spring Google introduced the black navigation bar; now they’ve updated the bar to take up less space and be more useful."

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Lendle Connects Kindle Owners for Cross-Country Book Lending - How-To Geek

Lendle Connects Kindle Owners for Cross-Country Book Lending - How-To Geek: "You can lend books from your Kindle library to other Kindle users but it’s not always easy to find people with books you want. Lendle is a social network for Kindle readers to share books with each other."

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Seagate offers best of both worlds with second gen Momentus XT hybrid solid state/hard drive

Seagate offers best of both worlds with second gen Momentus XT hybrid solid state/hard drive: "Released in mid-2010, Seagate's Momentus XT combined performance approaching that of a solid state drive (SSD) with the storage capacity and cheaper price of a traditional platter-based hard disk drive (HDD) in a laptop-friendly 2.5-inch form factor."

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How to Build an Engaged Audience with Content Marketing | Copyblogger

How to Build an Engaged Audience with Content Marketing | Copyblogger: "Most bloggers are after the same things.
They want traffic to their blogs, comments on their posts, and sales of their products or services.
These are all great goals, but they’re really just symptoms of something else: having an engaged and responsive audience."

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Monday, November 28, 2011

One Very Simple Way to Come Up With More Blog Post Ideas Than You’ll Ever Need

One Very Simple Way to Come Up With More Blog Post Ideas Than You’ll Ever Need: "Any great piece of content has to begin with a great idea. You can be an amazingly talented writer – but without a strong idea, your post isn’t going to resonate with people."

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How To Create a Portable USB Version of Microsoft Office Starter 2010 - How-To Geek

How To Create a Portable USB Version of Microsoft Office Starter 2010 - How-To Geek: "Microsoft Office 2010 Starter edition is a free, ad-supported version of Office 2010 meant to be included on new PCs. It only includes Word and Excel with a subset of features—but it does let you make a portable version. Here’s how to do it."

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How to Write Weapons-Grade Copy | Copyblogger

How to Write Weapons-Grade Copy | Copyblogger: "You might not think that DARPA (the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) would be very concerned about writing copy"

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