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Windows 8 Tutorial for Settings Charm

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For Tech Tuesday I thought I would try a quick video tutorial today. When I went on a trip for Microsoft recently we had bloggers who were very comfortable with Windows 8 and some new to it. Finding the settings for the various Windows 8 apps was something a few did not understand so I [...]

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What tutorials would you like to see?

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It has been a very busy day, but a quick question for you all. What tutorials would you like to see here on my blog? Do you need to know something about Twitter, Facebook, Blogging, Instagram, Smartphones, Windows 8, Apps? What about cooking – do you have questions there? Parenting? Raising a child with bipolar? [...]

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Create Custom Google Analytics Report for Best Day of Week on Your Blog

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Most of us have a vague idea on what days work best on our blogs. For me, I know that the weekends have lower traffic generally speaking. I was not quite sure of which day of the week was actually my best though so I thought I would find out with Google Analytics. Now, I [...]

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Making Your Own Facebook Cover Photo

March 29, 2013 Social Media

Facebook cover photos – those big ones at the top of your Facebook page are 851×315 pixels in size. You can easily make our own images in Paint, Fresh Paint, PicMonkey, Photoshop, and other programs. If you click this blank image below it will open up to full size of 851×315 and you can start [...]

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Easy Security Fix – Change Your Admin Username on WordPress

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A security tip for you all this Work Wednesday. By default when you create a WordPress blog it makes a user named “admin” for the administrator. It does this for everyone. This means that hackers already have half of the information they need to get into your site. Fortunately this is an easy fix, even [...]

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DISQUS Commenting Returns

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You may have noticed that to make comments on my blog I have returned to using the DISQUS service. I know there are a few of you who sometimes have trouble with it which is why I tried switching to something simpler the last couple of weeks. However, the simple method made my job a [...]

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How To Make a Digital Photo Collage

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I had several people ask me about the collage of pictures I made for my Thanksgiving Stuffing Recipes collection post. So many do not realize how easy these are to make so I thought I would do a quick tutorial for you. For this tutorial I am using PicMonkey.com because it is free and everyone [...]

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Windows 8 Tip for Easy Access to Start Screen

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For those of you who have upgraded to Windows 8 (it is only $39.95 if you missed my post), here is an easy tip for you. The Start Screen with all the tiles you can get to by hovering then clicking in the lower left corner, touching lower left corner if you have a touch [...]

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Creating Links to Single Tweets on Twitter

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I created a tutorial about this back in 2008, but I thought I would update since Twitter has changed a little since then. If you need the link to an individual tweet that you, or someone else, has sent on Twitter it is very simple. Go to Twitter.com and go to your profile page (or [...]

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Facebook Private Messages Made Public and HOW TO FIX YOURS

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We all see all sorts of warnings about what Facebook is or is not doing that are actually untrue. Facebook privacy is always a  big issue. When the latest started people said it was untrue, but then people started actually finding it was real. Some sort of Facebook mishap has caused some past PRIVATE MESSAGES [...]

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