When my business was still very young, I did just about everything myself. This is pretty typical as in the beginning, you have more time than money to spend. Being a geek, I would often turn my nose up on paying a monthly fee for anything, particularly web based software. These days, SaaS (software [...]

In the recent months, I’ve noticed a question that keeps popping up within my ‘tribe’ or network. A lot of people want to know how or where to host their video other than Youtube. The requirements are pretty clear.

Must be able to control access to the video
Have a sharp looking player – Youtube is a [...]

Do you ever hate having to take your hands off your keyboard because you need to do something with your mouse? I do. It’s a distraction which is why I try to use as many keyboard shortcuts or hotkeys as possible. Ctrl+C (copy) and Ctrl+V (paste) are my two favorite ones. It’s more accurate than [...]

Most FTP program these days have an automatic setting that is default by nature so many of us don’t need to pay attention to this at all. But in case you didn’t know, there are two ways or modes to upload a file. ASCII and Binary. Typically, ASCII should be used to transfer CGI, PHP, [...]

Sometimes, you just need to have a video converted into another format. My must-have tool for converting is Super. It is 100% free to download and use. If you do a search for video converter, you’d get a ton of results. I have actually purchased one of those but in the end, I still come [...]

Some weeks ago, when we all posted pictures of our workspaces, I was part of a brief private discussion about workspace clutter. Someone said, if you go paperless, it is easy to reduce the clutter. I agree. However, it seems like not everyone in my life wants to cooperate with me.
Here’s what I mean. I [...]

Picking up the talk about browsers again, I’ve been looking at my list of Firefox Add-Ons. Some of these I’ve been using for a long, long time and cannot ever do without. I’m sharing my list here so you could maybe find something useful too.

BBCodeXtra – this helps me format lists, URLs and text on [...]

Sparkplugging is starting a new tradition called ‘Spark an Idea Thursday’. Each week we’ll be sharing some great ideas for a topic of interest to our readers. We invite you to grab our image and carry the tradition through to your own blog! If you do, please link back to this post so we know [...]

There are two types of screen capture. Static – think screen shots, and Video – like in screen casts. Some tools can do both. In this post, we’re focusing on those that do video recording and I’ll also do my best to find some options for all your Mac users too.
Jing – works on both [...]

Today I’d like to put you in the spotlight. Ok, ok, I will admit I’m just really curious about you! Many small business owners today are pretty tech or rather Internet savvy. You may not think of yourself as such but you are! I am often amazed by how much my fellow entrepreneurs know about [...]