Archive for July, 2006

03rd Jul 2006

A new browser

It’s often said that if you are designing websites, you need to have multiple browsers to check your work. Often times what looks great in Firefox will look very bad in IE. So check you must!

However, it is also a good idea to test browsers to see what they offer and pick which one works the best for you. You’ve read how I feel about Firefox already, I have many extensions that I use on a daily basis and so forth.

Ed at underachieverlife.com posted a series of videos for day three about blogging. He walks through setting up a blog and also pointed out the Flock browser. I heard about this browser, but being that I am a Firefox user, I passed it by. After watching Ed’s videos about how easy blogging with Flock is, how to blog news stories and reading about the integration of Flickr, I decided to give Flock a try.

The installation - downloading, installing, plus Flock grabbing my favorites, etc., from Firefox - took less then five minues. I got plugged into Flickr as well as added one of my blogs to the blogging system. I immediately see that there are tabbed browsers and using Flickr is a breeze. I did download most of the extensions I had in Firefox, there were a few that I couldn’t find which I can live without for now. I’m going to use Flock for a few days and see what else is different and maybe I’ll stick with it.

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03rd Jul 2006

Addicted to podcasts

I didn’t realize just how addicted to podcasts I would get. LOL I started off slow - when I listened to an internet radio program, I downloaded the audio file and played it on my computer. Fast foward to today and my video iPod is packed full of podcasts ranging from crafting to tech to news to working at home programs. I listen to radio programs and podcats by one person. I love this podcasting world!

As I was reading the Podnomics blog, Leesa posted about PodcasterSpace.com. She compared it to a MySpace but for podcasters. Of course, I signed up shortly after reading Leesa’s post. :) My profile on PodcasterSpace is filled out, but for the podcast URL - because I don’t have one. I think about podcasting weekly, but haven’t made the jump. I am sure that by the end of the year I will have one though.

Over at PodcasterSpace, I found someone who has a website with tips for you to succeed in podcasting. I immediately signed up for his newsletter and jumped into reading his “how to podcast” tutorial. I’ll let you know more once I get through it.

If you have a podcast or are interested in podcasting, head on over to PodcasterSpace.com and sign up today.

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