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Cloud Storage: ideal for people who travel a lot of just want peace of mind

I had my first PC 10 years ago. It was an old one, given to me as a ‘hand-me-down’. Back then we couldn’t afford a proper one, so I’d have to use the one at work to ‘play’ with my …
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sopa

Why might SOPA pass? How can I stop it?

SOPA, or the Stop Online Piracy Act, is a bill before the United States House Judiciary Committee that would end the Internet as we know it. It would crush innovation by setting up a “blacklist” of sites that would be …
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How to best manage your emails

I HATE EMAILS! Now, I said it. Years ago I’d be thrilled to get ‘noticed’ and someone to send me a message. Then times changed. Now I receive spam, unwanted ‘funny’ stuff from friends that don’t understand that some people …
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If you still want to use a FREE blog provider …

It’s pretty difficult for me to understand why someone wouldn’t want to blog in a ‘serious’ way. I am currently an active blogger, it’s a great ‘job’ and for me everything needs to be ‘perfect’. This is why I am …
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10 Reasons Why Your Blog WILL FAIL

I’ve been blogging for the past 4 years and got pretty involved in the phenomenon. Let’s say my reading list is never under 150 blogs/day, I follow all of them, comment and see how they’re all doing. At the same …
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How a posting plan can help you with that writer’s block

I’ve been blogging for the past 4 years. About everything and anything from the daily grind to advice on blogging, forum  management etc. Having a general blog has surely got its perks, but even so, there are days when I …
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forums

The best forum script

One of the most frequent questions any new forum admin would ask is: which forum script should I choose? Which one? The one you like best. Simple as that. Let’s ‘chat’ some  more about this topic though .. There are …
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leaving comments

It’s more important to be nice

Just like in real life, when you leave a comment on a blog you interract with a person. A real person who took the time to write an article which, for some reason, you find yourself reading. However, people never …
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forum community

How does you forum survive an attack?

A while ago one of my members on the Romanian Webmaster Forums Invatam.Net complained that he had some serious issues with a person who tried to spam the forums and got banned. The problem was also that my member lost …
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spam

How to keep your blog spam free

I started my life as a “webmaster” more than 9 years ago (March 2002 to be more exact), when I had a small site, dojo.ro. My beginnings were as a forum admin and not a blogger. Well, back then I …
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