10 Tips for Razor Sharp Concentration - lifehack.org
Um, I forgot why … oh wait. Top tips to focus your concentration. some of the tips are obvious, (ie less noise). However, the best tip is getting enough exercise. I have noticed a much better ability to concentrate after regular exercise. Not sure why. I really should look into that.
FileStuff - filestuff.co.uk | File Extensions
Have you ever gotten a file that you just don’t know what the program the extension is for? I have the answer. Filestuff has information on just about every kind of file that can be created.
FileStuff provides information on over 5,000 file extensions. Use this site to find out which application a particular file type / file extension belongs to or to find out the default file extensions used by specific software.
Now, I wonder what that .wtf extenstion is for ?
Businesscardland - The Free Online Business Card Maker
Here is a great way to save some money and still get some very professional looking cards.
From the Website:
Businesscardland hopes to provide an easy way to make free printable business cards. You can print your own business cards on an inkjet printer, using pre-cut Avery Business card paper or on your own paper using our cutting guides. Once you’re done creating your custom business card design, simply click the “Make PDF” button, and a PDF document will be created of your printable business cards. Unlike other free business card software, our Business Card Maker allows you to make business cards online, and therefore works with both a Mac and a PC. We also create our PDFs using the CMYK color space, which is required for full color business card printing by offset printing shops.
I have already started using to redesign my own cards and the service is very simple to use. Definite bookmark material
Web-based information organizer Backpack saw a major upgrade today with several new features like page item reordering, multiple photo galleries with photo reordering, list titles, drag-and-drop movable modules (even between pages), search and page dividers. If you haven’t checked out Backpack yet, it’s all the fun of a wiki without any of the learning curve plus todo-lists, reminders, file storage and mobile access all rolled into one. Backpack has a free offering that’s limited in features and file storage; paid plans range from $5 to $14 a month
In every bloggers life comes a special day - the day they first launch a new blog. Now unless you went out and purchased someone else’s blog chances are your blog launched with only one very loyal reader - you. Maybe a few days later you received a few hits when you told your sister, father, girlfriend and best friend about your new blog but that’s about as far you went when it comes to finding readers.
Here are the top 10 techniques new bloggers can use to find readers. These are tips specifically for new bloggers, those people who have next-to-no audience at the moment and want to get the ball rolling.
It helps if you work on this list from top to bottom as each technique builds on the previous step to help you create momentum. Eventually once you establish enough momentum you gain what is called “traction”, which is a large enough audience base (about 500 readers a day is good) that you no longer have to work too hard on finding new readers. Instead your current loyal readers do the work for you through word of mouth.
OK. So that wonderful billion dollar idea did not pan out and you need to buy food and electricity for the children. Mash up has put together pretty comprehensive list of job hunting tools that will help you land that job. There are over 70 tools available to get that next job.
Until the next billion dollar idea….
Prosper is a marketplace for credit that enables people to lend money to other people in a safe, efficient manner. Prosper is a leap back to a time when people formed credit communities to help themselves live better lives and earn a fair return on their money. Prospers founding principle is that people from close communities act more responsibly towards each other. Prosper leverages this powerful concept of group responsibility and applies it to person-to-person lending—resulting in better interest rates for people that borrow and lend.
Prosper enables people to create groups, which borrowers join to request loans up to $25,000 by posting listings indicating the maximum interest rate they wish to pay. Lenders search for and select these listings based on the borrowers credit, debt profile, and group affiliation. Lenders bid on listings by indicating a minimum rate they are willing to accept. When a loan is matched between borrower and lender, Prosper handles all of the tasks needed for payment and collection of the loan.
OK - now that I have your attention. I need some help.
This site — HomeBizChat — Could use some refocusing , rededication and revamping and I would like to ask for your help. The goal of HomeBizChat is to help small business and Entrepreneurs with the running and building of their passion. So far I have just posted mainly general articles and links to website that are helpful in building your business. All of the posts have been guided by what I THINK is important at the time.
Here is where you can help.
What would YOU like to see ? What problems are you facing ? What solutions are you looking for ? What resources are you needing?
I would like to make this a more collaborative site linking resources to those that need. This may include subject matter expertise, physical equipment, or ???
Please post a comment on what you would like to see. I will do my best to answer and post all questions. All manor of feedback is welcome, however, please keep it constructive.
Learn Chinese | ChinesePod
ChinesePod is a language training service unlike anything you have ever seen before. It works by taking the best of the traditional classroom, and reconstructing it around the needs and lifestyle of the student, with all the improvements that technology allows.
Therefore, just like a traditional classroom, ChinesePod provides a community of practice: great teachers, lively discussion with fellow students, and a shared learning experience.
However, on top of this, ChinesePod uses technology to support learning in ways that a traditional school is unable to do. For example:
1. Schedule the lessons you want with the Calendar, and have them delivered daily through your personal RSS feed.
2. Study on the go, on your iPod or mobile phone.
3. Tag your vocabulary lists, and discover related words tagged by others.
4. Stay in touch with the latest lesson discussion with watch-lists.
5. Have ‘on-demand’ access to hundreds of lessons by expert teachers.
6. And more…
ChinesePod is for anyone who has always wanted to learn Chinese, but just couldn’t find the time or motivation in the past. It’s so convenient that even the busiest professional can easily find 30 minutes a day for study, and the fun lessons and passionate community will keep you motivated.
IPhone-Free Cellphone News - New York Times
This is such a great idea. Why didn’t they think of this before
15 free security programs that work
From the moment you switch on your PC, your system faces countless Internet-borne dangers, including spyware attacks, viruses, Trojan horses, home-page hijackers, and hackers trying to weasel their way into your system. And the Internet isn’t the only source of trouble. Anyone with access to your PC can invade your privacy by prying into which Web sites you visit — and learning a great deal more as well.
Do you have a Blog or Personal Online Journal? If the answer is yes, did you know that it’s possible to earn money from your Blog? I earn plenty from my own Blogspots – maybe not enough to think of retiring in the near future, but enough to allow me some extra luxuries in life and who knows how much I’ll be earning in a few years or even just a few months!
I love writing Blogs because I love passing on information that I’ve researched myself. Best of all, I only spend a couple of hours each week writing on my blogspots – I spend several more hours researching information because I also love to learn and believe that no matter how much I think I know about a subject, there’s always new stuff to learn – I’m a bit of an information junkie!!
If you already know plenty about a particular subject then it won’t take long at all to write a few paragraphs about it and have your blog up and running. Obviously, writing about what you love helps because, in the beginning, the money you earn is a bonus rather than an income that will allow you to give up your day job. Mind you, I’ve read about many people that earn fantastic incomes from their blogs so maybe you’ll be one of the lucky ones that can give up the day job in the very near future.
Search engines visit blogs so your site will probably get listed quickly – Google actually own www.blogger.com so if you want traffic this is a good site to start your blog on. It’s a good idea to also insert GoogleAdSense and even a Google Search box because you’ll also earn money when any of your visitors decide to click an ad or do a search – more bonus cash for little effort. Blogger also has a tool that you can use to notify all the search engines when you update your site. Make no mistake, this is a very powerful tool because the search engines take a look at your blog and follows the links to other websites. This makes getting listed on the top search engines like Google a breeze.
Another way to make cash from your blog is to add a few affiliate links – find products that fit in with the theme of your blog, sign up as an affiliate, put a link on your blog and hopefully watch some more bonus cash roll in – again, it’s simple but effective! If you’re not familiar with affiliate marketing then let me tell you right now that this is an extremely good earner. I usually get my affiliate links at www.cj.com, www.clickbank.com and www.affiliatefuture.com so pay them a visit and get some links to get started.
I recently set up 2 new blogspots and you are welcome to take a look by visiting www.mindpowersuccess.blogspot.com and www.jibechick.blogspot.com. These are 2 completely different subjects but I’m really interested in both so enjoyed creating them.
I also post my monthly JC Newsletter at www.jugglingmumsclub.blogspot.com and always invite people to take a look at the current JCN before signing up.
I’m not worried about getting competition from anyone looking at my blogs – there’s more than enough blogs, niche markets, etc. to go round and if it helps you get ideas then that’s great. Remember I’ve already stated that “I love writing Blogs because I love passing on information that I’ve researched myself.”
Another way to get traffic to your blog is to ask visitors to sign up to your own newsletter and then send them a link each time you make a new post. – once a week is plenty otherwise they may get fed up with you bombarding their inbox.
That’s about all there is to it – it’s quick, it’s easy and it has the potential to earn you a fairly decent income. If you have the time to spare then don’t stop at one blog because the more sites you have the more visitors you’ll get and the more money you’ll earn.
There are many people earning a very good living writing their blogs. The biggest tips are to find niche areas that not many others are promoting, get some affiliate links and some good quality content information. Remember to add GoogleAdSense and possibly a Google search box to your site and then just check your visitors and earnings each day.
Discover Agloco
A Global Community
Circa 1999…
Alladvantage.com was on the internet with the first free Get Paid to Surf” program using a viewbar. In general, you downloaded a tool bar, surfed, and got paid. It was free and by introducing others, you would get paid on their surfing as well.
It worked VERY well but the company got caught in the dotcom crash of 2000-2001 when advertising dollars dropped thru the floor.
However, consider this:
Within 6 months they were one of the TOP 20 Most Visited Websites,
They grew to over 10 million members online,
They paid out over $10,000,000 dollars to members.
Alladvantage was incredibly VIRAL.
Forward to 2006…
AGLOCO will be the same. You do not want to hesitate on this
Whenever you are online, either surfing, blogging, clicking on an ad, making a purchase, all the money generated by members activities will be shared among its members, 5 levels deep.
Running a small business is difficult enough. You have to play accountant, shipper, secretary, technical guru, salesman and a host of other roles to make it successful. That’s where Home Biz Chat will come in. Searching endlessly and delving deeper into the web for articles tips, trick and hacks to make running a small business easier and, dare I say it, fun.
The editor, a small business owner and computer god, will decipher, decode and explain in layman’s terms, the million ways software and hardware can make your small business successful and maybe even gain some time for the family and enjoy your success.
Home Biz Chat Author(s)
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