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Techno Thursday: Transferring Large Files

Yesterday, a Twitter follower, Lynne Lee, needed an economical way of transferring a large file. I had suggested using her FTP client or Dropbox, but those solutions didn’t met her needs. I turned to my VA colleagues at AssistU and the VACOC, who gave me a bunch of options to

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Techno Thursday: File Shredder

File shredder is a handy and important program to have on your computer – especially if you need to get rid of sensitive or personal information. I don’t remember where I first heard of this program, but I’m already getting a lot of usage out of it!

This is what it

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Thank Goodness for Akismet

I have a little quirk. I’m a tiny, tiny bit obsessed with checking my blog stats. I check the blog stats almost every day, even if it has been several days since I last posted.

April 25th marked my first blogging anniversary and I’m very grateful for my readers.

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Before You Post on Twitter or Facebook Think of This

What you post online really does matter and it pays to think twice before posting something you might not want to get into the “wrong” hands. If you aren’t careful, what you post can come back and haunt you.

Don’t believe me? Jump over to the “Make It Great Guy” blog,

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Giving Props to HP

It’s a well-known fact that customer service isn’t often what it should be (and anyone who has dealt with Dell knows exactly what I’m talking about!). Therefore, when someone has a good experience, he/she is usually surprised. So, I recently had a positive experience with HP (so far) that I’d

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Why Self-Care is so Important (Video)

I’ve been sick for several days now with the flu. In my fogged-brain I came up with the crazy idea of doing a video to remind others that it really is important to take care of yourself. (Excuse the glare, I’m still trying to figure out how to get rid

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Wordpress Help

I have a great resource for you if you need help with Wordpress: Wordpress Max.

Jeff Houdyshell, who runs the site, offers Wordpress Installation, Wordpress Optimization and Customized services that are excellently priced. I have procured his services twice and was impressed both times. His work turnaround was quick and he

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Uproar over Facebook’s new TOS and the Power of Social Media

If you are one of the few who didn’t know, there has been an uproar going around the ‘net about Facebook’s new terms of service (TOS). It’s been tweeted and re-tweeted on Twitter and blogged about and commented on. The uproar was loud enough that Mark Zuckerberg himself spoke out

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Techno Thursday: Change those Passwords!

When was the last time you changed all your passwords? Yes, I know, you have dozens of groups and forums to which you belong. Yes, I know, it can take some time to change all those passwords.

Still, changing your passwords frequently can go a long way in helping to protect

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Techno Thursday: Blog Readers

I never bothered using a blog reader because I only read a handful of blogs so I didn’t see the point. I have since seen the error of my ways.

I signed up for Bloglines during the Thanksgiving weekend and now I wish I had done so a long time ago.

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