Ahoy Mate

Dear Readers: Today’s post is a simple advisory for those of you with blogs and websites that not everybody on the Internet has good intentions.
Recently, I have had to face a few waves of spams, probably from someone who thought they could bring my site down. Fortunately, they failed because I have the latest [...]

Zip It With 7-Zip

There are several ZIP programs on the Internet that you can use to zip files or a folder with a bunch of files so that you can e-mail information to others. Perhaps you just want to save files on a CD/DVD, that is fine. In any case, the ZIP functionality is one that is needed [...]

Great Free E-Books Website

Dear Readers: Today’s post is extremely short, because I simply want to inform you of a great resource on the Internet that has many, many great (and free) e-books.
Indeed it is hard to find time to read, especially quality time; our lives are really busy and as the future unfolds, sometimes we feel that [...]

The Very Best of Text Editors: Notepad ++

Over the past two months or so, I have been messing around with the XAMPP client/server environment that I installed directly onto my Windows Vista Operating System. This is available at the Apache Friends website, and it is really cool because it lets you set up an environment where your machine is essentially both a [...]

Guest Post by Nesrine Mesnaoui: Every Day Is A New Day

Dear Readers: Since I first started this blog in April of 2008, Nesrine Mesnaoui, a Business Administration major from Rabat, Morrocco has been one of my greatest supporters, critics, and helpers. Nesrine is a person dedicated to positive thinking and has the true entrepreneurial spirit. Nesrine wrote this nice set of affirmations for you all [...]

Free Streaming Video Software

Technical Writers and Information Technology professionals of all kinds must work sometimes with processes and procedures that are not only detail-oriented, but sometimes very hard to understand, let alone remember. So, what can be done? Simple: download a high-quality and user-friendly streaming video software.
Which one?
Personally, I recommend CAM STUDIO. This program is free, open-source, extremely [...]

The Five Pillars of High-Quality eBook Creation by Rich Robinson, MVP

What I’ve Learned While Writing my Fifth eBook
A lot of website owners are making eBooks to boost awareness about their site, add value to a reader’s experience, increase incentives to subscribe, make money, and more. I recently wrote my fifth eBook; in this article, I share the things I’ve learned and hope to inspire you [...]

Working With XML

There is a really cool application you can get from the CodePlex Open-Source website called “XML Notepad”.
Just click on the following URL:
http://xmlnotepad.codeplex.com/
XML is a language that has been developed to work exclusively with data and ensure the optimal transition of data between applications, platforms, and environments of all kinds.
Wikipedia summarizes XML in [...]

What is Your Value?

When you look for a job or when you are responding to an offer for work, you must consider your hourly fee if you are a contractor or freelancer or you must consider your annual salary if you are to be come an employee of the company. Negotiating salaries and hourly rates is never easy, [...]

Guest Post: Dennis Crane of Indigo Byte Systems

Dear Great Documents Subscribers and Visitors: A good web-friend of mine from Indigo Byte Systems, Dennis Crane, has put together the following blog post for today. It is a fine post detailing the challenges of putting together a quality e-book. Indeed, there is much to consider. Special thanks to Dennis for this post. Regards, Keith
Going [...]