Blogging has become a way of life for many people on the Internet today. But has it become so popular that blog posts have lost their significance? I think not. There are some very nice perks that are the result of one’s blogging efforts. I can honestly cite these perks because I have been blogging [...]

A good Internet friend of mine, Mr. Yuri Belous of Kiev, Ukraine has just finished programming version 3.0 of his well-known freeware application Rapid Typing. This great desktop application lets you systematically improve your typing skills. Over the past several weekends, I have helped Yuri by composing the User’s Guide to RT Version 3.0. It [...]

For those of you who have taken to the new Google Buzz platform, great. Now, as you can imagine, content is going to accumulate pretty fast on this platform. So, a search engine ultimately will be needed to find a specific post, so that you don’t have to go page-by-page into Buzz history to find [...]

There is a new & cool website on the Internet called Voizle Dot Com. Essentially, this website has been created so that you don’t have to pass on lengthy URLs to your friends and family, regardless of whether you are chatting via IM (instant messenger) or simply exchanging e-mails. All you need to do is [...]

Essentially, there are nine (9) sister projects of the great Wikipedia project & website. They are all free information sources created to help you with different sorts of information consultation. They, like Wikipedia, are part of the Wikimedia Foundation. They are as follows (with hyperlinks for you to visit)… COMMONS WIKIQUOTE WIKISPECIES WIKINEWS WIKIBOOKS WIKIVERSITY [...]

Dear Readers: Today’s post is a simple one but important one. A keyword that you should always keep in your mind, especially in today’s Information Age, is the word repository. Why do I say this? Well, it is because there is always a discrepancy between your actual knowledge-base and applied information. In other words, regardless [...]

The Seven Heavens of Success e-book is now available in the Portuguese language. So, if any of you are from Brazil or Portugal or another Portuguese-speaking nation, click on this link to enjoy my recent e-book, now in your native language The Seven Heavens of Success: Portuguese Version For those of you here in the [...]

I recently “Stumbled Upon” a great typing-skills-improvement program called the Rapid Typing Tutor. This website features all sorts of cool features, from actual typing programs to tutorials and arcades. So, no matter your age or temperament, you can take advantage of this website to “tweak” and improve your keyboard and typing skills. My son, who [...]

Recently, I was looking for a program that can seamlessly convert CHM (compiled Microsoft HTML Help) files into Word and PDF files without having to do this manually. With a little research on the Internet and after exchanging a few e-mails, I discovered a program called the ABC Amber CHM Converter, written by Mr. Yernar [...]

At a recent LinkedIn group discussion, the topic of “documentation checklists” was raised. Is there such a thing as a documentation checklist? Can one silver-bullet documentation checklist be drafted that will ensure successful completion of a documentation guide? Is this really necessary? Here are my thoughts on this. Yes, you can formulate a basic list [...]