Author Archive for Amit Agarwal

Amit Agarwal is professional blogger who also writes for Digital Inspiration

What Do You Use Twitter For?

March 11, 2007 | Filed Under Features, General, Social Media | 3 Comments

One of the guest callers on net@nite Live show at Twit.TV shared that he is not using Twitter because typing what he’s currently doing distracts him from the actual work. [Leo and Amber had invited Evan Williams, Twitter founder, for the show.]
Are you also keeping away from Twitter for the same reason ? Read this.

How Are You Using Google Docs?

February 28, 2007 | Filed Under Features, Google, Technology | 5 Comments

Google Docs is more than just a free online word processor from Google. The service can be used for writing blog posts, converting documents from one format to another and more.

Don’t Let PDF Files Freeze Your Browser

February 20, 2007 | Filed Under Features, Guides and Tutorials | 7 Comments

Dave Mozealous clicked a normal hyperlink on some website but that made his browser to crawl for sometime because the link was actually pointing to a PDF file:
Isn’t it annoying when you accidentally click on a link to a PDF document? Then your system stalls for about 20 seconds as it tries to open Acrobat [...]

The Market for Tech Support is Really Hot

February 4, 2007 | Filed Under Education, Features, Technology | Leave a Comment

Get Me The Geeks! - A CBS video report by Steve Kroft says that ‘geeks’ are the only ones that can help us out at the time of a technology related emergency.
We are becoming slaves to our own technology – addicted to and dependent upon all sorts of beeping, flashing gadgetry that is supposed [...]

‘Tis The Season for Blog Awards

January 26, 2007 | Filed Under Blogging, General | 2 Comments

The nomination phase for the 2007 Bloggies is complete and you can check the list of finalists on the Bloggies website.

Google Adsense Tips for Maximizing Revenue

January 26, 2007 | Filed Under Features, General, Google, Professional Blogging | 8 Comments

Are you using Google Adsense to monetize your blog or website ? Is your Adsense implementation effective enough to bring in more revenue than just pocket-money.
If the answer is no, here are some optimization suggestions for you.

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News

ScribeFire 2.2.8 Released
July 4, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

ScribeFire is a popular desktop blogging application hosted in a Firefox extension. Version 2.2.8 includes fixes and some brush-ups. The extension is free to download from Mozilla Add-ons, and works with both Firefox 2 and 3.

Two New b5media Blogs Launched
July 4, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

Another two b5media blogs launched recently. Marye Audet edits Simply Home Remedies, which is about just that. This from the launch post:
For the past 20 years or so my family has lived without the assistance of commercial medicines or doctors, except for things like broken arms and emergency surgeries on retro-pharyngeal abscesses. You know, the [...]

Hitting the Frontpage of Digg
July 3, 2008 | By Matt Craven | 1 Comment

Skelliewag takes a look at playing the odds and trying to “win” with Digg - a great article with some fantastic tips on how to promote your site using Digg.
Most bloggers would love their content to hit the front page of Digg. Unfortunately, most of those bloggers are never able to experience the huge spike [...]

Firefox 3 Plugin Roundup
July 3, 2008 | By Matt Craven | Leave a Comment

Now that Firefox 3 has been out for more than a week - and has set a new Guinness World Record for the most downloads in a single day - several websites have begun recapping the plugin/addon situation for Firefox.
BSPCN outlines the 30 “Must Have” Firefox Extensions, including del.icio.us toolbar, Foxmarks, and Greasemonkey.
PC World looks [...]

WordPress.com Enables Support for Google Gears
July 3, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 3 Comments

WordPress.com have added a Turbo button in the admin area. This is to enable Google Gears, if your browser supports it, and speed up things using it. For instance, Google Gears is used for offline access to web apps like Google Docs, but how can it benefit WordPress.com?
On WordPress.com it is used to store all [...]

Blogged.com Rebuilds
July 3, 2008 | By Andrew G.R. | Leave a Comment

Promising to help you ‘find better blogs’ is Blogged.com. The directory site has just launched some new features and improvements. Most notably, they do a better job of highlighting interesting blogs over several niches. The goal appears to aggregate news and information that is well-written, though not necessarily accessible through mainstream media.
Among [...]

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