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Simplifying Business Headaches

I’ve been running my own small business for several years now and from the beginning I’ve had a “Work Smarter Not Harder” attitude. One of the hardest parts of running your own business is worrying about the everyday things: project management, billing, taxes, insurance and more. With an attitude of keeping things as simple as [...]

Mobile Broadband Saves The Day

I was recently in Chicago for a short vacation and took the leap and went without taking my laptop. This was a big step for me, as I’m usually chained to my laptop whenever I leave home, and it was all thanks to the emergence of mobile broadband. I’m an AT&T customer with a shiny [...]

Build A Site With WebStudio

I’m always on the lookout these days for easy to use and simple to setup website builder programs. As a freelance web developer with a growing client base I find that programs like NetIDNow’s WebStudio offer a simple solution for my smaller clients to create a website. Most of my tinier clients are small business owners [...]

Search Engine Optimisation

I lot of people starting blogs for the first time are typically disappointed in the amount of traffic their sites receive. It’s not uncommon for a new blogger to find themselves unmotivated to the point of quitting as time moves on and the number of visitors they see never increases. One of the keys to [...]

Theme Spotlight: Typebased

I wanted to take a moment to spotlight one of the free themes available from the guys over at WooThemes. While the offer plenty of worthwhile “premium” themes I think their best WordPress theme they have is a free one called Typebased. This theme comes in a variety of pre-selected color patterns that make it good [...]

Are WordPress.com Premium Features Worth It?

WordPress.com offers a lot of features to their users at a small price each year. You can get extra storage, CSS options and ad removal each with their own fee. The question I have to ask is are these features, all added together, worth the price? Or would someone looking to expand their blog with [...]

WordPress 2.7.1 Released

The newest release of WordPress, version 2.7.1, is available for download at WordPress.org. For those of you using version 2.7 currently the update to 2.7.1 is a breeze. Simply click on the link at the top of the admin and WordPress will upgrade itself automatically. This is without a doubt the greatest new feature in the [...]

WordPress 2.7 Impressions

Now that I’ve had a chance to use the 2.7 release of WordPress for a few weeks on all of my blogs I think I’m ready to render a verdict, so to speak, on the latest version. Overall I really, really like 2.7. I was a huge fan of the previous update to the admin but [...]

WordPress 2.7 Released

The big 2.7 release of WordPress is officially available. I haven’t had time to install it and give it a go myself yet so I thought I’d just include the short video they released for now. My next post here will offer up my own personal impressions. a

The Best In Toronto Web Design

It’s time for another website designer spotlight. This time around I’m going to talk about 9th sphere, a leader in Toronto website design. 9th sphere sets themselves apart from other website solutions firms in the region by offering more than just simple design services. They have an expanded set of client offerings including building [...]