Open source software is becoming widely accepted as industry standard. Open source is software that is authored by anyone who has something valuable to offer. There is an open source application for almost every computing need. Open source software is secure, well tested and often free to the public. Large corporations are buying open source applications for large amounts of money. In many cases, open source software is giving the software giants such as Microsoft some stiff competition.

The days of paying hundreds, or even thousands of dollars for an operating system are long gone. No longer is the choice just Microsoft or Macintosh, now there is open source software. System Administrators and even end users are no longer at the mercy of the software giants who dictate what software must be used and how it is used.  read more »

This is a nice video that explains RSS in easy to understand terms. Kind of entertaining as well. Great for newbies trying to figure out what RSS is, check it out!

Running several sites, and being a client service director for a blogging company, whenever I mention RSS to anyone, I get a blank stare and an uncomfortable silence. Then I have to go into great detail to explain it to them. Then I still get the blank stare and the uncomfortable silence. I wish more people would use RSS, just think how much better of a world it would be. RSS saves me so much time, and I feel that we've only begun to see the benefits. To do my part, and help relieve my frustration, I'm going to begin a series of posts to try and educate people on the benefits of RSS...stay tuned!

It's a familiar scenario: A product you purchased recently has developed a problem, so you call the company's toll-free number and are connected to a "customer service associate" in India or the Philippines. You describe your problem but have a hard time understanding what the company representative is saying. You try several more times to communicate why you are calling but cannot get information that you can comprehend. You ask to be transferred to someone in the U.S. and are then put on hold for what seems like an eternity. You hang up in frustration and vow never again to purchase anything from this company. (Weinstein, 2007)

Outsourcing needs to be stopped and America needs tighter restriction on corporations outsourcing jobs. Outsourcing jobs to foreign countries will lower the value of the work and cause American workers to lose jobs. Outsourcing is hurting American workers and the American economy, while foreign economies become bigger and stronger.  read more »

The internet is something that most people do not use to their advantage. Some people know enough about computers to check email, write Word documents, surf the web and maybe play some games. But there are still many people who do not know how to use the internet properly. Typically, the older generations find computers to be something they do not need, nor do they want to learn. While children today are being brought up surrounded by technology like cellular phones, video games, computers, and iPods. In this day and age, most children can do more with a computer than the older generations.

If more people took the time to learn about the internet, they would see that it can truly make life easier and more enjoyable. For instance, the computer can be used to pay all monthly bills and do all banking online. It is possible to have all of bills automatically deducted from a checking account. No more writing checks, licking stamps, or going to the post office. Everything just gets paid automatically and on time.  read more »

This is a video about blogging and Google Adsense, by Joel Comm. The Secretes of Making Money with Google Adsense Segment 7: Blogs http://www.adsense-secrets.com. Talks about blogging being a great way to make money with Google AdSense. In part 7 of this presentation, you will learn how to get started in just a matter of minutes.

Every once in a while you'll stumble upon a site that really makes you say "wow, that is some great content." Well I found one of those sites yesterday. It's this site http://www.forwebdesigners.com/. It has a boat-load of stuff for anyone who does design work. Everything like:

• Ajax
• Blogs
• Colors
• CSS
• Flash
• Fonts
• Forums
• Generators
• Graphic Sources
• Icons
• Inspiration
• Magazines
• Photoshop Tutorials
• Stock Photos
• Templates
• XHTML

It's basically just a list of links. But there are tons of links. Links to some great design resources. Give it a look, you could spend days checking out some of the cool stuff here.

Darren over at ProBlogger is running a contest over the next week or so. He is claiming that he is giving away over $54,000 worth of prizes. Wow, Killer!

"Over the next week here at ProBlogger I’m planning to give away over $54,000 (USD) of cash and prizes in the ProBlogger Birthday Bash! You heard me right - over $50,000 in cash and prizes have been donated by generous sponsors to this event and every cent of them will be going to ProBlogger readers in the coming 7 days. The prizes will be given out over a number of days through a variety of different competitions."

Check out his post for the details.

SES Munich 2008
Hilton Munich Park
Munich, Germany
March 2008
http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/munich/

The Daniel Kovach Scholarship Foundation is giving away $10,000 to a blogger this year.

Full scholarship details are available here:
http://www.collegescholarships.org/our-scholarships/blogging.htm

This 2nd Annual Blogging Scholarship offers a large prize of $10,000, which will be awarded at the Blog World and New Media Expo in Las Vegas, Nov. 8-9.

The best way to get links back to your site is to go to other blogs, forums, social networking sites, etc. and place your link there.

For social networking sites you may have to sign up and create a profile. Which is fine because there you should be able to include your link, and better yet, you can share information about you and your site. There are tons of social networking sites: activerain, myspace, facebook, youtube, friendster, classmates, digg, del.ici.ous, flickr, linkedin, mybloglog, squidoo, technorati, twitter to name a few. New ones appear all the time. Also, it is a good idea to write some interesting original content on each of these sites. Something that will entice readers to visit your site.

For blogs and forums, the best way to go about it is to visit other sites in your niche find threads that you can contribute to. Look for questions, or areas that you have expertise in and post good, helpful information. You don't want to say, visit my site it's great...LINK. That is considered spam. You want to contribute and be a helpful part of the conversation, and then put your link in your signature.  read more »

Shoemoney shows you how to shave your head. I love Shoemoney just as much as the next guy, but do we really need to learn hygiene from him too? So what now he teaches us pay per click, marketing, seo and head shaving? What's next? How to brush your teeth by Shoemoney. Shoemoney's video on how to clean up dog poo?

Chris Abraham walks you through how to join the fastest-growing and most elegant free blogging services, WordPress.com. Go from the simple acts of joining all the way through set up and administration. Become a blogger in few than 45-minutes. Most folks only need the first 15 minutes to get you started. Chris is a professional blogging instructor.

I am proud to announce that Go Blog Yourself now has a blog job board. You can view up to the minute blogging related jobs on our job board. This information is taken from several sources, ProBlogger, Indeed, Freelance Switch, to name just a few. I hope this can be a great resource to find Blogging and Telecommute jobs.

If you know of any other resources we need to add to our job board, please let us know. Also, if you would like to post jobs to our job board, please contact us. The fee is $20 for two months.

I've been suffering a bit from writers block lately. Every blogger will tell you that it's very hard to stay focused on one topic for years. Things get old and boring kinda quick. That's why most blogs crash and burn.

I've been surfing around and compiling a list of my favorite and inspiring blogs and posts. I stumbled on this one called Essential Posts that Every Blogger Should Know. Great stuff in there. Lots of other helpful information on the North East blog. Good stuff.