Jane Talks Tech!

I confess to being an ignoramus when it comes to tracking and statistics. All I've been content to do (since now) has been add the code to my pages and hit "Publish". Well, if I'm going to earn any sort of passive income from my online endeavors, it is imperative that I understand that there needs to be a method to my 'madness', so to speak. What I really mean is that there needs to be: (i) a system in place for analyzing my statistics in order to optimize the sites either for better content, ad placement, et cetera. Currently, ...

• Oh la la http://ff.im/-XBuk #
• oy. really not in a working frame of mind. *sigh* #
• things I won't get unless I get them for free: a kindle. what happened to good old fashioned gutenberg downloads and free e-readers? :) #
• Wow. My brain hurts. :( #
• lol. To do "25 things you may not know about me" or not. That is the question. :) I'm afraid of releasing too much info. #
• I just discovered ping.fm and I'm so hooked. It has brought sanity into the crazy world of social networking. Sweet. #
• i'm in the market for a ...

1. Ping.fm --> Seamlessly integrated the multiple social networks under one account. It supports posting (status updates, microblogs, pictures, etc) to your social networks and says you the hassle of individually visiting each website to update your status. One word: awesome. :) I've been using a lot of it and I'm pretty sure this will be on frequently visited bookmarks list. Its main focus is keeping all your social networks updated with your status and that fulfils a need in my book.
2. Gist --> This service can be described as "your inbox meets the web". As you may know, I ...

In my blogging life, I've had the good fortune of having access to tools such as TechSmith's Snagit and Camtasia Studio. The video output from these two utilities can be manageable i.e. low file sizes depending on video length and the output is compressed & ready for uploading to file sharing site like Youtube, Blip.TV, Vimeo, etc. However, you will have scenarios where you have no control over the initial video generated i.e. files straight from the video camera, etc. These files are usually several hundred megabytes and unfit for Youtube/Blip.TV as they are....

I'm so impressed by this version of Wordpress that I hardly know what more can be done to top it. I don't understand any of the code and while I'm certain there are a list of bugs waiting to be corrected, I'm happy with the product from the consumer's point of view (especially for a blog that does not have a large readership). Wordpress has a fantastic and large community of users who gladly contribute plugins and one of those plugins that currently serves me very well is the Broken Link Checker plugin. It scours your posts and pages for links that do not lead to working pages anymore i.e. give 404 errors.As you can see in the picture, it displays exactly what link is broken and gives you the option to fix it right there.

It is on my must-have list of plugins for any blog I start. With that said, information overload has a high potential of occurring with this plugin on sites that have lots of posts. Read More >>