Freelancing is becoming a popular thing with the internet especially for web and graphic designers. There are many places for individuals to place their own semi- portfolio for a fee and be privy to bid on projects listed by people needing a job completed. iFreelance, and Guru are just some of the sites that welcome [...]
Social bookmarking is defined as: Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to store, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web pages on the Internet with the help of metadata. taken from Wikipedia The idea of Social bookmarking is to share plugworthy material with the public whether is it links to pages, links to [...]
When you visit some websites, are you put off right away by the site owner? Have you spoken out, but it ended up badly? Well, this article covers etiquette in speaking out with other site owners. First off, if you have a website or are a member of a community, you are exposing yourself to [...]
A day after seeing Michael Moore’s new film, I was off watching Surrogates. There’s a special place in my heart for sci-fi films, such as this one, and I was genuinely excited. Sometimes first impressions really shouldn’t be overlooked, though. I saw the trailer for Surrogates weeks ago, while seeing District 9 (which is a [...]
Dexter Season 4 recently started. I saw the premier only yesterday, but that means I’ll be catching up for the new third episode tonight! Dexter is pretty much officially my favorite current TV series. It’s extremely well-written and the acting and story lines are always pleasing. I know there’s a lot of people out there [...]
I was surfing and came upon Icon Buffet. Of course, with the name, I thought it was going to be some cutsy site, but it was not. The site is chock full of icons in several varieties and they are all free. Funny story though, they use to sell their icons, but according to Icon [...]
Theme My Profile allows your users to change their profile using your site’s theme. Everything in your WordPress admin panel to address your profile from description and password can be accessed. So, essentially, it ‘hides’ the WordPress look. This is great for multiple users on a blog. In fact, I have been exercising this on [...]
Have you heard about the Britney Spears fan fiction contest? I have. It is being run by Britney Spears’s label. Should be massively awesome great fun! If you win, well you get the totally awesome prize of having your story turned into “official digital music video!” Haven’t we heard about stuff like this before? Oh [...]
Today’s blog isn’t so much directly about fandom, but the ways in which I’ve recently seen a number of people (inside and outside of fandom) completely miss the boat on the way the internet works–in particular on issues of etiquette and privacy. Unfortunately, there is no one “bible” on internet etiquette out there to follow; [...]
An interesting new on-line journal launched this month, Live 2.0, which focuses on the changing face of live entertainment: sports, music, theater, etc. The premier edition pointed out how, in our current technological age, so much of where entertainment consumers spend their money and how they spend their money has changed. Stewart Copeland, drummer of [...]