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Learning to Love Twitter
Twitter can be a phenomenally powerful and useful tool to connect with people, but it doesn’t just happen, it requires a bit of effort and understanding. With a bit of work though, it can pay huge dividends.
Top 5 Pieces of Free Podcasting Software
You don’t need expensive software to produce your podcasts, top quality podcasts can be produced very quickly and easily with 5 pieces of free software.
How Long Should a Podcast be?
Podcasts can be listened to virtually anytime and anywhere, but what is the ideal length of a podcast and what factors determine this?
What are ID3 Tags in MP3 Files?
MP3 files usually contain additional track data buried within ID3 tags to provide useful information about the track, but what are these tags and how can you make use of them yourself?
Choosing Bit Rates for Podcasts
Bit rates can substantially affect the quality of your podcasts. So how do you choose the optimum bit rate for your podcast and what factors should you consider?

Latest Blog Posts

Learning to Love Twitter 18 Apr 2013
Like it or loathe it Twitter is mainstream. Yet while it may be one of the top 3 social media websites in the world, many people just don’t “get” it and until recently I counted myself as one [...]
Annual Blog Review: Year 5 15 Mar 2013
Five years ago I began this blog and am now therefore officially into my sixth year of blogging. If my blog was a small child it would be starting school! This time every year I take a brief [...]
If it Moves, Eat it 07 Mar 2013
As a species we have adapted to eat a broad range of food, from nuts and berries to fruit and vegetables through to meat. We are opportunistic omnivores by nature and in a large part owe our species’ [...]
Implementing the Genesis Theme Framework for WordPress 21 Feb 2013
WordPress is unquestionably the world’s most popular blogging platform. Part of its charm is the way you can switch themes, instantly changing the look and feel of your blog. However, there are a new breed of advanced themes, [...]
How to Fix Pixelated YouTube Upload Problems 28 Jan 2013
Uploading videos to YouTube should be a straightforward affair, after all thousands of people upload videos to YouTube every day without any problems. Sometimes however uploaded videos can become corrupted. Fortunately there is a simple work-around for the [...]