Switching from iPhone to Android – Only for the Brave !

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Changing from iPhone to Android turns out to be a painful process – for me at least. I should have expected it really.  Google does some good stuff with its free software, but is definitely short on the User Experience dimension, when compared with Apple.  Things never quite work the way one expects, and generally [...]

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Need More SEO Tools? Google Has Some! | SEOmoz

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Howdy SEOmozzers! Hope you are all enjoying the Christmas break. For those of you still looking for SEO goodness to read around the holidays, I’ve put together this post on tools that Google provides that you can use for SEO tasks. We all love SEO tools because they can make our lives so much easier. [...]

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8 Tools For Easily Creating a Mobile Version of Your Website

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This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. As an entrepreneur, you’re most likely always on the lookout for new developments. Perhaps your customers are reporting that your site needs a mobile version so that they can visit it [...]

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Is Your Manager Up to the Job?

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Have you noticed nothing works quite the way it should any more? There always seems to be something completely nuts which stops us in our tracks. And it always seems to be a decision made by a manager. Maybe nothing works anymore because we have all these managers screwing things up? Posted via email from [...]

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So Typically Scottish

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The roads in the Central Belt have effectively been closed for 24 hours. A few inches of snow yesterday morning brought the entire area to a standstill.Almost a full day later people are still stuck in their cars having spent the night out in frightening low temperatures. Somebody has even called in the Army to [...]

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Rediscovering the Joys of Sax

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No I didn’t get the title wrong. I never lost the joys of sex, but did forget the joys of playing the saxophone.Watch out for a longer post on the subject of rediscovering my saxophone(s). For the moment suffice it to say the saxophone is also something you blow. Must get on with my scales. [...]

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Search Power Plays, And How To Avoid Getting Crushed | SEO Book.com

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Search Power Plays, And How To Avoid Getting Crushed Nov 11 The little guy often loses. As market niches get saturated, the winners are typically those with the deepest pockets. Up until the last few years, the little guy has been able to prosper with SEO. The little guy didn’t face much competition from big [...]

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And Tonight’s Dram is Aberlour

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Being a snooty sort of guy, and living in the proper Highlands, I’ve tended to look down on the Speyside malt whiskies.Glenmorangie is closest to where we live, Clynleish is just up the road, and Dalmore not 20 miles away. In the circumstances who would want to drink something from Speyside? Well it seems I’m [...]

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Not a Royal Wedding

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We’re about to swamped by the Royal Wedding tsunami of media coverage. I for one am not looking forward to it. There was a time, I’m told, when news of a wedding caused real celebration. But that was in the days when marriage meant something. Now nobody gives a crap about marriage. So all this [...]

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The Three Primal Topics that Attract New Blog Readers

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What makes hordes of people stampede to a blog, and then come back again and again? Lots of different subjects appear to interest readers, on the surface… But when you boil it down, the most successful blogs have articles that focus on one of three primal themes. They: Help their readers make money Teach their [...]

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