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Windows Live Writer

Whether you are an MS fan-boy (or girl!) or not you have to admit that they do come up with some cracking good programs. Here I am typing on one, I love MS OneNote (and I haven’t found an open source alternative for that yet) but one good program I discovered recently was Windows Live [...]

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Using Direct Messages On Twitter

Over recent months I have started using Twitter more and more. This has been for two main reasons – firstly to find other writers to connect with, and secondly to make myself more visible as a writer. I think the brevity of Twitter appeals to writers as a challenge too; it makes you work harder [...]

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Is Twitter Packed With Active Users?

“According to the latest news reports, it would appear that the answer is no.”
With any social media site, there will always be a percentage of people who sign up to use it and then do not, for whatever reason. They might give it a try and not like it, or decide it just is [...]

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5 Lesser Known WordPress Plug-ins

One of the wonderful things about the WordPress blogging platform is the wide range of plug-ins available which can be used to give it extra functionality – in other words, make it do more things. Some plug-ins are very well known and widely talked about, for example: Akismet or the All In One SEO Pack. [...]

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Does Blogging Count As Social Media?

It shouldn’t come as any surprise that the phrase ‘social media’ can confuse a lot of people. We know sites like MySpace and Facebook comply, as do others like Twitter, but they are a very specific type of website.
But does blogging qualify as well?
A lot of people have at least one blog nowadays – no [...]