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Big in Small Tech Correspondent: Me

By Sara Rosso • Feb 2nd, 2010 • Category: Featured

I spent January at Suzuki Europe’s Big in Small website as their technology correspondent – here are those articles.



Buyer Beware: Before You Buy a Kindle, Sony, or other Ebook Reader

By Sara Rosso • Jan 20th, 2010 • Category: Ebooks

Some important questions answers to consider before buying a Kindle, Sony or any other dedicated ebook reader device.



7 Easy Photoshop Tricks you can do with GIMP software (for Free!)

By Sara Rosso • Dec 3rd, 2009 • Category: A Guide To

A tutorial to teach you how to use GIMP, an open source alternative to Photoshop, and 7 Photoshop tricks that you can do for free in GIMP!



The Quick and Dirty Guide to Getting Started with WordPress

By Sara Rosso • Nov 4th, 2009 • Category: A Guide To, Website & Blog

A handy guide to get you up and running with WordPress in no time.



How I Organize my Email, Lists and Brainstorming: My Holy Trinity of Productivity

By Sara Rosso • Sep 24th, 2009 • Category: Productivity & Free Time

How I use Getting Things Done (GTD), tasks lists and a brainstorming-info dump “Tickler” to keep my organizational wheel turning.



Ask the Geek: How Should I Monetize my Website? Advertising And Understanding Website Conversions

By Sara Rosso • Aug 19th, 2009 • Category: Ask The Geek

Monetization is a formula that’s very specific for every site, and one that needs to be constantly evaluated based on your business’ goals and content.



How to Backup Files and Data with Backup Software and Online Resources

By Sara Rosso • Jul 7th, 2009 • Category: A Guide To, Tech Talk

Do you backup your data? A guide to backup, different types of backup, understanding the difference between backup and archiving, and presenting some backup software and online backup services.



Interview with Tara Hunt, author of The Whuffie Factor

By Sara Rosso • Jun 11th, 2009 • Category: Tech Talk

Tara Hunt, @missrogue on Twitter, is a notable Canadian entrepreneur, founder of unconventional marketing company “Citizen Agency” and frequent keynote speaker talks to me about her new book, “The Whuffie Factor.”



Save the World with your PC: Distributed Computing at Home

By Sara Rosso • Apr 24th, 2009 • Category: Tech Talk

Distributed computing is when many computers work together to resolve difficult problems or calculations, becoming a sort of virtual supercomputer. These projects are organized and managed all over the world by scientists, mathematicians and professors, but even you can contribute directly to their success!



Interview with Cory Doctorow – Full Transcript and Audio File

By Sara Rosso • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: Tech Talk

Links to the entire transcript of the interview in a text file as well as the mp3 of the interview, available for your use under a Creative Commons License.