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Posts Tagged ‘getting started’

How to Choose Web Hosting for your Website or Blog

By Sara Rosso • May 24th, 2010 • Category: A Guide To, Website & Blog

You’re ready to start creating that website you’ve been dreaming about, and you need to get web hosting: a place where you can store and modify your website’s content and make it accessible. Here’s how to choose your web hosting provider.



The Life List: Why to Have One, How to Create One

By Sara Rosso • Mar 26th, 2010 • Category: Productivity & Free Time

Also known as The “Stuff I Want to Do Before I Die” List. A Life List. Some may call it a Bucket List, but my List has been around since before the movie. Tips and examples for creating your own Life List full of goals and dreams!



Big in Small Tech Correspondent: Me

By Sara Rosso • Feb 2nd, 2010 • Category: Tech Talk

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



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

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

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.



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.



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!



How to Install and Try WordPress on your Home Computer

By Sara Rosso • Mar 31st, 2009 • Category: Website & Blog

If you’ve never used WordPress or even the free / hosted version on WordPress.com, you might have no idea what it really means to “be on WordPress” – how the interface works, what you’ll need to do with your server, and if you’re really going to like it. Luckily, there’s a way you can play with WordPress on your own computer, without having to buy or commit to anything!



Ask The Geek : How Do I Start Building My E-Commerce Site?

By Sara Rosso • Mar 20th, 2009 • Category: Ask The Geek

The Geek helps a confused website owner evaluate a quote received by first evaluating what their needs are.



Ask the Geek: How Do I Copyright my Photos? And Should I?

By Sara Rosso • Feb 25th, 2009 • Category: Ask The Geek

A budding photographer and blogger Asks The Geek for help about copyright, protecting her photos and creating watermarks.