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Originally uploaded by Liz Henry. A quote from Elizabeth Albrycht this morning, reminded me that I might have missed a few folks that, "should have been in the top 50" but weren't.
"I have been trying for nearly three years to encourage women PRs to blog. Its been lonely out here. I am happy to see some new folks carrying the torch!"Out of curiosity, I went to check the read more...

Girl power
Originally uploaded by Thrift. We are small but mighty.

There are many fantastic women bloggers (I will get to that in a moment); however, at the highest levels of blogging they are statistically miniscule.

Of the top 50 bloggers listed on Technorati today, only five, or 12 percent are women.

(1) Boing Boing, read more...

A genuine FAKE Originally uploaded by chuvaness. With only 10 percent of top blogs written by women (more on that in my next post), the talk in the tone in the blogosphere is sometimes decidedly of the men’s locker room variety. Which might somewhat explain the wildfire viral read more...

Have you ever wanted to send a file that was too big for e-mail and then had to burn a CD and send it via snail mail? There are many free services that allow you to upload and download very large (up to 1 GB) files.

I regularly use an ftp (file transport protocol) site to upload files for the trade magazine I edit. However, sometimes getting photos with large file sizes from third parties requires me to walk them through a multi-step process over the phone.

This week, I picked read more...

Having original design on your blog is the gold standard and if you want to make your blog a part of your business brand, it is essential. But if you can’t afford a pricey design firm, just knowing some simple tips can help improve the look of your blog or Web site.

Use free stock art to illustrate your point.


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Lee’s Better Communication blog gives us some tips on sprucing up our posts with read more...