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I particularly love the "Would I be willing to explain everything about this to my kids and expect them to act in the same way?" part. I think as parents, this one resonates with most of us. If our actions don't meet this one, it's time to rethink our strategies!

Thanks Michel for sharing this post.

Cenay'

Have you checked out Feedly? It integrates with Google reader (and Firefox) and makes your news reader appear more like a magazine style page. It adds features to the browser so you can share sites you find (without subscribing) to your reader. Share a site with Twitter or send using email.

Me? I just like the cool formatting it does to the ugly Google Reader interface.

Oh yeah! I will be watching this list evolve. I have my own list started, but it has no where near the great one's you have found. I didn't see WooThemes tho. Yeah, I know they charge, but that's for support of the theme. If you don't want support, there is no charge.

I personally like a few of theirs.

TweetDeck is far and away the best Twitter app out there, hands down. I love it much more than Twhril which didn't even make your list. And after listening to those annoying noises all day, I understand why it didn't make the cut.

My favorite feature of Tweetdeck is setting up Groups so I can monitor only those I watch really closely. I watch the *public timeline* as well for cool new stuff, but I have a few folks I watch really closely.

And on the subject of auto-follow, I'll say this. I have begun to get a following that has zero interest in me or my messages and vice versa, which is absolutely pointless in the overall scheme of things. It's like inviting spammers into your home.

I have begun cleaning up my list. First to go, folks with no photo, next, photo's that are *icon's* and don't represent the people they are attached to. Next, the spammers or boring folks whose messages don't interest me. I want to connect with people, not filter then.

Thanks for sharing the tools Sara.

Wanted to share a trick I learned some time ago when I started polyphasic sleep patterns for the *deathmarch-end-of-project* times...

Go to the music store and purchase a metronome. Set it to tic at 320 beats per megacycle... start it running when you lay down. The 320 beats will take you quickly into the *Alpha state*, what is traditionally known as REM sleep.

15 minutes in that state, and you feel like you had a whole night of sleep. During those stressful end of project times, I would nap about every 4 hours, but the duration would only be 15 - 30 minutes.

The metronome makes falling asleep much faster, even on caffeine.

Cenay'

Ahhh, the gaming that's now possible! I recently hooked my laptop up to my plasma (42" as well) and played Morrowwind.

What a difference! Although I have great resolution on my laptop (Dell XPS gaming machine with dual video inputs), it's just not the same as seeing everything huge!

Glad you got it hooked up.

Sara,

Thanks for the kudo's and very kind words. Your site is one that is on my regular reading list, but I have been injured and not sitting as much as I used to.

Hopefully, my broken bum will heal soon and I can get back in the habit of reading some of my favorite blogs again.

Thanks again for the *link love* and the recommendation. That means a lot to me.

Cenay'

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Gonna go check that out! I already love HubPages. In fact, I created a short video showing people how to setup an account and create their first *Hub*. You can see that video here: Create A HubPages Account and Build Your First Hub

Thanks for pointing out the good tools....

Cenay'

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For FTP - quick and dirty - I use Filezilla (also free), but for some of my FTP needs, I use FTP Voyager. It's a paid version, bit does one thing I can't live without... scheduled uploads/downloads.

Let's say my blog is due an update on plugins or a new version of a PDF I offer. I can just upload to my *monitored* directory and it will automatically connect to the site, upload and then remove from the *monitored directory*. Since you can create dozens of *jobs*, including uploading the same file to multiple sites, it's a real time saver.

I guess I should check out RoboForm since everyone is raving about it, but I wrote one for myself a few years ago and would HATE to have to move all my passwords, logins, software serial numbers. I think I have something like a thousand entries.

Yuk.

Cenay'

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Sara,

I have no doubt that you can succeed as you are already off to a great start.

Did you (were you) planning on sticking to just online marketing and blogging? Or were you willing to take you skills in the software/web design world into private practice?

Just curious. I do both, from home and have since 1991. I would be interested in hearing your overall plan. And I occasionally need a bit of help (when I get more on the *feast* side of the feast or famine equation).

Good luck!

Cenay'

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Chris, thanks for keeping things fresh, and for the great photo of you! I will have trouble seeing other photo's of you without remembering this one!

Cenay'

Hey Sara, thanks for this project. I would love it if you would favorite mine. And if you find some other really cool blogs, drop me an email and let me know about them.

My Technorati name is (of course) Cenay.
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Thanks in advance for taking the time to favorite me!

Cenay’

PS: I could have cleaned up my own comment if you had the really cool plugin called Ajax Edit Comments since I found my error in less then 5 minutes. (The default amount of time someone can edit their own comments). Please delete the first two comments..

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Oooh. Let me help you out with the Outlook transfer. I have done this a couple/three times. (As a software developer, I change machines about once every two years).

After some trial and error, here's I do. Located your *.pst file (it's generally tucked into some nice out of the way place in your document and settings area, just do a search for it) on the new machine after Outlook is installed.

Delete it. (Yeah, I know it sound scary, trust me)

Copy the PST file you used on your old computer to some easy to remember place. I used my F: drive because that's where ALL my data is... makes backing up a lot easier.

Restart Outlook. It will complain it can't find your PST and offer to let you browse for it. Just locate the one you copied over.

All my email's, contact, etc are suddenly in my new machine. Sweet.

Hope this helps.

Cenay'

PS: I am not responsible if you totally screw something up and DIDN'T back up both before beginning.

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Sara, I wanted to share with you my experience with *timers*, since that is one of my sure-fire productivity techniques.

I am complete agreement with Mark and have found that a 1 hour timer to be a God-send for getting things done.

I keep a kitchen timer right beside my telephone. When I have a project I need to work on, I set the timer for 55 minutes. During that 55 minutes, I don't check email (even if it *dings*), I don't open any chat windows, in fact, for that 55 minutes, I shut them down. I don't take potty-breaks (it is important to do this BEFORE you start the timer).

I don't do ANYTHING that isn't directly related to the *task* I am working on.

You would be amazed at how much you can get done in a 55 minute chunk with no interruptions.

I highly recommend this technique!

Cenay'

PS: Thanks for sharing. As usual, you bring great topics to light.

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Law, see post above for link to the iFrame redirect software I wrote to build a "hidden" affiliate link that prevents people being able to hijack your link.

With these two concepts in place, you can use your Wordpress blog and iFrame Redirect software to completely mask and hide those ugly URL's.

Cenay'

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Sara,

I have been asking myself this very same question for a while now, so please do share your findings.

For my personal opinion (for what it's worth), I think the *round up* post is a good idea for the *people* on your blog, but not so such what Google (and the others) think about it.

Watching your stat's, let's us know. You do have a Google webmaster account, right?

Cenay'

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Okay, you had me in stitches! You know, we think a lot a like. I can't tell you how often I have purchased an eBook, only to discover it was content I had read, not once, but many times, on the web.

Love the tongue in cheek tone.

Still laughing...

Cenay'

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Hey Sara, great post. I never thought to use Wordpress like that. I (stupidly) created some software that lets me type in a Title, Description, Keywords and use an iFrame redirect (using PHP). The only thing I have to do (after I create the file) is use an FTP program to create a new directory and upload the index.php file created.

I created a video showing how to download, install and use the iFrame Redirect Generator and even offer the software to any that want it (no sign up required).

I also invite you to take a look at the video. If it is of a *quality* you find acceptable, I would be happy to discuss my learning curve with Camtasia Studio. Perhaps save you a little time on lessons already learned?

Loving your blog (BTW) and plan to be a regular reader.

Cenay' Nailor

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I confess, I have been affected with "Shiny new thing syndrome"...I am just glad to see there is help.

Thanks Dan for the insight and reminder to stay focused.