Project Collaboration with activeCollab

Finally! An open source, BaseCampHQ.com clone with great promise:
activeCollab is an easy to use, web based, open source collaboration and project management tool. Set up an environment where you, your team and your clients can collaborate on active projects using a set of simple, functional tools. 100% free!
Read more about this PHP based solution here: […]

Image SEO Guide

Some great tips in this article, including:

Add a descriptive ALT tag
Have the image name include your targeted keywords
Put related content next your image.

From the Image SEO Guide

Drawing lessons from Drawspace.com

Web site Drawspace.com has a large collection of drawing tutorials for those with skills ranging from the casual doodler to the expert artist.

Drawspace.com - Drawing lessons

Keyboard Shortcuts for the Mac

Working on a Mac? Learn some of these shortcuts to boost your productivity:
Text
?A move to beginning of paragraph
?B move one character back
?D delete character to right
?E move to end of paragraph
?F move one character forward
?K delete text to end of paragraph
?N move to next line
?O insert newline
?P move to previous line
?T transpose characters
?? delete word to left
?? delete word to right
Text Field
?? move one word left
?? move one word […]

Google Breaks 60%

Google moved up to over 60% of the search market share:
…the top engines combined account for over 94% of all search volume in the US. Since we last released these numbers in June 2006, Google (www.google.com) has increased its share from 59.3% to 60.2%, Yahoo! Search (search.yahoo.com) has increased from 22.0% to 22.5% and MSN […]

Wordpress for Magazine Sites

In ages past, I’ve always recommended pMachine’s Expression Engine for article-driven web site. WordPress has evolved its feature set considerably, and can now handle magazine oriented sites due to its expanded API:
The ease by which sites can be created and run through blogging software like WordPress allow writers previously without publishers to print their works […]

Windows XP 15 Minute Tune-Up

Don’t throw out that sluggish PC. Give it a tune-up!
A fine-tuned Windows XP PC can run quite fast even it’s seriously lacking in the memory and CPU department. Before you chuck out your PC to buy a new one, try stripping some of the rust that’s built-up over the years; the results may surprise you.
It’s […]

‘Live chat’ Statistics

Some interesting stats on the effects of live chat:
Roughly 10 percent of customers who use a “click to chat” button on a product page go on to buy something, he said, and more than 20 percent of people who are solicited for a chat go on to make a purchase.
And on the troubleshooting end, LoCascio […]

What is your Perfect Major?

No anyone who could use a nudge in picking their career? Check out this quiz: Quiz Farm - What is your Perfect Major?
Probably not too scientific (given the few questions asked) but still worth a shot.

Google Webmaster Guidelines

Google has published a nice, concise guide to help you optimize your site for Google Search:
Following these guidelines will help Google find, index, and rank your site. Even if you choose not to implement any of these suggestions, we strongly encourage you to pay very close attention to the “Quality Guidelines,” which outline some of […]