Let's say you have a list of email addresses and you want to import them into your Google contacts. There's nothing fancy about the list...no home addresses or phone numbers, it's just a list of email address. This kind of mailing list can be imported into Google as contacts without any special software or tools. This article will show you the steps to format, save, and then import that list right into Gmail.
You can often use techniques (like focus) in a photograph to highlight the parts your want the viewer to look at. When doing a how to article, it's often critical that the reader can see both something specific as well as the big picture. When you can't control the focus in a photo (or you're working with a screenshot) there's an easy little technique you can use called selective darkening. This helps show the reader exactly what piece of the larger picture you're talking about.
The United States Postal Service has introduced a self-serve kiosk they dub The APC. Rather than waiting in long lines, you can go to this often vacant automatic postage machine to ship your packages! At the time of writing, the automated postal center can provide 85% of all the available postal service options. This article will give you something you can't find anywhere else - a detailed guide to literally every step for sending a letter or package using the APC.
Facebook (and other sites!) have a link feature that allows users to share content with one another. This feature, usually called something like Share or Add This, loads a graphic from the site to go along with the link. Due to a couple factors, not all sites will load an image preview. In addition to having the most loaded title of all time, this article also contains the steps to ensure your website will pull up a Share Preview image.
The format of a podcast lends itself really well to chapters. Using some simple software for your computer, you can place bookmarks inside each episode of your podcast so that people can skip to different points in the show. This same technique can be used to create an audiobook. This tutorial takes an already recorded show (using any software) and shows you how to insert chapters using Apple's Garageband.
Every iPhone has a built in kill switch that allows Apple to disable any app store application it wants. If they find an application on your device that they don't like, they can instantly disable it. Maybe you've found that a recently downloaded iPhone app has stopped working. Maybe you live in fear that Apple will remotely disable your favorite application. Whatever your reason, there's now a way to block Apple's iPhone killswitch, making sure you can use any app you want.
So you've decided it's time to throw some unconventional colors in your hair. You want something weird - maybe a vibrant red, blue or pink. You could go to a salon, but it could cost over a hundred dollars! This article will show you how to get Salon results at home, and dispel some of the long standing hair dye myths in the process.
You know what would make your project way less boring? Famous people! Although celebrities like to make themselves seem untouchable, you know get access if you play the game right. This article will give you the sources to contact famous actors, musicians, and directors. Then it'll show you how to land an interview with them.
So you want to open a Blogger account, but you don't want to lose all your old LiveJournal entries. LiveJournal has some built in export settings, and Blogger's blogspot site has some built in import settings . . . but they don't seem to work together. Luckily, a piece of software called Blog2Blog can migrate your entire LiveJournal over to Blogger in no time at all. The software can be tricky though, so follow these steps carefully.
Sometimes I wonder how we got by before the internet. It used to be that when something broke, you were out of luck. Accept the damange and go buy another one. Now - thanks to auction sites like eBay - when something of yours breaks, you can sell it on the internet! People actually want to buy your broken stuff. This can be a little tricky though, so be careful and follow these steps.
Whether you're just starting to take photos or it's been your hobby for years, there's an audience out there waiting to see your pictures. Thanks to the internet, it no longer takes a degree or business connections to get your photography noticed. With a few simple considerations you can actually have your photography published in an array of magazines and journals. Truth be told, you don't even have to be that good at photography! I was only taking pictures for a few months before I started showing up in publications. This article will keep it simple and focus on getting your photos out there. I would encourage you to look a more in-depth article on each step.
It seems you can't walk five virtual steps without tripping over articles about search engine optimization. Everyone wants their work to rank highly in Google's search results. Because such a large percentage of a website's traffic comes from search engines, this can appear to be a vital part of marketing your work. Now that everyone's fighting for that top spot, it's becoming a lot harder to get there. Luckily for the non competitive types, it turns out that there are actually traffic sources other than Google.com! This article will show you how to promote something online without giving in to the SEO rat race.
Traditional copyright isn't right for everyone. Whether it be the inherent flaws it's carried since inception or the way it's been twisted over the years, there are certainly reasons not to copyright your work. Luckily there's an alternative - Creative Commons. The "copyleft" movement known as creative commons (or CC) will allow you to specify exactly what people can and can not do with your work. Best of all, properly applying creative commons is a quick and almost impossible to mess up. Well, if you read this article anyways. God these introductions are getting smug.
Creative Commons (the less restrictive alternative to copyright) is meant to be understood by the everyday average person. It's licenses are pretty straight forward and include easier to read versions of otherwise complicated legal jargon. This article will guide you through the components of a license an help you understand the implications of using one.
Ever wish you could watch more movies? Every year thousands of new films make their way into theaters. It seems as if it would take a lifetime just to watch all the trailers. While you may not be able to see every film ever made, you can actually watch a fair share of the good ones. Using the skills of time management for evil, this article has figured out the secret to doing just that.
Amazon is one of the biggest plays in digital distribution. With their Video on Demand service (previously known as Unbox) you can buy or rent a movie and watch it immediately on your computer. What many people don't know is that you can now watch (and browse!) those movies on right on your TV.
Photographs of monitors, televisions screens, and laptops has always been problematic. The screens look odd from different angles. The glow of the computer monitor has an effect on lighting. You never seem to be able to get a good focus on the image. Rather than go through great strain trying to find a setting that works for both the image on the computer and the surrounds as well, this article will show you how to do it like the pro's do: Take a picture of the object and superimpose the screen in post.
With all the hype about SEO and revenue, so many writers forget what is really important - quality articles. Unlike the other factors authors often dwell on, a reputation for quality articles will naturally bring people back to your pages again and again. Word of mouth will spread and users will remember your name as the go-to for how-to's. One of the most overlooked components of an articles is the pictures! Rather than using stock photographs - or more frequently, no photos at all - this article will show you how to use all your own photography.
Many people are still paying cable TV, even in the digital age. Besides saving literally your entire TV cable bill every month, using digital distribution has some other great advantages. You won’t be plagued by commercials. Most content is show commercial free, but even when there are commercials they’re never more than thirty second breaks. You also have the advantage of watching what you want, when you want. You can pause it, watch more later, and pick whatever show and episode you want. You’ll be able to easily watch an entire series from start to end and enjoy it far more. This article will give you a lot of different options for watching digitally. You can find links to the various sites, devices, and other eHows mentioned in the resources section at the bottom of the page.
It seems like your Mac is always running out of space, and when it really starts getting full it can even slow down. If you're like most people, you start having to make hard decisions about which files you really need and which you can delete. While advancements like Time Machine have made that decision a little easier, there are other options. This article will give you the top five ways to reclaim space on your Mac. Some software will be required . . . you can find it at the resources link below.
A lot of people have started using Netflix to watch movies. The instant download queue makes it easy to watch a limitless number of films anytime you want, on demand. The one downfall of the instant feature is that you have to watch the movies on your computer. With a cheap simple device (which you may already own!) you'll be able to watch movies from your Netflix instant queue right on your TV.
When you watch a digital film on your computer, you may find a subtitle file included alongside the movie file. The subtitle may have the extention .srt, .sub or .idx. This method of subtitling a film leaves the text in a separate file outside of the actual movie. If you want to watch the movie on a device that doesn't support this kind of file (standard Quicktime, iPod, iPhone, AppleTV, Xbox, etc) you need to hardcode the subtitle so it's imbedded in the movie file. If none of that made any sense to you, that's ok too - this article will show you how to permanently slap that subtitle onto your movie file.
Many people are looking for new ways to promote their web content - whether it be their own websites, photography, or even eHow articles. While the usual tried and true methods of SEO and advertising work just fine, more artistic minds might want to think outside of the box a little. For those looking to try a different approach, I present DeviantArt.com! Deviant Art is not simply an art community, but a popular communication tool. It's high traffic rate and Google ranking make it an ideal place to tell people about your projects. With some creative thinking, you can utilize it to promote just about anything you're working on.
The internet is littered with information about Search Engine Optimization. Everyone wants to get their projects, websites, and articles to the top of search engines to help increase traffic. While there are much more effective methods of SEO, here's one for thinking outside the box - You can use the built in popularity of Flickr.com to launch yourself to the top of search engines! This article will use eHow articles as an example, but this method will work on a variety of content. The best thing about this kind of search engine optimization is that it only benefits high quality articles! No cheating here; if you've got quick, cheap, photo-less articles you'd better run along.
If you haven't worked with tofu before, it can be something of a mystery to cook. It doesn't seem to have a taste or a smell, and it comes submerged in fluid. Tofu isn't unlike meat in it's preparation. There are many different ways to cook Tofu, but this article is going to focus on making it delicious and crispy so it'll be ready for a stirfry.
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