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Earning Money Anywhere with a Laptop

Originally posted on July 2, 2018 @ 8:52 am

Technology has gone a long way of changing the way we live. From the way we communicate, shop, eat, travel, and even the way we work – almost every single aspect of daily life has been transformed by technology. Generation X believed that the key to success and financial freedom was through a good education, working the 8 to 5, and eventually climbing the corporate ladder. Now we live at a time where earning money is possible anywhere in the world. With only a laptop and a stable internet connection in tow, here are ways you can earn money without leaving your room. [Read more…]

Laptops for Bloggers

Originally posted on October 30, 2012 @ 9:39 am

Bloggers cannot do without a laptop.  A portable laptop is part of the basic investments that a bloggers has to attend to if he or she is to do the job well.  A laptop is not a luxury in this case since having one has everything to do about better productivity.  The more productive a blogger, the easier it becomes to pursue the hobby or support a career.

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Blogging is becoming more advanced than initially expected.  For bloggers to be not left behind by current trends, getting hold of the required gadgets to compete with other bloggers on even ground may be an immediate concern.  A blogger needs to be updated with information so he can pass it on to his readers.  This is quite difficult to do without the proper gadgets.

Laptops or notebooks are preferable over desktop computers specifically for bloggers who are constantly on the go.  There are many events which bloggers may need to attend and the right equipment will come in quite handy in capturing the essence of the event.  Laptops need not be expensive.  They just need to be suitably equipped with the right features depending on the bulk of the work required.

Aside from a laptop, bloggers should invest on other equipments as well including an external hard drive, a wireless router or data card, a scanner, a printer, digital camera, handy cam, and microphone.   Uninterrupted communication needs to be assured and having a smart phone is one way of ensuring this.  To further boost a blogger’s productivity, it would be ideal for bloggers to have a tablet as well.

Bloggers need to perform especially when they are on the move.  Tech gadgets make it a lot more convenient.

Telling Stories of Other People

Originally posted on March 27, 2012 @ 5:11 am

Maintaining a travel blog can take its toll when you have nothing left to say about your trips, your adventures, and your experiences.  If you feel that you’ve ran out of stories to tell especially after a considerable length of time in actually not travelling, you should consider the option of telling stories of other people.  I am not referring to copying posts of others which is unthinkable for any writer worth his/her cent but in discovering worthy stories through simple interaction with people around you. 

Everyone has an immediate circle of family and friends who are potential sources of good stories.  By interviewing them or through casual talk, a writer can hear experiences about places he/she himself has not gone to.  It is essentially telling the story of a place or destination in the eyes of another. 

Telling a story from another’s point of view can be a refreshing break from the monotony of your own views.  It is a fact that people sometimes have preconceived notions of people, places, and things that can affect their opinion.  Having the opportunity to hear of what others think offers us a chance to reconsider what we have always thought to be infallible truths. 

It goes without saying that your source should be informed beforehand of your intention to use the information on your blog, as a matter of courtesy.  Even if the proposed content is essentially harmless by its very nature of being about travel experiences, you will still be using information which is not your own.  Provide photographs must have express consent from owner. 

A blog is a wonderful way of providing information to readers.  Making posts need not stop when travel writers go home.  Maybe it’s about time to talk about places nearer home.

Web Books and cheap web hosting

Originally posted on February 10, 2011 @ 5:27 am

Web hosting like the mobile phones during the initial days of discovery was a very costly affair and was limited. Thanks to cheap webhosting, carrying one’s own library is so feasible and easy via web books. One can carry their best companion without having to carry the actual weight of it. There is a wide variety to pick from across the globe, which best goes with individual taste and preference. The cost of producing and consuming a web book are one time affair and lasts a lifetime. The author is no longer required to invest a fortune towards storage or maintenance.

For a consumer too, it comes packaged with advantages of portability. It can refer it at a time most feasible to an individual.

Web books are the future of all kinds of literary works including, but not limited to academics, art and philosophy, great literature works, and most of all not to forget the science and research works. Come to think of getting the work done across countries. Moreover, inviting feedback was a costly and time-consuming affair. With the advent of cheap webhosting, it became a reality to present one’s work to the world almost effortlessly .

In some countries, we still witness kids carrying heavy loads of books while going to school while there are some countries that no longer do it and utilize the medium of cheap web hosting to their advantage
We have come of age where owing to technology advancement cheap web hosting is at our disposal whereby it is possible to communicate and share the web books with the world at large.

Google’s Farmer Update and How It Affects Traveling Writers

Originally posted on March 18, 2011 @ 8:38 am

Recently, Google issued an update to their search engines, commonly referred to as the farmer update, which was supposed to improve the relevance of search results by removing some malicious websites which were full of copied content. Fair enough, but this caused a variety of problems – for example, popular content hosting services seem to be completely filtered out of Google’s search results after this ordeal, which has raised some eyebrows.

One such website reports that the farmer update cut its monthly traffic down by half, since Google no longer showed any pages from that website in its results – no matter what the articles in question were; the filtering is domain-based. So, keeping in mind that many of us who work on the road and publish on the Internet rely on such websites to submit our work to, this can severely drag down the performance of small-time writers who were, until now, relying on the services of these established websites to do their work.

Sure, we understand that unique, relevant content is important to the Internet user’s experience, but when the measures to ensure that start treading on the experience on those who’re supposed to provide that content, we definitely have a problem. There has to be a way to address this in the end, and if it means revising the whole system from the grounds up, then so be it – looks like we’re left with no choice at this point.