Resize Images Online

resize.jpegThe website was created out of frustration of users asking questions like How do I resize images? How do I make images smaller? and How do I shrink this picture for an avatar?. The Shrink Pictures tools was created—to resize images anddigital forums so that it would not be difficult to post pictures in a Forum or in a blog and send them by email.

Here are 5 easy steps:

1. Browse your computer and select your image/photo to resize
2. Select the new size for your picture – use a preset or choose a custom size
3. Optionally, add an effect to your image
4. Select output image/picture quality Lower quality means a smaller file
5. Click “Resize” and wait for the processed images to be displayed

To shrink a picture to avatar size, use Shrink Avatars tool.

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Why People Blog?

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Definitely, there’s an enormous amount of response for this question. Some people blog to earn a living, some just wanted to share their thoughts online. And there are also some who gets high spirited of having the idea that millions of people will be able to view or read their works. This is why, influential people have resorted to Internet blogging and gave television and print industry a great run for their money. Corporate people, authors, innovators, among others have joined the mainstream because Internet blogging have become the best medium to broadcast their messages and extend their influences worldwide.

Blogging Tricks to Increase Traffic to your Website (Part 2)


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You can also be a guest author on other authority blogs. If you have started with the previous method of commenting to top blogging sites, do not be surprised if the top bloggers in your market will ask you to write complete posts on their blog too. Or maybe you can approach them yourself and ask if you may write a full post on a particular topic for them to post. Most bloggers will be happy to have someone else provide content once in a while. When you write a helpful and useful post, make sure that you put a link back to you own site in return for your effort.

Blogging Tricks to Increase Traffic to your Website (Part 1)


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Every webmaster always wants to increase on-line traffic to their websites. A great way on how you can do this is to harness the power of blogs.

Start by going over to a blog-centric search engine such as Technorati or Google blogsearch and compile a list of active blogs in your niche. Then, start by visiting each blogs on a regular basis. In fact, it is recommended to subscribe to heir posts using RSS feeds. Once you got a feel for the style of the author, start commenting on these blogs with relevant information and soon you will be seen by the readers as an authority on the topic. Of course include your site’s URL when you post your comment.

Countering Abusive Online Behavior

Due to abusive online behavior especially attacks or threats against the blogger, Tim O’Reilly proposed the Blogger’s Code of Conduct. The purpose of which is to enforce civility on bloggers. This move came about as a result of the threats made to blogger Kathy Sierra, author of the inoffensive blog Creating Passionate Users. In one instance she was made a target of vicious threats and misogynistic insults.

The Code emphasizes self-regulation, meaning it should be the bloggers themselves who should impose civility among themselves and place moderate comments on their blogs. If this can be done, it is expected that bloggers will be more responsible and abusive online behavior will be minimized if not totally eradicated.

Commenting – A Tool to Increase Blog Traffic

Commenting – A Tool to Increase Blog Traffic

Commenting is an effective and essential tool to increase blog traffic. Readers feel important when they know that you read their opinions and views that are posted in your site. As a result, their sense of loyalty is developed and they will continue on patronizing your site. Commenting to other sites is another way of drawing traffic to your site. By doing so, you can leave your URL in your comment so you create a link back to your own site. Make your comments interesting to read. This will attract readers to click on your link to visit your site and increase blog traffic.

Widgets for your blog

You’ve seen them on blogs and webpages–little boxes that do different kinds of things from animating photos to showing the weather forecast. They’re called widgets, applets that can be easily installed on your site even if you do not know anything about code. Most of the time, you simply copy-paste the script on your blog template or follow the instructions for the platform you are using. The results are instant and do not need to be updated. The tough part is controlling yourself from installing all of them, which is not the best idea because too many widgets will give your readers a major headache. In the next post, we’ll suggest some cool and useful widgets.

Educators, researchers and blogging

Blogging is largely associated with non-professionals. Should teachers and academics blog, then? It depends on your aim. A number of classes have included blogging as part of their coursework to encourage students to collaborate at to open up their work to feedback. Some universities allow their faculty and staff to blog using their university websites. Other students and researchers have project blogs to update others about their progress. Because of publishing online is instant, new work comes out more quickly than books and journals, which can take months and years to come out, by which time the findings could be obsolete. Overall, blogging opens up knowledge and learning beyond the classroom setting, and provides a fresh alternative to traditional publishing.

Mozilla Launches JetPack

mozillajetpackMozilla, the company behind FireFox, the browser that took the crown from IE as the most popular browser on the web is announcing the launch of JetPack, an open-source project that aims to create browser add-on’s easier for people who may have an idea or two. This can be compared to the way apple has allowed users, developers and just anybody who has an idea or two to author apps for their online store which has topped the apps sale records. Firefox has quite a number of notable plugins and add-ons yet they still cannot compare to the overall customization they may have envisioned for their browser. [Read more →]

Microsoft’s Had Enough – Oh You say!!!!!

microsoftvseuOf the EU apparently, for it has seemingly withdrawn participation in anti-trust hearings on their Internet Explorer program that is being accused of blocking or shielding itself from other browsers. The company is pointing the finger at the EU due to scheduling conflicts which has resulted in unavailability issues between he two parties. The EU’s anti-trust hearing concerns the fact that IE is embedded within the Windows Operating system, effectively blocking other web browsers from being installed properly upon initial install. The issues with Microsoft’s WGA program that unbeknownst to most came in two versions, one that asks for permission and one that is installed with SP3. The issue has been around for quite sometime and both parties are indeed getting tired of the issue. [Read more →]