TrafficJam.com has just started serving up an allstar lineup of blog posts.
Based on the BlogRush widget (you can see an example of that on the right side of this page), TrafficJam provides a great way for bloggers and marketers to monitor popular blog posts in their specific niches.
It uses some unique technology to analyze millions […]

PDF (Portable Document Format) is the standard file format that allows users on different types of computers and operating systems to view documents such as Microsoft Word or Excel files, even if they don’t have those applications.
Many eBooks, reports, white papers and user manuals are distributed in PDF for easy readability.
A new service lets you […]

Have you heard of mind mapping?
I have to confess, I was late to the party. But now that I’ve started using this powerful mode of brainstorming and organization, I use it for every new project.
Here’s a look at a mindmap for a new product I’m working on:
Visualizing the different areas of a project, such as […]

Ooooh. This topic is going to make some people very nervous.
Is your laptop backed up?
Laptops are the most vulnerable of computer equipment because they are mobile. If your entire business is on your laptop and you don’t have a bullet-proof backup strategy, you should be very nervous.
Personally, my desktop has a RAID system built […]

After a headline like that, you would expect to read a horror story about how I lost all kinds of valuable data and spent long hours trying to recreate my system, programs, settings and data.
This story is different… Read why.

When is the last time you verified that your server is actually backing up all your files like you think it is?
Ever read the fine print at your server company?
If you even have back-up service, and you likely don’t, they have no liability if it isn’t working. And in my experience, it often isn’t.
As […]

When you work on the computer for hours every day, anything you can do to save time is a big plus.
Windows has some built-in keyboard shortcuts that very few people seem to use. Here are the three I use multiple times every day.
1) When you want to type in a .com web site all […]

Podcaster and affiliate marketing expert Paul Colligan came up with a cool way to use one of my products to make money for podcasters. It will also work with blogs.
Read how here.
Info on SearchFeast product here.

OK, I know it certainly wasn’t invented in 2005, but my favorite technology that I really started to use this year is audio/video by flash.