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Most Job Ads Make Things Sound More Difficult than they are
Social media jobs always ask for knowledge of CapCut or knowledge of CMS. I felt very intimidated. Thought these must be something only Gen Z will know. I’m way too old to ever learn these. Turns out CapCut is just … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing, Singapore Living, When Work Sucks
Tagged CapCut, CMS, jobs, social media, tiktok, WordPress
2 Comments
I Pick Blogging Over Twitter or Instagram
Went on a short road trip to Malaysia and didn’t want to incur huge roaming charges so switched off that function. As a result I was bored, but there were loads of benefits. Downers: 1. When we were lost and … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged blog, blogging, connected, data roaming, insomnia, instagram, Pinterest, sleep, social media, Time, Twitter, wired up
1 Comment
Another Indulgent Stats Post: Unique Visitors
My blog traffic doubled in December 2010 and has since remained consistent. I am quite happy to have about 800 unique visitors a day. Just logging this down so that I have a record of how the blog is doing, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged blog, blogging, hits, Life, Living, social media, stats, traffic, unique visitors, writing
15 Comments
What the Heck are all those Hashtags on Twitter?
This whole social media thing has been quite a trip. This post was a result of me seeing #ff on twitter and having no idea what it meant. I guessed that it meant follow or favourite? Not quite. I checked … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged #biwinning, #dogspeed, #ff, #nf, #oomf, explained, hashtag, hashtags, meaning, social media, tweet, tweeting, Twitter
11 Comments
What is a Unique Visitor?
When a friend P asked me what how many unique visitors I had, I was embarrassed that I had absolutely no idea. And silly me was too embarrassed to just ask (P if you’re reading this it’s ok if you … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged advertising, blog, blogging, learning, marketing, social media, stats, technical, unique visitor, unique visitors, unique visits
10 Comments
I Quit Facebook And I Don’t Regret It
This is a follow-up from my distress call of a post from when I quit Facebook cold turkey. I am now fine with the whole business and not so jittery any more. I have never smoked, but I believe that … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged blogger, bloggers, blogging, culture, FaceBook, facebook stalker, farmville, Life, Living, Mafia Wars, personal, privacy, quit, quitting, social games, social gaming, social media, technology, voyeur, withdrawal, writing, Zygna
29 Comments
Blog Tip of the Day: Key Words vs Clever Words
There was a time when I wondered what the heck SEO meant. I loathe technical jargon. It always puts me off. I’ve since found out it stands for Search Engine Optimization and it’s really important if you want more traffic … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged blog tip, blog tip of the day, blogging, clever title, clever words, creative, key words, learning, Search Engine Optimization, SEO, social media, techie, technical, traffic, WordPress, writers, writing
2 Comments
Twitter’s Down: Cute Notice (& My Technology Rant)
I was reluctant to be on Twitter and have been getting wary of Facebook as well, but my Gen Y cousin urged me to get with the times. Today I was tickled by this cute notice on Twitter. As someone … Continue reading
Posted in Lovely Ideas
Tagged Adsense, blog, blogging, cell phones, cute, digital cameras, Gen X, Gen Y, generations, honesty, integrity, laptops, making money, Millenium, powerpoint, progress, reviews, self employed, social media, Social Networking, technology, Twitter, WordPress, your own boss
3 Comments
Thankful for Every Blog Comment
Your blog comments are like sweet little notes that I treasure. Over the past year the blog has been adorned with over 3000. I am just so thankful. Comments take time out of a busy day and that’s why they … Continue reading →