The web wouldn’t be what it is without the ability to search. My home page is set to Google and use it to search for everything. Finding information is often quite tedious because there are so many web pages out there. Luckily a few tricks are available to allow you to refine your search.
Lee Fever at Common Craft has created this wonderful video explaining how web searches work and offers tips on how you can avoid being swallowed up by the web.
I must admit, I don’t read that many blogs. I currently subscribe to 58 blogs via RSS and I have trouble keeping my RSS reader under 50 new items every day. I made an effort in honour of International Blog Day this week and poked around via some of my regular blogs and discovered some new ones. Here are my four new favourites:
Bedjump.com – Thanks to Rob from Techvibes, I came across this fantastic blog devoted to bed jumping. I’m not sure how anyone came up with this idea, but the photos are hilarious. If you are looking for a bit of silliness in your life, this is where you will find it.
Common Craft – The folks at common craft are the ones who came up with the fabulous RSS video. For anyone confused about RSS, this is the one to watch. They’ve recently posted a video about social bookmarking which is very useful.
Blue Olive Photography – I’ve done my fare share of websites for photographers. I love working with photographers, but most photographers work on very limited budgets. Following a recent wedding I discovered Blue Olive Photography and was impressed with their blog. This is by far the best solution for photographers wishing to maintain a portfolio easily and without the need for a large budget.
Akismet – It would be an exaggeration to say that I thank God every day for Akismet, but I probably should. Since installing the plugin, Akismet has caught 4,512 spam on my blog alone. Poking around a bit I came across their blog which has some incredible numbers about spam. When will the insanity ever stop?