Category Archives: General

Ok, so now this blog runs on Thesis…

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Anne

Approximately six weeks ago I went ahead and bought Thesis. I posted about my first impressions here. Today, I finally went ahead and installed Thesis on this blog as well, so seems like a good time for adding my “second” … Continue reading →

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Why Smart Phones Are Dumb (And How They’ll Get Smarter)

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Anne

Woohoo! First guest post on B6S. I really enjoy David Grady‘s writing on his blog, and I’m honored to be able to share his talent here with you. Thank you for guest posting, David! I am grateful to Anne for … Continue reading →

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Scary WordPress Easter Egg

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Anne

Ok, I know that real geeks have a strange sense of humor, but this was a bit too scary. I mean, the Matrix is a cool movie, but a message saying: Initiating infinite loop eschewal protocol. Self destruct in… 3 … Continue reading →

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Is Blocking Ads Unethical?

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Anne

Let me say outright that I can see how you might want to protect your computer from pop-ups that can never be closed or any other form of pop-up hell. That said, should you really be blocking all kinds of … Continue reading →

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My Fast and Dirty Fix for Coming Up with a Good Post Topic

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Anne

Keeping a blog fresh with regular posts can be a challenge. At some point or another, we all feel we have simply run out of  stuff to write about. Some people call this “Writer’s Block” and there are as many … Continue reading →

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Are You a Blogger or Webmaster?

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Anne

I started doing “this” back in 1997. “This” means creating websites, promoting them and monetizing on the traffic (as opposed to creating websites for other people’s business need). It’s a pretty common business model for most of us. The Age … Continue reading →

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I’m Not Posting Today

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Anne

As some of you know, I live in Israel.  It’s supposed to be winter time here in February, but it definitely is not. I have a household full of six kids (only two of which are my own), making this … Continue reading →

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Know of a Good Program for Domainoholics?

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Anne

I just went over my files and I have way over one hundred domain names I need to develop (that’s on top of a similar number of developed sites). It’s daunting. And it’s not lack of ideas that bothers me, … Continue reading →

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