One of the most important parts of a computer is the central processing unit or CPU. This is the component that makes all computations possible, and performs four basic logical operations that complete the fetch-decode-execute cycle of a computer.
The Psychology of Color – Must See for Web Designers [Infographic]
One of the most fascinating and overlooked elements web designers tend to overlook is the influence of color on their website visitors. While a color palette may look visually pleasing, is it psychologically pleasing? When you go to design your next website pay special attention to your color choices and what they actually mean. To help you out with that we have created this beautiful infographic.
How to Set Up the Ultimate Home Office
With more and more people working from home setting up the ultimate home office is what could make all the difference between a productive day and hours of wasted time. A home office should be well organized, well lit, and well ventilated in order to provide a safe and efficient working environment.
Landing a dream job – how to prepare for a job interview
In order to secure the job that you apply for, you need to convince the interviewer that you are the best person for the position, show them your best side, and convince them that you would become an invaluable asset to their company. To achieve all this, you have to be well prepared for the job interview, and here are some of the most important steps that you need to take, so you can maximize your chances of getting the position.
8 Sure-Fire Tips for Creating Outstanding Web Content
With the millions of websites that are popping-up every single day, the web surfers are spoiled for content and could easily find the information that they are looking for from multiple source. In order to entice them to come to your own website and keep them coming back for more day after day, you need to create content that is well worth reading and sharing.
Whistle While You Work: 5 iTunes Tips and Tricks You Must Use
Most people in IT work WAY too much. We can make this time more tolerable by listenting to music or a favorite podcast. Most people will agree spending most of your life online can’t be healthy, see me as a prime example of internet health. In spending all of your time online you do pick up vast amounts of seemingly useless information along with minute chunks of data that might be useful. I figure I do have some minute tidbits of useful data that would be of value to share with the rest of the internet and since I am in a kind mood I will share them!
Everything You Need to Know About Social Networks [INFOGRAPHIC]
It would be an understatement to say that Social Networking is big time. The time has come where it isn’t enough to have the domain name you want available, you must also make sure usernames on the most popular networks are also available. With that said, check out this awesome infographic we created to show you just how popular Social Networking is.
Web Design Trends in 2011
he web design segment of the Internet has been evolving the past few years, especially in 2010. Some clear trends have surfaced, which are likely to continue in 2011 as well. Long gone are the websites that we were accustomed to in the 90s, with dozens of flashing banners, heavy animations, and background audio.
What are the possible web design trends for 2011?
Easily Create a Great Looking Sparkler Effect in Photoshop
Have you ever imagined using those cool looking sparks you see from fireworks or welding in your next poster? If you have this tutorial will help you out tremendously. In this tutorial I will teach you how to recreate that sparkler effect on Photosh
Interpreting Web Analytics for Beginners
Web analytics tools are abundant, but in order to use such tools effectively, you need to decide what information you need and how to interpret it correctly. After that you then need to make the necessary changes to your web site in order to attract more visitors and improve your search engine rankings.
Marketing Your Website Beyond Social Media
The first thing most businesses do today is create profiles on Twitter, Facebook, and several other websites to start promoting themselves and you can’t really blame them either. For one thing it is free, and it is also the buzzword in town these days. However, what any businessman should remember is that we’re still in the age where old school marketing works — and works well!
The History and Present State of Domain Names [Infographic]
It is hard to believe that only 20 years ago there were less than 500 .com domain names registered. What is even harder to believe is the number of registered .coms has grown close to 100,000,000. If only I could go back in time and register some high value domain names…but with my luck the this whole Internet thing would have never taken off. Any way, enjoy this infographic that displays some pretty fascinating information about domain names.
RAID for Small Business
Last week, the website manager at Tech King, Andy Crofford and I were discussing about technology that could help self-employed professionals or owners of small businesses — in case you haven’t noticed it before, that’s usually what my blog posts are about — and the topic of RAID came up.
10 Excellent Search Engine Optimization Tips
When you optimize your website for the search engines, you are making their “job” easier – their spiders will crawl most of your pages, every new page that you add will quickly appear on the search result lists, and you will receive more search engine traffic. You could enlist the services of a professional SEO company and pay thousands of dollars, but you can do some basic optimization on your own as well.
Fontularity: Most Popular Fonts by Operating System [Infographic]
Designers love fonts and a good thing for them is there are 1000’s to choose from. But what are the most popular fonts? In today’s Infographic we take a look a the most popular fonts by operating system. This will be a great resource for deciding on fall-back fonts in your CSS. Enjoy.