SEO vs. SMO: that is Search Engine Optimisation verses Social Media Optimization. That is how can you best prepare your blog so you receive the best levels of traffic from places like Google and Stumbleupon. A great article by Steven Snell of Vandelay Website Design. Verbalized.net is the rather easy on the eye blog of Sara, a fourth year university student, who is studying business. "I enjoy ... Read full entry

Office gossip, an essential skill: This is of interest. "If you are constantly off having coffee with a colleague, chatting in the tea room and swapping office gossip over the printer, you are not a slacker. Not at all, in fact you are likely to be a high-performing manager." 7 Ways to use StumbleUpon as a Discovery Tool: great write up from Meg at Dipping into the ... Read full entry

5 Signs You Are On Autopilot: it seems some of us are on "autopilot" at some point (or points) of our lives. This handy list will help determine whether you are presently sleep walking. I'm actually very pleased to see that "five year plans" could be considered a symptom, as I've never believed in such things myself! Film Junkie Carnival: I'm a film junkie! My recent review of the ... Read full entry

Bargain Shopping alert! I forgot to mention that my sister, Bridget, who lives in Auckland, New Zealand, has recently launched an online bargain shopping guide! In addition to a website featuring sales and bargain alerts, a magazine/guide will also be produced annually. Start writing up those wish lists... The Blogging Cafe: "is a community for bloggers, by bloggers. We discuss all aspects of blogging offering support and community", established ... Read full entry

Captain's log stardate 30 July 2007... ok that's not a real stardate... date, but who cares! Captain of the USS Enterprise, Jean-Luc Picard, has taken to blogging since Star Trek's "The Next Generation" was put into syndication, and I think I'm beginning to like the blog better than the TV show! Hilarious, I mean fascinating, Captain... The Prize Blog: I didn't realise just how many contests, especially blog contests, ... Read full entry

Web Design Gallery: "an inspirational gallery where we collect a wide range of hight quality designed websites". Web designers will want to bookmark this one, plenty of inspiration here. The McFarlane Prize: on the subject of web design, Australian designers and developers take note, The McFarlane is on for 2007! Any websites launched, or significantly upgraded, in the year ending July 31 2007, are eligible for nomination. This is ... Read full entry

Lilliputian [ lil-lip-pew-shun ]: Oh boy, here is some poetry I know you'll enjoy. (And the next line was going to be: Coz I'm a poet, and don't I know know it...) Anyway. The latest project of Miss Lang Lee'av (remember that name, because you'll see it again), is a poetry blog. While Miss Lang's rhymes are short and easy to read, it's the reading between the lines that ... Read full entry

We love our business cards... though some can be a little plain! If you're looking for some inspiration before ordering some new cards this is the place to go! There are some truly awesome business cards about... (spotted at TheNews.com.au) Focus - Keep Your Focus, Keep Your Sanity: as Mozart said "the shorter way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time." I ... Read full entry