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Posted on 29-04-2008

New Apple Patent app would improve iPhone, iPod video playback

Filed Under (Technology) by Randy Bragg

New Apple Patent app would improve iPhone, iPod video playback by ZDNet’s Russell Shaw — A newly published Apple Patent Application provides technology that could enhance the frames of a video fast forwarded on an iPhone or iPod. The goal, presumably, would be to facilitate viewer decisions on whether or not to play the video at normal speed based on the content in these sample frames. The Patent application title is Portable […]

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Posted on 27-04-2008

Free Writing

Filed Under (Blogging Advice) by Randy Bragg

What is free writing?

Glad you asked. Free writing is a method that is related to brainstorming that some writers use to help them get ideas on what they can write about. Thinking about one

thing for five ot ten minutes on a question that might seem puzzling to them might give them something to write about.

A writer can put down anything they can think about and evaluate it later. This style of

writing does not have a pretty look to it that says I know how to spell and I worry about

sentence structure.

Writers who use this style will go back and reread what they have wrote and highlight or underline what ever is of value. After doing this they are able to start writing and make a

rough draft and finish off their article.

This style of writing has grabbed my attention because I am a pretty fast paced guy. Trying to brainstorm and think of ideas for articles kills my drive to even write about

anything at all. People have said to find something and stick to it, I have not done this, I have been all over the place with my blog.

Bragg’s Writers Guild

Today is the day that I have decided to start writing articles to enjoy the art of writing. That to me seems to like a great way for a blog to go. For the year I have been blogging I have meet many people and I would love to meet many more.

Good Bye To Attacking The Blogging World

The name of my blog is going to be Bragg’s Writers Guild. My support for blogging tools will not go away, so if you are using them keep it up, I will add some blog tips from time to time.

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Posted on 26-04-2008

Boost Your Rank With BraggTags

Filed Under (Blogging Advice) by Randy Bragg

Trust Issues

How many times have you put a link on your site with the promise of a link back from someone who sent you an email? I feel your pain.

Bragg Tags

With Bragg Tags after you paste the list into your article your site will ping back to me. Every day I check my WordPress ping backs and I will see that you have added the Bragg Tags list to your site and I will edit this post ad add your link. There has been some of these link articles that have fallen to the weigh side with no return, my intentions are to be true to who ever spreads the Bragg tag list.

Rules

Please no porn sites.

Copy and paste this into your article and away we go.

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BRAGG TAG LINK TO THE TOP AND BACK DOWN AGAIN

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Remember after I get the ping I will add you to this list. After awhile you will see that your technorati score will get a boost from the links that you will receive after your name gets added to the list.

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Posted on 23-04-2008

Blog Popularity

Filed Under (Blogging Advice, Make Money Online) by Randy Bragg

I’m sure you want to see which sites are doing well and ever if yours is doing well. A cool site to use is http://popuri.us/, this site offers you the opportunity to see how you are doing in most of the ranking systems.

You can add one of their ninety widgets into your site to give your readers an opportunity to see where they are and where you are in the ranking systems. Find out who is linking to you and if you have spread all over the world with what your blog has to offer. If you have any sites or tools that you can turn me on to that would help me in blog mastery I would greatly appreciate it. Put it on the VOB forum, spread the love people….

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Posted on 16-04-2008

The Next President Of The USA

Filed Under (Political) by Randy Bragg

Do you know who is running? Do you care about the future of our country? Prove it, let’s hear your thoughts on the election…

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Posted on 16-04-2008

Is Home-Schooling Better Than Public Education?

Filed Under (Family) by Randy Bragg

You can sit back and ask this question to yourself, you first have to go and look at the curriculum that home school programs offer versus public schools. Than factor in all the politics that goes on in the schools upper crust society that decide if your kids will learn about the subjects, or learn how to pass the state tests. Let’s look at some of the issues that some parents have when they think of homeschooling.

v No social interaction with other children.

v Teacher available to answer questions?

v What about physical education?

Those are a few concerns that parents have, I know there are more, here’s some information related to those concerns.

v Think about the kind of socialization experiences you want for your child. Your home schooled child need not be limited to the artificial community of his or her peers that’s offered in the formal school environment, but rather, can benefit from a wide variety of interactions and relationships.

v Contact your public school about having your child participate in whatever extracurricular activities it offers. Many districts welcome the participation of homeschooled children in sports teams, clubs, theater productions and other activities. (You may have to sign a waiver releasing the school from responsibility for your child.)

v Consider the same kinds of resources you would if your child were in a traditional school environment. Many township organizations, nonprofit groups, and clubs such as bands and orchestras, scout troops and 4-H have chapters devoted to homeschooled kids. If not, your child can still participate “after school,” like everyone else.

v Join a local homeschool group. Most offer a broad range of activities, including field trips, where your child can benefit from group interaction.

v Take advantage of the flexibility homeschooling offers. Socialization could mean bringing your child with you to one of your own church or community group activities, or having lunch with Grandma.

Ask local resources such as art centers, skating rinks and music schools about offering instruction and/or use of their facilities to your homeschool group. Often, their staff and facilities are idle during regular school hours, and they might welcome the chance to get some use from their resources. This is one of many articles that I will be writing for anyone who is interested in homeschooling. So, is homeschooling better than public schools? That is a question only answered by what school your child attends. The differences in curriculums, teacher’s salaries, and the politicians in your state, have a big impact on if you get a warm fuzzy on how your child is being educated

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Posted on 16-04-2008

Site Meter’s Website Tracking

Filed Under (Blogging Advice) by Randy Bragg

Do I Need Site Meter

Site Meter can give you information on your visitors. It will give you a detailed report on who comes to your site, and how they came to find you. Is this something you need, the question can only be answered if you want to know more about your visitors, maybe what part of the world they come from. There are many questions that will be answered in the reports that are sent straight to your email.

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Posted on 13-04-2008

Blogging Tips You Don’t Want To Miss

Filed Under (Blogging Advice) by Randy Bragg

Creating Your Blog

Blogger

Blogger hosts and publishes blogs for free. Create your own blog, or explore a new or notable blog.

LiveJournal

Express Yourself, Share Your Life, Connect with Friends Online

You can use LiveJournal in many ways: a private journal, a blog, a discussion forum or a social network.

TypePad

TypePad is the premier blogging service, hosting the world’s leading blogs and small business websites. Whether you’re a first-time blogger or a seasoned pro, TypePad can help you create a great-looking blog in minutes.

WordPress.com

WordPress.com is a community and conversations continue from one blog post to another and through the comments. Our tag surfer feature makes it easy for you to find like minded bloggers interested in the same topics as you and connect with them.

Movable Type

Movable Type just got a whole lot easier to install for Debian users thanks to newly available Debian packages.

ExpressionEngine

ExpressionEngine is a flexible, feature-rich content management system that empowers thousands of individuals, organizations, and companies around the world to easily manage their website.

TextPattern

A flexible, elegant and easy-to-use content management system. Textpattern is both free and open source.

Typical Features

Create posts. creating posts should be quick and easy.
Upload pictures and multimedia. include photos, video, or audio.
Display posts to visitors. make it easy for readers to view your posts and to comment on them.
Moderate. different platforms provide varying levels of help to weed out inappropriate contributions.
Publish RSS feeds. RSS feeds allow users to subscribe to your blog.
Configure the appearance and layout. Tools allow you to configure your blog, and the methods they offer to do this.
Find support. forums will give you answers to your questions.
Get stats on your blog. Reporting features will help you see how many people are visiting your blog, and which posts are most popular.

Configuring Your Layout

1.Customization

2.Layout updates

3.Widgets

4.Domain

5.Fonts and colors

6.Sidebars

7.Templates

For more tips and tricks please go to Voice Of Bragg’s Blogging Tools and Tips and Tricks pages, thanks for ready I hope this will help you with your blog.

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Posted on 12-04-2008

Jesus Is My Hope And Trust

Filed Under (Religion) by Randy Bragg

Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power. How we thank God, who gives us victory over sin and death through Jesus Christ our Lord!

1 Corinthians 15:55-56 NLT

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Posted on 04-04-2008

A Review Of Article Specialist

Filed Under (Blogging Advice, Reviews) by Randy Bragg

Content

Are you a blogger looking for blogtemplates, blog secrets, marketing blog tips, or where you would like to host a blog? Trust is a huge issue in the blogging world, let me tell you. You can try to get to know people and even the people you thought you knew and you thought since they were having great success in the blogging world that they would help you, you need to think twice. You might get lucky and have a friend that is cool enough to share his talents and then there is the other way, figure it out on your own. This site has a wide range of blogging tools to choose from.

Why you should or shouldn’t read this blog.

Blog’s Physical Look

There is a problem with the way it was loading at 1440 x 900 screen resolution, most people don’t use this, you have to think of these things when you create a blog though. The blog is not cluttered but seems to have some sidebar navigation links to far to the bottom left. When a reader comes they will want to see some archive info and blog RSS sign up right away.

Suggestion

There needs to be some navigation at the top, people need to be able to go to any of the interesting spots on the site without having to fish for links.

VOB To The Point

Over all this site has a lot of good articles and has potential to shot to higher places. With some better advertising and some touch up on the layout, the Article Specialist will hit a better PR (page rank) in no time.