http://www.lenashore.com Business Tips, Tutorials, and other handy stuff Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:27:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.lenashore.com/2010/06/what-are-your-big-rocks/ http://www.lenashore.com/2010/06/what-are-your-big-rocks/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:35:31 +0000 Lena http://www.lenashore.com/?p=1805 In First Things First, Stephen Covey tells a story that one of his associates heard at a seminar. The seminar presenter pulled out a wide-mouth gallon jar and placed it next to a pile of fist-sized rocks. After filling the jar to the top with rocks, he asked, “Is the jar full?” The group replied, [...]]]> http://www.lenashore.com/2010/06/what-are-your-big-rocks/feed/ 7 http://www.lenashore.com/2010/06/can-i-use-a-pc-external-hard-drive-with-a-mac/ http://www.lenashore.com/2010/06/can-i-use-a-pc-external-hard-drive-with-a-mac/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:17:46 +0000 Lena http://www.lenashore.com/?p=1773 Question Also, I have an external hard drive that we use for our PC. It has photos, music, etc. Our PC is about to bite the dust, and we are probably getting a Mac. I know that I can use the external hard drive with a Mac, but do you have any idea if I [...]]]> http://www.lenashore.com/2010/06/can-i-use-a-pc-external-hard-drive-with-a-mac/feed/ 0 http://www.lenashore.com/2010/05/recommendations-for-teaching-yourself-web-design/ http://www.lenashore.com/2010/05/recommendations-for-teaching-yourself-web-design/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 13:14:02 +0000 Lena http://www.lenashore.com/?p=1782
Question I’ve been planning on talking to an IT counselor at my local college about taking a class or two, or three… in web design. I don’t want to take the wrong classes and in the wrong order, but quite a lot can be learned for free via web. Much of what I know now [...]]]> http://www.lenashore.com/2010/05/recommendations-for-teaching-yourself-web-design/feed/ 0 http://www.lenashore.com/2010/05/every-time-zone-time-zones-math-free/ http://www.lenashore.com/2010/05/every-time-zone-time-zones-math-free/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 09:30:02 +0000 Lena http://www.lenashore.com/?p=1759 Ever been at work and needed to make a phone call to the other side of the continent or overseas? You know it’s 10:00 a.m., but what time is it there? The fingers and the math comes out. No more! Look at this brilliant little website I found! It’s called Every Time Zone. When you [...]]]> http://www.lenashore.com/2010/05/every-time-zone-time-zones-math-free/feed/ 1 http://www.lenashore.com/2010/04/protect-your-wordpress-site-from-getting-hacked/ http://www.lenashore.com/2010/04/protect-your-wordpress-site-from-getting-hacked/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:51:21 +0000 Lena http://www.lenashore.com/?p=1496 It happens all the time. Websites get hacked. Especially websites that use common software packages. Hackers want the most bang for their buck, and WordPress sites are a great target because so many people utilize them. How Hackers Do it Most hackers use a script that crawls your server looking for “holes” they can use [...]]]> http://www.lenashore.com/2010/04/protect-your-wordpress-site-from-getting-hacked/feed/ 2 http://www.lenashore.com/2010/04/the-future-of-magazines-sports-illustrated/ http://www.lenashore.com/2010/04/the-future-of-magazines-sports-illustrated/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:42:06 +0000 Lena http://www.lenashore.com/?p=1756
Here is this great demo of a Sports Illustrated magazine. With the popularity of reading media on computers and mobile devices like the iPad, you can see what the near future might look like. Already many of my magazines offer versions that are digital and full of search capabilities.]]> http://www.lenashore.com/2010/04/the-future-of-magazines-sports-illustrated/feed/ 0 http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/why-am-i-getting-an-invalid-email-address-when-sending-mail/ http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/why-am-i-getting-an-invalid-email-address-when-sending-mail/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:12:20 +0000 Lena http://www.lenashore.com/?p=1674
Question I just set up my email account on my device. But, every time I try to send email, it says the email address is invalid, any advice?!! Answer If you can send an email to another address, the problem is the recipients email address and not your email set up. Usually, this means something [...]]]> http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/why-am-i-getting-an-invalid-email-address-when-sending-mail/feed/ 3 http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/prevent-your-email-from-hitting-the-junk-folder/ http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/prevent-your-email-from-hitting-the-junk-folder/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:46:29 +0000 Lena http://www.lenashore.com/?p=1630 Question Someone sent me an email with an attachment and I found the message in my junk mail folder. The message was there, but the attachment was gone. Why is this happening? Answer Unfortunately, we live in a world of electronic junk mail. A world full of it. Because of excess of mail, our mail [...]]]> http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/prevent-your-email-from-hitting-the-junk-folder/feed/ 0 http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/wordpress-tutorial-nextgen-albums-creating-and-publishing/ http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/wordpress-tutorial-nextgen-albums-creating-and-publishing/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:17:23 +0000 Lena http://www.lenashore.com/?p=1625 This is a WordPress Tutorial to show you how to create and publish albums to posts with the NextGEN gallery plugin.]]> http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/wordpress-tutorial-nextgen-albums-creating-and-publishing/feed/ 6 http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/design-contests-the-ugly-truth/ http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/design-contests-the-ugly-truth/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:30:07 +0000 Lena http://www.lenashore.com/?p=1581
Will Work for Cash Let’s say you have a successful company and want to do a little updating. You’ve decided that old logo is looking dated, and head to a design agency you know and trust for something new. They quote you $1,000 for a design, tell you that they’ll be researching your business and [...]]]> http://www.lenashore.com/2010/03/design-contests-the-ugly-truth/feed/ 0