Steve Morton

Filofax Blogging Tips

Steve — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:00:44 +0000

Most of the following tips also apply to blogging in general, but most Filofax bloggers come to blogging for the first time. I’ve learnt by trial and error and by reading other peoples blogs to get ideas and I have tried out some ideas of my own.

Stats

When you want to build an audience, . . . → Read More: Filofax Blogging Tips

Driving in France

Steve — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:26:12 +0000

Driving in France is slightly different to UK, here are some notes to read even if you are only coming here on holiday. But some of them apply to UK driving too!

First of all you drive on the Right in France, in a Left Hand Drive car, the opposite to UK, yes I know . . . → Read More: Driving in France

iPad my first thoughts and impressions

Steve — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:46:48 +0000

I have had an iPod Touch for over a year now and it is a great device, but there are times when I wished the screen was bigger or the camera was better.

When they announced the new iPad (3rd generation) last week it didn’t take me very long to decide to order one. I . . . → Read More: iPad my first thoughts and impressions

Word Press Plugins

Steve — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:03:11 +0000

There are hundreds, possibly thousands of WordPress plug-ins that you can install to add extra features and tools to your Word Press blog, but which ones should you use… there is so many and a lot of the duplicate the functions of each other.

So here is my current list of plug-ins for this particular . . . → Read More: Word Press Plugins

Pinterest will boost your web traffic?

Steve — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:15:47 +0000

Well that’s what a lot of pundits are saying… so in a follow up to my post about why I hate or dislike Pinterest, I thought I would look in to the claim about boosting traffic.

As some of my readers may or may not know, I’m a contributor to the popular Philofaxy blog about . . . → Read More: Pinterest will boost your web traffic?

Why I’m against Pinterest.

Steve — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:31:46 +0000

I’ve been quite vocal on line in the last few weeks about the site Pinterest and how I’ve been finding my own images on there, without my permission being sought to put them there.

Copyright violation and rights of use violations on this site are rife. Marketing people seem to like the site from a . . . → Read More: Why I’m against Pinterest.

iPod Touch Apps

Steve — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:18:25 +0000

I did a couple of articles earlier in the year about which apps I was using on my iPod. I thought I would update those posts with a single post with a list of all the additional apps I have loaded.

My choice of apps as you will see is influenced by the fact that . . . → Read More: iPod Touch Apps

My Glorified E-reader and toy–the HP Touchpad – Guest Post by Sandra

Steve — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:57:52 +0000

I’m very pleased to welcome Sandra a ‘Philofaxy friend’ of mine from the USA to write this guest post as part of the Philofaxy All Stars Tour. Sandra also writes her own blog – Filofanatic

So in August I was browsing the Internet and stumbled on an announcement about Hewlett Packard selling off their inventory . . . → Read More: My Glorified E-reader and toy–the HP Touchpad – Guest Post by Sandra

Senna

Steve — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:00:37 +0000

I’ve never written about a film before or my former interest in Formula 1 motorsport. So I’m breaking the silence with this post I suppose.

I sat and watched Senna the film last night, it focused on his time in Formula 1 or should I say his short time in F1 when he was tragically . . . → Read More: Senna

Google Analytics

Steve — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:27:58 +0000

Anybody who has a blog or a website loves to know how many people visit their site. In early days of the web these took the form of simple counters, but they don’t really tell you a lot of information about your visitors.

I’ve been using Google Analytics for about 5 years or so now, . . . → Read More: Google Analytics