Friday, March 26, 2010

Essential Symbian Software

Recently one of Online friend has bought a new Symbian phone, yes I'm referring to you Dennis (H82typ).

When you buy a new phone with a new phone with a new OS you've on the look out for useful software to make the most of your new gadget. So I've compiled this list of must have free application for a symbian device (S60 v3) so newbies won't have to go searching and can enjoy their new phone. Also these are some of the tools I personally use on my phone everyday while I make my posts here.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Comment Spam

Comment : a remark, observation or criticism.
[source: Dictionary.com]

I think is nice to have comments on your articles as it allows you to discuss the topic with your readers and allows you to receive feedback. Also your readers can share their experience which helps to enrich your post and may be helpful for a future reader. At times the comments may bring to light some things that you may have not considered at all and may change your opinion too.

Recently blog comments are being exploited for their link juice value, and do follow blogs are the worst hit of the lot.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Upgrade to Opera Mini 5

I was pleasantly surprised today when I read in my feed reader that Opera Mini 5 final was released. I decided to update Opera Mini but I was prompted that Opera Mini 5 would replace Opera Mini 4.2. I did not want to lose all my bookmarks and the feeds in Opera Mini 4.2.

So I set up a new My Opera account and synchronized my bookmarks. I also saved the page that displayed the feeds so I could re-subscribe to the feeds in case that was lost. And then I upgraded to Opera Mini 5.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Plant a seed - Create Buzz

I've signed up to a new blog promotion site called Seeded buzz recently. I stumbled upon it by sheer chance really. I was just googling without any intention of finding something. I sometimes just google random words or phrases to see what results are displayed, or sometimes if I'm just feeling bored and at a loss of ideas.

I put in the words "Blog Promotion" and the sponsored result displayed was Seeded Buzz and I just decided to check it out, giving in to my curiosity.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Theme Trials

Recently I've been trying out a few new themes on my blog. I've been looking for a clean layout and a simple design. I stumbled across quite a few nice themes and I was trying them on my blog to see how the page appears.

I installed a theme called Renegade II. And as soon as I clicked on activate the page went blank.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Star Trek - The Better Man

I've recently finished reading Star Trek - The Better Man by Howard Weinstein. I simply loved it. Its got intense mystery right from the start, you'll really find it hard to put it down.

Its about a trip that the U.S.S. Enterprise has been assigned to a planet Nova Empyrea for diplomatic talks over removing an science station that was set up there 20 years ago. Nova Empyrea is a colony that was set up by humans who had left earth in the early days of the warp drive.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Nokia N79 Look Alike

Yesterday while travelling in the train I happened to spot one of my fellow travellers holding a phone that looked just like the Nokia N79 but it wasn't a Nokia N79. You're probably thinking I'm out of my mind. Trust me I'm not. Look at the below picture for yourself.

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No that picture is not photo shopped. Its a real phone. You're stunned, aren't you? It looks exactly like the Nokia N79. Its actually a G'Five N79. The only way you can tell its not the Nokia is by the logo on the right side. Also the phone is not in the same leage as a Nokia N79.

From what I read in a review I've learnt that its a dual sim phone, with inbuilt memory of 506KB , expandable upto 4GB. It does have some other features too but not Symbian OS.

On the down side warranty is just for 6 months though. Would you be interested in buying this phone, instead of Nokia N79?

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

March Review

Its been a month already, and its time to review my blog and the performance over the last month. You'll find last months review post here.

Last month I said I would increase the posting frequency and I've managed to keep my word. I've made a total of 13 posts last month.

Also I've been working on promoting on developing my social presence. I've been promoting other useful articles via twitter and recently also taken an active part on blog engage.

And last but not the least I wanted to be in the top 1M Alexa Ranking. Well unfortunately I've not managed to make this one yet. I've come very close but not there yet. I'm currently at 1,024,848.

So now on to setting the targets for this moth. Well I would want to continue with a similar pace with the posting frequency this month as well. I definately want to get the Alexa ranking up into the top 1M, well actually say under 900K by the end of this month.

Also I'm going to promote this blog and others not just on twitter but also on some other social bookmarking websites. I think its really essential to have a good amount of traffic on a blog and I'm also going to join groups that help to promote traffic.

Wish me luck.