Ask Abby

First Time Visitors

Blog

What is a blog?

Don’t get bogged down by blogs… A web log, known as a “blog,” is much like a diary or journal entry except blogs are shared with the world rather than kept to yourself. A blog’s creator is a “blogger.” Consider me your personal blogger.

Scroll down through the blogs below or click on a topic of interest in the list to the right. If you don’t find what you want in the list, click in the search box just above and type in key words for what you seek.

Make sure you join my newsletter to hear from me directly in your e-mail inbox!


Geez G-mail

When I’m asked what free web-based e-mail I recommend it is NOT Gmail. I know, I know. Your kids and grand kids are all over you to use Gmail instead of AOL. I agree that AOL is inconsistent and not as compatible with many handheld devices, but Gmail’s design is not particularly “user-friendly” (a misnomer when referring to anything computer). I would suggest Yahoo over Gmail, but I understand that your family has more influence over your decisions that I do.

Click Here to Read the Full Post


Digital Photography Made Simple

My return to CT Style to demystify digital photography: Do you know the size of the image you want? Are you printing it or only sending it over the Internet? Here’s a guide for choosing the resolution (dpi = dots per inch): 640 dpi – for Internet use only 1024 dpi – Internet, as well […]

Click Here to Read the Full Post


Web links for Book Marketing Online

The Women’s National Book Association hosted a discussion about Book Marketing Online this evening. I was honored to be a member of the panel with a great group of bloggers, publishers, publicists, online marketers, and all around publishing gurus. As promised to the participants, I compiled a list of web links on the subject. Thought […]

Click Here to Read the Full Post


New York’s New Sex Symbol

New York City has a new sex symbol which will grace the wrapper of millions of condoms and also happens to be the logo on my business card and on the cover of “Is This Thing On?”. The title of my book has taken on a whole new meaning! Who says that computers aren’t sexy? […]

Click Here to Read the Full Post


An Easy Way to Transfer from iPod to iTunes

I was called upon this weekend by a friend whose computer died. She and her daughter had about 1,000 songs between their two iPods, which were purchased online, as well as copied from their own CDs, into iTunes. Their songs were now trapped on the dead computer and on their two iPods. What to do? […]

Click Here to Read the Full Post