Author Archives: Paul

Keeping track of photos

We will eventually need to sell several thousand items! If each item needs three or four pictures to show all side and all features the need for a mature system for tracking them is obvious. In our case we plan … Continue reading

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Profiting from our collections. The end game.

We have collected various things for a long time.  We bought our first piece of Native American pottery in 1971.  We started attending Navajo rug auctions in Crown Point, NM in 1973.  We learned about Erzgebirge handcrafts from our German … Continue reading

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Moving a WordPress site to a new host is a giant pain!

Moving a WordPress site to a new host is a giant pain.   That is especially true if you are using a lot of plugins and custom work.  In our case we have six old blogs that are sitting on … Continue reading

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The Software Review Game

I am always looking for new software that might improve the efficiency of my business or business work flows.  Many times I will first hear about something new in a newsletter I subscribe to or on a blog I happen … Continue reading

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The Money is in the List!

I’ve been hearing that for years.  I have always ignored it.  Lists are a big hassle to keep clean.  You need to have unique material  you want to share with your list on a regular basis.  A list is a … Continue reading

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Picasa & Lightroom for Picture Processing & Management

I purchased Lightroom2 from Adobe some time ago and used it to edit and track my picture collection.  Then I tried out Picasa from Google and found it much easier and intuitive to use.  It also has Google search built … Continue reading

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Camera RAW is just a Marketing Ploy

I am one of those amateur photographers who was always impressed with how the pros would start with RAW images and bring out the absolute best from their originals.  When the Canon EOS Rebel T2i was announced the fact that … Continue reading

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Question: Who writes their own website content?

Answer: Almost no one! We would all like our websites to become more popular, attract more readers, etc.  Many webmasters will pay good money to achieve better rankings and/or more traffic.  Where there is a market, sellers will attempt to … Continue reading

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18 MegaPixels & Stock Photography

It will soon be possible to buy an 18 megapixel SLR for less than $1,000.  Costco and other stores now offer huge (20″ x 30″) prints very cheaply.  With this kind of power in the hands of consumers and amateur … Continue reading

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A Programmer's Perspective on WordPress Websites

WordPress has become the most popular platform in existence for publishers of blogs and many other kinds of websites.  It is easy to use, free, and has a flexible feature set which comfortably accommodates a huge variety of topics and … Continue reading

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