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Please help me welcome Yasmin Coleman and APOOO Books to the vAS family of sites. Yasmin’s site is a wonderful resource for avid readers of fiction and nonfiction, alike! Go check it out!

If you don’t consider yourself a ‘technical’ person, life online can get a little overwhelming at times. Even simple things like linking to another post or webpage from a post in your own blog can make you feel like a simpleton. Before you beat yourself up too much, let’s get one thing straight, ok? You’re not stupid because you don’t know something. You just haven’t learned it yet, ok? You have your own area of expertise, and if HTML, CSS and other web-related concepts aren’t it - so what!?!

I’m happy to welcome Deborah Weber and her site, Temenos of the Blessing Light to the vAS family of sites! Go check her out!

One of the most frequent questions new bloggers ask is, “How often should I blog?” The answer depends on you, your time available, your overall blogging objective and a good dose of experimentation.

A must read guest post on IttyBiz. IMHO, what makes you exceptional is your biggest asset, while insanity is having the balls to put it out there for all the world to see. Amen.

No doubt, the idea of starting a blog has crossed your mind. But is that as far as it?s gotten?

I suspect there are many, many of you out there who no longer need to be convinced of the benefits of blogging. If you?re not blogging, I bet the reason is that the whole idea, from choosing the right platform to figuring out what to blog about and everything in between, is just overwhelming. Multiply that by 100 if you don?t consider yourself a ?technical? type of person.

Defragmenting (a.k.a. ‘defragging’) your hard drive is one of the best things you can do to speed up your computing experience. Here’s a simplistic analogy that will help you understand why it’s so important.
Your hard drive is like a roll of toilet paper. As your computer writes files to it, it calculates the number of sheets required to hold the file and then goes hunting. Let’s say your file requires 3 sheets. Your computer goes and finds the first three contiguous sheets available that will fit that file and …

People keep telling you over and over again, ?You should have a blog!? You know they?ve got a point, yet you still don?t have a blog. Save time, avoid overwhelm, skip ‘beginner’ mistakes and reap the many benefits of blogging with the right package for you. Let us unlock the door to blogging for you today!

First, let me say up front, 25% free space is a fairly arbitrary rule of thumb. But let?s talk about the why behind it before we worry too much about the number, ok? Keeping a good chunk of space free on your hard drive is particularly important if your computer is low on RAM (memory). You see, your computer needs…