The Flea Retreat … was like no blogging conference I’d been to before. (Well, blogstock came close, since we all camped on site.) It was a refreshing approach to learning for bloggers and vloggers, it was suitable for veterans of the blogging world like me and newbies too. Read a more detailed account of the […]
blogging
Instagram Genuine Engagement of a Blogger vs Automated Engagement #Instagate
Instagram is my favourite social media platform. Personally, I’ve put a lot of effort into the Instagram to improve the quality of my work and grow my Instagram following. However, in the past months there have been more strange spammy comments, strange followers showing up. The platform seems to have changed. Then #Instagate recently blown […]
How much is your data worth?
Like many, I have lost data- pictures and documents- a number of times. Last time was this summer, when my laptop crashed and the HDD had to be reformatted and all my programs and data reinstated. A photo posted by Monika Life Travels Family (@mumonthebrink) on Apr 10, 2015 at 3:12pm PDT How does this […]
Magix… affordable yet powerful video editting for beginners
As our digital cameras and mobile phones become better and better and our computers more capable, more of us are reaching to different photo and video editting software to pull together the raw footage we capture. Don’t you just love the home videos, wedding videos and holiday videos friends and family are sharing nowadays? Where […]
My blog camera- SLR to point and shoot to DSLR
As the “what camera should I get?” question is a recurring question asked in blogger forums, I thought I’d ask a couple of bloggers in the my blog and vlog camera series. Let me introduce Mary from Over 40 and a Mum to One She’s been running a parenting, lifestyle and travel blog for the last […]
My blog and vlog camera
The effects of information overload are evident in how blogs are evolving. Posts with great images are winning over the wordy ones, blogs with pleasing visuals are conquering even some well-written ones. In blogger forums one of the most common questions that crops up again and again: I’m looking to upgrade my camera, what […]
Another laptop bites the dust
Can you believe it? My 16 month old Lenovo IdeaPad laptop died! My previous one (an Asus) lasted just a tad longer, just over 18 months, the one before that (a Toshiba) I had for 5 years. I’m not doing really well since the trusty Toshiba, am I? These last two have just […]
Mumsnet blogfest 2013 why I walked out
Saturday was the Mumsnet blogfest. It was going so smoothly, there were fantastic speakers, great discussions, lots of through provoking content. True to Mumsnet there had to be something to ruffle tempers. Here’s the “winning” formula: Let’s take a panel with very diverse views, have a chair person who didn’t quite read her brief, and try […]
The Intricacies of Online Relationships
Today I’m going to a blogging conference! (Imagine me singing that really; in a happy, lalala tune). There are so many people I want to catch up with, to meet for the first time face-to-face! I am a total social butterfly- flit here and there, cross-pollinate, while enjoying different nectars. It helps me grow and, […]
The summer that was
. We’ve had a fabulous summer, spending lots of time away staying with friends and family and actually getting some very hot weather and good tans (despite the generous amounts of sunscreen applied.) I have had so much to write about over the last weeks, but as you’ve seen (or not in this case) I’ve […]