http://nextcovery.com the next big thing! Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:56:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Nowadays you can find laptops and mini notebooks in various sizes. The smallest ones being at 7 - 9 inches (example HP 2133 Mini Notebook) and the largest one being at 18.4 inches (example Acer Aspire 8920G). Even though offering a wide selection of sizes is good for the consumer. ... http://nextcovery.com/gadgets/what-laptop-size-do-you-prefer/ Image Source: libraryman's photostreamLast summer I built my own movie projector for total cost of about 100 dollars. In this article I explain how you too can build one for nearly the same price. The idea is to strip a LCD monitor to takeout the LCD panel and place the stripped ... http://nextcovery.com/diy/poor-man%e2%80%99s-big-screen-the-100-diy-projector/ DIY Passport and Visa Photos There are a number of benefits in taking your own passport/visa photos at home. First, it is cheap. Secondly, you can take your photo as many times as you wish until you are satisfied with how you look. Finally, taking photos of infants and toddlers are ... http://nextcovery.com/diy/taking-your-own-diy-passport-and-visa-photos/ Image Source: Cle0patra's Photostream Introduction Taglines and advertising slogans have become integral part of our lives. We see them every day on television, billboards and even on coffee cups. Good taglines get imprinted in our memory either consciously or unconsciously, influencing our buying decisions about a product or a service in the ... http://nextcovery.com/website-development/how-to-choose-a-good-tagline-for-your-website/ Recently, Suzie Cheel the author of the blog Abundance Highway had a fund raising event on the online social network Twitter. A fund raising event on Twitter is called a Tweetathon. The idea was to raise 4000 dollars so that Suzie can travel to Vancouver to attend a certification program ... http://nextcovery.com/internet-and-social-media/my-thoughts-on-online-fund-raising/ An introduction to On-Page Search Engine Optimization (SEO) On-page SEO refers to any technique that you perform on your web page (on-page) to make the web page rank well in search engines. In this post I explore the various parts of a web page where you can stick your keyword. ... http://nextcovery.com/website-development/10-spots-to-stick-your-keyword/ Image Source: Glockenblume's Photostream Do your website users feel belonged? Note: I use the terms “users”, “readers” and “customers” interchangeably. In this article all of them refer to the same people. “What a waste of money”. This is what I thought when I found out that all the new business cards that were ... http://nextcovery.com/website-development/a-sense-of-belonging/ Four easy to use color tools to pick a color theme for your website Choosing a color theme for your website or blog can be a challenging task especially when you are not familiar with graphical design concepts. Fortunately there are easy to use tools that can aide you in selecting ... http://nextcovery.com/website-development/choosing-a-color-theme-for-your-website/ Image Source : AtomicShed's Photostream My website statistics indicates that majority of my readers are from the USA, Canada and Australia. At the same time I get a fair number of comments and feedback from readers all over the world. I can see a lot of diversity in my readers. ... http://nextcovery.com/website-development/writing-for-a-global-audience/ Image Source : South_Roger's Photostream I have been using Twitter for a couple of weeks. Here are some of my thoughts about Twitter. Each thought is written as a Tweet. If you do not know what Twitter is, please checkout the this video that provides a good introduction to Twitter. After ... http://nextcovery.com/internet-and-social-media/thinking-in-tweets/