Why do you blog?

If you are a blogger, you must have a reason why you blog. Some people do it for fun. Some people do it because they have to. Still some people do it only for money.

I ask this because I think about why I blog every time I make a post. I'm not saying I hate blogging. In fact, a blog is something I can look at some time from now and say, I was or still am there. For me, my blog is like my home on the Internet. I don't really make any money. In fact, I actually lose money for buying the domain name. But I don't regret doing so, and I don't regret doing this blog.

But, I have to think about why I do this blog because, I do not want to loose focus on what my goals are. One of my goals in the future is to, maybe someday, have the blog pay for itself. But, making money is not my obsession. I have noticed some blogs who seem to exist only to get money. The problem with this is, they get too focused on the advertising and not on the content. The content suffers, and their blog fails with them probably dropping it. I believe that content should come first and foremost, and the money will come on its own. For me, it may never come. But, because that is not my real reason for this blog, it doesn't bother me all that much.

For me, the fun of sharing what I have to say with people who are interested enough to read it, is good enough.

My Teacher's Switch from Boot Camp to VMWare Fusion

My teacher Mr. Bruce Frey, a technology teacher in my local high school, is a Mac person. He decided to switch to VMWare Fusion from Boot Camp. Mr. Frey really enjoys his new virtual machine. He especially likes the fact that VMWare Fusion detected his Boot Camp partition and ran with it. So, without further ado, here is the video!

You can get VMWare Fusion today at http://www.vmware.com/switchtofusion .

Are You a Touch Typist?

Touch typing is the fastest way to type. It is much faster than the "hunt and peck" typing that most people normally do. Do you "hunt and peck" those keys on the keyboard? I hope not! I used to do that, and typing was considerably slower than now. I type at around 60 words per minute and I love it.

Touch typing is not only a faster way to type, it also helps you to get a job. On one job application I saw, there was a question asking me if I can type and how many words per minute I can type. 60 words per minute is not that bad...

If you're thinking about it, just do it! Use applications that teach you how to type. You can find many applications for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux that teach you this skill. Mavis Beacon Teaches typing is a popular software program on Windows and Macintosh systems. If on Linux, search in your favorite package manager for a typing program. There are several to choose from.

Using Outlines in PowerPoint

I love Microsoft PowerPoint. So, I decided to talk about one of my favorite features, called Outlines. I am a touch typist, so I love to keep my hands on the keyboard and use the mouse as little as possible. I like the mouse as well, but the less I switch between the mouse and keyboard, the better.

If you use PowerPoint, or another presentation program, then make sure you know about using the outlining feature in that program. I have made a slide about using Outlines in PowerPoint. Here it is!

Top 10 Mistakes That Presenters Make

I had created a PowerPoint presentation just a few days ago in Microsoft PowerPoint. This was part of a series of projects where I learn PowerPoint. We really weren't able to talk much about PowerPoint without talking about actually presenting presentations. One of our assignments in our class was to create a PowerPoint presentation about the top ten mistakes that presenters make while presenting a PowerPoint presentation, or any presentation for that matter. So, after creating said presentation, I actually presented this information to my class.

It was pretty exciting. I found about a neat little feature in Google Docs that let's you embed these presentations into a web page. So, I must test this out. I had uploaded my presentation and, with some modifications, here it is!