Editing Portfolio: Dec/Jan edition of 247 Magazine

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The December & January issue of 247 Magazine is out and  we’re feeling festive at 247 Towers and hope you are too? If not, grab a mince pie and your mulled beverage of choice, head to http://www.247magazine.co.uk where you can read the magazine online (although if you live in the South West grab a copy at […]

How to give your laptop a funky makeover

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Laptops can look lacklustre and uninspiring well before they need upgrading. The solution? Cool, cost effective, mini-makeovers that make your PC look fresh and funky. There are hundreds of ways to dress up your PC and give it a new look. This tutorial will have your PC looking fashionable for £5 or less, and you can get […]

How to create personalised Royal Mail photo stamps

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If  you’ve got something special to send, why not make like the Queen for the day and have stamps printed with your photo on? Your recipients will be treated to mail with a wow factor. It’s the perfect way to inject some extra personality into invitations, announcements and thank-you notes, and make sure your mail stands […]

Published: Pinterest – Everything you need to know

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In this article for Windows: The Official Magazine, I tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Pinterest: the web’s hot new virtual noticeboard. Click here to follow me on Pinterest.

Published: Network with Facebook’s branch BranchOut App

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It’s not what you know, but who you know. We all know there’s some truth in that old saying and that’s one of the great things about Facebook application BranchOut. You get to network with your Facebook friends but in a new, professional way where you can see exactly what they do and where they work. […]

How to take great photos for eBay

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A while ago I was commissioned by Future Publishing to write 4-page feature on taking great photos for eBay, for one of their computing bookazines. This has since been published in one of their craft bookazines too – after all, everyone wants to improve their chances of a profitable auction with great-looking images, right? Click […]

How to…Measure your online influence using Klout

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Ever wonder how much influence your social media input has? Find out with Klout, a free tool that measures your online power and even rewards you. While we’ve always had the power to influence other people, that power, which is being democratised, is much easier to harness with new social media tools. But how much influence […]

A tutorial for the shopaholics…

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If, like me, you find it difficult to keep your receipts together, with the pesky paper ones always getting lost and the digital ones waiting to be accidentally deleted from your inbox, you’ll love OneReceipt. It keeps paper and digital receipts in one place. Indexing your spending records might sound like heavy work, but OneReceipt has […]

How to… Create a master password

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Today you need a password for pretty much everything. You need one for Windows Live ID, another for your email address, one for each of your social networking accounts and then there are all your banking logons… The list goes on. Hopefully you already know that you should have a different password for each account. If […]

The secret to organising happy holidays

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From better deals to the hottest hotels and made-to-order travel itineraries, your computer holds the secret to happy holidays. In this feature published in Windows: The Official Magazine I share my top ten ways to organise your best ever holiday.

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