Wordpress Theme Paperback Writer Theme – How I Made a Wordpress Theme From Scratch

I just started a personal site at http://jeffbarr.com to showcase my pulp fiction type writing (science fiction fantasy horror et al), and also some of my personal projects. I needed a theme, so I decided to do a little experiment and learn how to make a Wordpress theme from scratch. It’s called Paperback Writer Theme - if you like the theme, you can download it and use it freely. I will rite a short how-to on the way I chose to make a Wordpress theme from scratch, as it turned out to be easier than I thought it would be. This is from my personal site, JeffBarr.com:

… I couldn’t find anything much to suit me at the Wordpress Theme Repository, so I decided to learn to make a WP theme, as despite several years of hacking themes and general WP tomfoolery, I had never sat down and tried to make a theme. The result: Paperback Writer Theme – my first and most likely last foray into making a Wordpress theme. Please note that if you want to use it, you will want to add a good deal of functionality – right now it is very bare boned.

GDrive Opens For Business – Well Maybe Not

The fabled GDrive, basically a cloud-based web drive rumored to be in the Google plans for the future, is now operational as part of the Google Docs web application. It is NOT GDrive, as TechCrunch is quick to point out, but basically is the same thing. Users can upload any kind of files (images, movies, etc) to Google Docs, up to 1GB max. More storage can be purchased for $0.25/GB. Sweet! Be interesting to see what developers do with this – I myself plan to use it as a file sharing system for my family, as we usually use GMail, FTP and flash drives to move large files around.

Get Tech Deals On Black Friday – Get That Profit Margin Up By Keeping Costs Low – Smart Shopping For Freelancers Filling up The Home Office

So you want to be a successful web freelancer – tyou will need an office. Working on the couch or the kitchen table is not going to suffice if you actually plan on getting some real work done. So now, you have to fill that office with computers, toys, productivity tools in electronic form, and so on. Good news! Black Friday, traditionally one of the best tech deal times in the whole year, is right around the corner.

Make a list and stick to it – and set a budget – patience is a virtue
This year, the best deals will be found on “low-end netbooks, 15- or 16-inch laptops, Blu-ray players, HDTVs of various sizes, external hard drives and name-brand LCD monitors.” according to Ginny Price of PCWorld Magazine.
There is however a downfall to this: bargains are usually only offered on cut-rate merchandise, or merchandise that hasn’t sold well, usually because they are that great of a product.
Black Friday are not the time to buy a new TV, wait until a few weeks before Christmas. Retailers will be putting out all their weakest selling merchandise out on Black Friday sales – Christmas is make or break season for most retailers – look for deals on everything at Christmas!

Do Research on the Web First
Ever heard of Cyber Monday? This is the Monday after Black friday – and e-retailers are looking for those people who didn’t find a good bargain on Black Friday but are still looking to spend on something – if only they could find a deal! Cyber Monday fills that niche – and shopping online is no longer the perilous journey it once was. Now shopping online is almost too easy. That’s also what they used to say about using credit bards, by the way – something to remember when you are happily shopping, ordering and spending all in one click.
To get an inside scoop on when these deals will hit stores, visit dedicated Web sites such as BlackFriday.info, GottaDeal.com, FatWallet.com and Dealnews.com.

100 Useful Tools To Make Freelancing Easy and Profitable

To make money working from home as a freelancer, you need to have the right tools to do the job – tools that don’t get in the way, but help to streamline your creative process/work flow. Remember, even though you’re working for yourself, you should still be calculating your per/hour income – the benefits of working from home as a freelancer lose their shine pretty easily if you end up working for less than minimum wage! In that spirit, we present ou with these lists of useful webapps, web applications, desktop/air applications that are indispensable to freelancers working from home!

http://web.appstorm.net/roundups/51-web-apps-for-web-designers-and-developers/

http://web.appstorm.net/roundups/50-air-apps-and-browser-addons-for-web-designers-and-developers/