http://bit.ly/cEblcI Seth Godin says don't forget about colour

I just read an interesting little article on Seth Godin's blog.It is about the use of colour in our lives, how it can affect us and how we can use it to our advantage. Go here http://bit.ly/cEblcI to read it.

http://bit.ly/a5hr8t If you feel unlucky

I already know that I am lucky to have my wife, family, friends, job and health. This http://bit.ly/a5hr8t makes me realise even more how lucky I am am.

http://bit.ly/agSTzn for Shaun the Sheep fans

I stumbled across this web site that has a Shaun the Sheep game on it. http://bit.ly/agSTzn

Visited Mum with family yesterday

My mother was not able to go to my younger daughter Janine's wedding in June. Therefore we arranged that my wife, both daughters and families would visit Mum yesterday with DVDs of the movies and pictures taken on the day. We had a great day and I got to eat fish 'n' chips! It's Mum's birthday in a couple of weeks and so we took her present too. The picture is of Mum and my grandchildren, with Mum's dog Fern.

http://bit.ly/9W5lD2 for Dropbox File Sharing & Saving

I am finding Dropbox handy for moving and saving my files. You can find it at http://bit.ly/9W5lD2 One idea would be to save files to it in school & pick them up at home for doing the dreaded homework. I am finding it useful as I have an iMac and a Macbook that I am using for the Challenge which you'll find at http://www.challenge.co

http://j.mp/coFLSB Keyboard Shortcuts and Typing Tips for your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch

Keyboard Shortcuts and Typing Tips for your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touchhttp://j.mp/coFLSB  that I hope you will find useful. I know I shall as I have just ordered an ipad and already use an iphone.

YAY! I've sold a book http://www.lulu.com/content/1995822

When I checked my e-mail this morning I saw a Facebook message written by an old friend of mine from my Lincolnshire Police days. Her son goes to the school where I work and when we found that I knew his Mum, he took my best wishes to her. She in turn told him of an incident that happened when we were both in a marked  police car with me driving. When he came back to school he reminded me of it. She has now asked where she can buy a copy of my memoirs. After she purchases it, I shall have to send 35p to UKCOPS charity that helps the families of deceased Police Officers, and, 35p to the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal as I have promised to give ten percent of any of the book's profits to both of those charities. If you too would like to read my story and indirectly help those two charities you can find it at http://www.lulu.com/content/1995822 

At last I've uploaded something to Youtube.

I did a DVD the still pictures of my younger daughter Janine's wedding for my Mum. Each picture shows for six seconds and I put them to music. The first part is at the B&B we stayed at and you can see my family including both daughters and my grandchildren. I thought I would put the results on Youtube so that my family and friends coud see it too. You can watch it at  if you are interested. It's about ten minutes long.

How to Train Your Content to Get Your Audience's Attention http://bit.ly/dbE6XK

 

  

How to Train Your Content to Get Your Audience's Attention http://bit.ly/dbE6XK is an article that will help us get the content on our web sites scanned and noticed so that visitors will be more likely to read it. Obviously if they are then take the time to read it, they are also more likely to take the follow up action that we recommend.

http://www.khanacademy.org/ for those wanting to learn.

Bill Gates's favourite learning web site at present is at http://www.khanacademy.org and it has an awful lot of items on different subjects. These include, Maths, Banking and Money, History, Biology, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Physics.  You may well find something to interest you there.

Reading a Book called Accidental Genius by Mark Levy

I sent away for the book called Accidental Genius (2nd Edition) by Mark Levy and it arrived this morning. I'm nearly half way through it and I think I shall go and finish it now. Then tomorrow, I'll start doing the "exercises" that he recommends.

Posterous Redesign Highlights Ways to Share Beyond E-mail http://j.mp/aJtlc0

Hav a look at the linked article in order to see how Posterous is improving its service for us all.

Conference Call

Just got off Skype with the members of the Challenge team I joined. It's good to bounce ideas off each other.

Started a Journal

I started a journal yesterday as recommended by Jim Rohn  who was an American what I would call "life system advisor." I learned a lot by reading his books and listening to his CDs etc. I never put most of the advice into practice but I am starting to now.

I Recommend "Go Givers" Book

I have just finished reading a book called The Go Givers http://bit.ly/bSZtCQ by Bob Burg and John David Mann. It will be a bit of an eye opener for many people.

Accidental Genius

Sent for Accidental Genius http://amzn.to/co5ISS by Mark Levy as recommended by Ed Dale for The Challenge

My First Book

My autobiography can be bought at http://www.lulu.com/content/1995822 
10% of any profits will go to UKCOPS and 10% to the British Legion Poppy Appeal.

Updated Squidoo Lens

I have just updated my Squidoo lens on Outdoor Garden Lighting.

Back from Holiday

I have had two weeks away with my family, staying at Teignmouth in Devon. One day we went to Hay Tor on the edge of Dartmoor and I took this picture of my youngest granddaughter Fritha near the top.

The Challenge

I have been updating my Wordpress Direct blog this morning. http://www.wpdirect.com/members/?thankyou-page=31080

The Challenge

Have been updating my Wordpress Direct ( http://bit.ly/aB0QeN ) blog this morning.

Why This Blog?

I have started this blog because I am in the process of learning how to go about internet marketing. To this end I am taking part in The Challenge. It is a free course running over seven modules of seven days that take a bit under an hour per day to complete. Obviously many people will be faster than me but at least I am keeping up! There is also a seven day rest or catching up period between each module. Therefore is is going to take about thirteen weeks to finish the course. I'm happy at that as I like the way the training is laid out. The web site I have started for The Challenge is Outdoor Garden Lighting