Hi folks! How are you all doing? Welcome to the 129th edition of the Weekend Roundup. Had some time to prepare early this morning so I was able to publish this edition on time. Hope you enjoy all the articles and links that I’ve gathered this week.
I’d also like to inform everyone that the AllBusinessCards.com-sponsored 1,500 business cards giveaway is now also open to residents of the Philippines and the deadline has been extended to May 30th.
Blogging
- 5 Bad Blogger Habits You Need to Break
- What You Can Learn From the Blogger Outage — Even if You Don’t Use Blogger!
- 21 Ways to Create Compelling Content When You Don’t Have a Clue
- 5 Ways Blogging Can Make You a Better Person
WordPress
- How to Add a Default Image for WordPress Post Thumbnails
- WordPress 3.2: A First Look
- How to Configure Your WordPress Site for Mobile Devices (in One Minute)
- 6 Best WordPress iPad Plugins
SEO
- Ignore SEO, GoogleBot Will Sort it All Out for You
- Why you should treat PPC like SEO
- Content SEO made easier by WordPress, Yoast and Linkdex
- SEO In 30 Minutes Or Less: Leverage Facebook To Juice Up Your SEO Results
Social Media
- How to Build a Free Social Media Monitoring Dashboard
- The Illusion Of Social Networks
- Social Media is a Contact Sport!
- Social Media Measurement: What You Are Doing Wrong
Technology
- Poisoned Google Image Searches Becoming a Problem
- The Dirtiest Jobs in IT
- New Chrome Exploit Bypasses Sandbox, ASLR and DEP
- Do Geeks Make Better Adults?
Gadgets
- Eton Soulra XL Solar-Powered iPod Boombox
- PQI Traveling Disk intelligent Drive U819V – World’s Smallest USB 3.0 Flash Drive
- Xplore Technologies’ iX104C5 tablet PC
- HP Elite L2201x Super Slim 22-inch Monitor
Pinoy Blogs
- LG Optimus 2X vs. Samsung Galaxy S2
- How to Install and Play the Angry Birds Game on Google Chrome
- Google: Filipinos Search for “Gadgets” Most
- How To Resell Items Online As A Business
JaypeeOnline Weekly Recap
- Google Expands Android Paid Apps Support to Filipinos
- WordPress 3.2 Beta 1 Now Available
- Sitting Down Can Kill You [Infographic]
- Criticker — Movie Recommendations & Community
- Now Using Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal
- Google Analytics Site Speed Tracking Feature
- Free WordPress Icons from Envato
- Life Without Twitter [Infographic]
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