Craig's Classroom

So by now you know the news that Picnik is closing shop coming up in April. For the most part, this does not bother me! Picasa (free photo organizing/editing tool by Google, download link) is picking up the slack (especially in its v3.9 release and hopefully even more so in the upcoming v4.0). S...

I don't know about you, but somewhere in the stream of time, Facebook stopped offering thumbnails of photos from my ActiveRain posts when I post on FB. The ONLY photo it offers now is my avatar. Hmmm, what's up with that? Now, wait a minute Facebook, you don't do this when I post links from othe...

Today is the first of the month and my desktop wallpaper (which showed a calendar on it) needed to be changed! I decided to record the video as I did it so that I could share it with you.I'm using the free photo app called Picasa (app for windows and mac, download link). In this video I will show...

Which below looks more like one of your blog posts?     I'm happy to announce that I'm finally opening the doors to my online virtual course, Graphics for Bloggers 101. It is 10 modules and over 4.5 hours of recorded training videos that you can watch at any time convenient to you (you can even ...

I know many of you are shocked by the recent news that Picnik is going offline on April 19, 2012. I'm not happy about it either. I am a HUGE fan of the free google photo app called Picasa.... however, there were a few tools and features that it was just easier or better in Picnik (not many thing...

Beautifully designed web pages stand out miles above the sea of "my website looks like every other template website." You too can have a website in about an hour with pre-populated stock real estate articles and hard to use navigation, and absolutely way too much information blasting at you when...

If you like to learn new things that enhances your online time or makes better use of your time, then I call you a "power user." I am one of that type too! :) One of my webinar outlines goes into different ideas under this theme and hopefully in the near future it will be the theme of an upcomin...

If you like to learn new things that enhances your online time or makes better use of your time, then I call you a "power user." I am one of that type too! :) One of my webinar outlines goes into different ideas under this theme and hopefully in the near future it will be the theme of an upcomin...

Dear Irene, you will be missed. Having you as a part of our ActiveRain community, you meant so much to us. Irene the the vivacious and caring soul. Thank you for visiting my blog so often. My favorite comment of yours told me about what you called your bookmarks page! :) You always brought a smi...

I don't reblog often. This one deserves a gold star! It was in today's daily drop email and I'm very glad I got to see it. This post by Tammy Emineth lists FIVE excellent points to try and keep in mind when you create your blog posts. Slow down and read this post and then apply it - excellent poi...