Archive for January, 2009

Benefits Of An Accessible Website: Part 2 – The Business Case

The DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) states that service providers must not discriminate against disabled people. A website is regarded as a service and therefore falls under this law, and as such must be made accessible to everyone.
Some organisations are making accessibility improvements to their websites, but many are seemingly not making the accessibility adjustments. Disabled [...]

Oscommerce Customization and You

There are a lot of services on the internet that offer templates and applications for oscommerce customization. When deciding on how to customize your website with the solutions that work best for you think about the aspects that you would like to see on the website. Items such as an easy viewable order history, product [...]

Public Speaking: Funny Question and Answer Sessions

Question-and-answer sessions are great opportunities to show off your sense of humor and get audience participation during a public speaking engagement. Let’s see how we can have some fun with them.
A good way to open up a Q & A session is to say, ‘The last time I opened up for a Q & A [...]

Find Discount Sports Supplies on the Internet

Sporting equipment has a sizeable interest today due to how extensive an impact sports has on the people. Individuals obtain sporting kit of all varieties including sporting clothes, team clothes and sporting kit. The best way to narrow down where to look for your sports kit is to choose what you are needing.
The World Wide [...]

How to Avoid Audience Saturation

When I first started my speaking career I had to fight constantly against the urge to tell my audience everything I knew on the subject at hand within the one hour assigned to me. After the contract had been signed and the topic defined the conflict began. What content should I include? Which [...]

Writer’s Block is No Longer a Problem

“If you’re like me, than I’m sure you’re pretty familiar with the well-known writer’s block.
From time to time, when you have to start writing something, be it an article, an ebook, or just a letter, there is that moment when you just stare at the blank sheet of paper (or at the vibrant colors of [...]

Raising Children and Playing Poker

Professional poker playing is a trying job that can weigh heavily on family relationships, especially children. Perhaps interest in family ties is one of the reasons that there are very few professional poker players that have small children. Actually, the number of habitual poker players of any sort that have children is also very [...]

Advance or Retreat?

The Christian Scriptures strongly imply the Age of man ends 6,000 years from Adam. In Genesis, man was created on the sixth day. The number of man is six; imperfect and incomplete. The number of divinity, perfection, and completion is seven as the days of our week. The number of the beast is six deified, [...]

Screenwriting and The Hero’s Journey: Third Catharsis

The Hero’s Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters:
The Hero’s Journey:
• Attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.
• Gives the writer more structural [...]

Themed Weddings – Where Do I Start?

Choosing your wedding decorations, colors, flowers, and your wedding location can be simplified by selecting a wedding theme. We propose this idea, because, yout themed wedding can easily be based on color, decorations, invitations, people, places, feelings, and anything else you can put your mind to!
A couple can easily decide a wedding theme once they [...]