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Monday, 5 November 2012

What I Learned This Week in Active Rain-October 28-November 3 ...

I Learn Something New at ActiveRain Every Day and It's Time I Showed You. ?October 28 to November 3, 2012.

I learn something new every day at ActiveRain! ?With this series I try to highlight one post per day that gave me that ?lightbulb? moment. ?It could be something techie, about Real Estate, about a place or person!

richard and beth witt October 28: ?Richard & Beth Witt ??A New Day-Don?t Be Stupid
Have you ever been around someone and you just wanted to use the word ?stupid?? ?Of course, who hasn?t! ?Richard & Beth have given us some words of wisdom.

October 29: Tammy Emineth ??3 Things Your Competition Is Doing To Get Better Rankings Than You.
If you?ve read anything at all about SEO and Google Algorithms then you know that what works today may not next month. ?I count on Tammy Emineth to help keep me up to date.

October 30: ?Connie Harvey ???Happy Halloween ?Scary Prank on Video ?
I?m a sucker for a great video and when you add ?magic?, then it?s even better. Take a look and see if you can figure out how it was done.

Rich Cederberg ??Creating and Sharing a Photo Gallery on Google Plus
I know Rich was featured for this but I definitely think it?s worth a place here. ?If you sat in on this week?s Webinar on Google+ with Eric Proulx then you know that Google+ is where we need to be. ?Rich shows us how to use the photos we place in albums there.

debbie Reynolds October 31: ?Debbie ?Reynolds ??One Last Walk Through the Pumpkin Patch
Halloween may be over but pumpkins aren?t just for that day. ?I?m always so busy around Halloween (focused on candy!) that I?ve never paid that much attention to them. ?Read Debbie?s post to learn more.

November 1: ?Lenn Harley ???Of Course the Content of that Post is Relevant- At Least to Folks with a Similar Interest.
I post every day and post about a variety of topics, not just about staging. ?I had a hard time when I began blogging realizing that you can write about things other than your field. ?If you still have a hard time deciding whether a topic is worthy of a post, ?Lenn explains it well.

Silvia Dukes ??Fall Back 2012 ??Facts About Daylight Savings Time
It takes me 1-2 weeks for my body time clock to get accustomed to the time change. ?Silvis gives us some information about who started it and other stats.

November 2: Charles Buell ???Halloween Sure- But Why Was There a Dead Body in the Return Air Duct?

With a title like this, how could you not want to read this post. ?Read it and come up with your own story!

Carl & Ceil Winters ??Take Care of Texas Tips for the Upcoming Holiday Season.
We can never stop trying to be so wasteful. ?I was surprised at the huge increase in the amount of trash between Thanksgiving and N.Y.?s Day. ?Take a read and see what you can do.

November 3: ?Dorie Dillard ???Komen Austin Race for the Cure-November 4-Downtown Austin
My aha moment came because while we all support and donate to charities and organizations like Susan G. Komen it?s not until you look at the numbers that you see how every dollar counts. ?The Komen Austin Race for the Cure was able to ?provide 3000 mammograms because of donations to the local chapter. ?With funding down that means that maybe 1000 women in the area may not get access to a mammogram. ?