Your questions answered #2

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A few weeks back I asked if there were any questions you’d like me to answer, and addressed them in a your questions answered blog post. You kindly asked additional questions, so here we go with three more.

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Your questions answered

A while back, I asked you if there was anything you wanted to know about me, my job, my surroundings etc. I’ve picked out a number of your questions and answered them below.

Johno (of I Love Typography) asked:

Why no advertising on your blog?
How much time do you spend blogging?

As many of you know, I used […]

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Personal photography - India

As promised, here are a few select photographs I took whilst on my recent holiday in India.
India is a fascinating country, and the people were very friendly. I’d love to return in the future to see more and meet some fellow blog authors.

Above is the view from my hotel in Mumbai, overlooking the ‘Queen’s necklace’, […]

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WARNING: Google’s GMail security failure leaves my business sabotaged

What would you do if a criminal stole something very personal, and very valuable from you?
What if they were able to target your business and criple your income?
You wouldn’t be too happy now, would you?
What if you also discovered that this was happening because of a Google security infection that can affect every GMail user […]

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David Airey.com hacked

As many of you know, I left for vacation last month. In hindsight, I should’ve kept this information private.
On the day I left, a hacker logged into my webhost support site and asked for the details to transfer the www.davidairey.com domain.
Ordinarily, this wouldn’t have allowed them to steal my domain, but they must also have […]

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Closed for breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Image courtesy of unresttwothree
As you read this, I’m on the beach.
No, not the local Portobello beach, but rather on the glorious beaches of India’s west coast. I thought it was time I sampled a little change of culture, having not been to India before.
I left my laptop behind, and am refraining from computer use whilst […]

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I’m having a break

Starting next week, I’m going to have a break for a month. A break from blogging, and a break from work. I’m fortunate to be able to do so, and it’s one of the reasons why I moved into self-employment in the first place. Therefore, you’ll not be receiving your regular updates again until around […]

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Graphic design prize draw winners

It’s finally arrived, the month of my one year blog birthday, and in celebration, I’ve given away some fantastic prizes, kindly donated by a host of excellent blog authors.
The winners listed below were drawn, using a random number generator, by Jamie (above right) of Terinea, an Edinburgh computer services company. Thanks for your help, Jamie.
Here […]

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What’s on your to-do list?

Not a day goes by when I don’t think to myself, “I’ll have to do that at some point.” Little things that aren’t exactly vital, but can be important nonetheless, such as:

Making the most of Facebook’s networking
Figuring out if I’m making any beginner SEO mistakes with WordPress
Submitting my best blog posts to article submission sites, […]

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$4,000 blog anniversary prize draw

To celebrate the 1 year anniversary of my graphic design blog, I’m launching this bumper giveaway to thank you all. You’ve helped make this site what it is today and here are the fantastic prizes up for grabs:
Gold award

The ultimate business blog package:

Logo design from David Airey. Add a touch of professionalism to your business […]

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