How to Import Chrome Bookmarks to Firefox 4

Posted by on Mar 24, 2011 in business, technology | 5 comments

Especially for Andrew… From the Google Chrome toolbar, click the wrench icon, and select Bookmark Manager. From the Organise menu, click Export Bookmarks, and save the file.  (It saves automatically in .html format.) From Firefox, from the Bookmarks menu, select Show All Bookmarks.  The Library opens. Click Import and Backup and select Import HTML.  The Wizard opens. Use the Wizard to...

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Happy Birthday Wikipedia!

Posted by on Jan 17, 2011 in social media, technology | 2 comments

I love Wikipedia.  It’s one of those sites – along with YouTube and AskMen – that I could spend hours on.  And often do.  So thank you, Wikipedia, and happy 10th birthday!  But birthdays can be times for reflection and questions.  Is it too complicated for many to use? How much can you really learn from it in one hour? My view is that you have to evaluate something in...

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Hyperlocal is the New Black

Posted by on Jul 26, 2010 in business, customer service, marketing, technology | 4 comments

The web is a big place.  It’s full of porn, and social networking sites, people flogging all manner of dubious health products and even more dubious information on how to be happy.  Much of it is pretty useless.  How do we sift through the dregs to find the cream? What I’ve noticed recently is a profusion of hyperlocal sites.  I used to bemoan the fact that websites mentioned...

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The Internet and Depression

Posted by on Apr 21, 2010 in positive psychology, technology | 2 comments

Readers of this blog will know that we have an interest in the topic of depression and mental well-being.  Among other things, Dawn and I run training sessions for the local anti-depression group Aware Defeat Depression, and I run workshops on positive psychology (NOT positive thinking). So I was fascinated by new research that suggests a link between ‘internet addiction’ and...

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