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Adobe Lightroom 2

In my previous post on Digital Asset Management, I briefly outlined some of the entry level contenders for DAM software such as Google Picasa and Adobe Photoshop Elements. In the rest of this series, I will look at some of the heavy weights, the professional asset management systems. I will start with the one I use most –  Adobe Lightroom. Not sure if this is a good idea as I it is the product that I am most intimate with, knowing its strengths and weaknesses. Let’s get started…

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Building foundations - the hard way!

When I started this blog, the web was alight with talk of Wordpress, Blogger, and other “blogging platforms”. I eventually chose Wordpress as I was blown away by all the varied and artistic themes that were available for it. Also Wordpress is extremely extendable through plugins for embedding Youtube movies, photo’s from Flickr and a host of other things. Before you even start blogging, it is important to build a solid foundation for your Wordpress Blog. Here are 11 plugins to help with that…

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Last time out, I outlined some considerations around domain names. In the end I went with a “.ie” and a “.com” address, but while choosing a good domain name is somewhat important, the real work only starts then – registrating, hosting, email, etc. My next decision was where to register as there are many, many domain registrars out there, and at least with the “.com” some can be had for free (with a huge dose of advertising on the side of course).

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