The World Wide Web is full of data, just waiting to be accessed by people. As of 2009, there was 500 billion (yes, Billion) Gigabytes of digital content. This just shows the mind boggling magnitude of content that is available. Remarkable isn’t it? Today, I am going to share with you some of the best resources of knowledge on the entire web. More
Technology
Facebook Marketing tips for Webmasters
If you are a webmaster, you must know the importance of traffic and its direct relation to increasing your revenue stream. Now, to get traffic, we could do SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and SBO (Social Bookmarking Optimization). Search Engine Optimization deals with your site being on top of Search Engine’s search list. SBO, on the other hand, utilizes the power of social sites to get some visitors from social media sites, such as Facebook. More
Geocaching: The geekiest fun you can have outside
That might be a bit of an overstatement. I think the geekiest fun you can have outside is dressing up as an Orc and doing some Live Action Roleplay… but Geocaching is a close second.
In a nut shell
Put very simply, it’s treasure hunting. You are given coordinates and a clue and have to use those to find the Geocache. These could be anything from tiny containers with nothing in but a roll of paper on which you can log your visit. Or they could be huge caches full of goodies that others have left behind. More
How Interested Should Businesses be in Pinterest?
Pinterest is one of a new breed of social networking sites that has taken the idea that sometimes it’s simpler to show than to tell. The site is a virtual pin-board which allows users to display their objects of desire or their existing style choices, on the World Wide Web. More
Introducing Airtime by Sean Parker
I must admit this before I say a word about Airtime – I have been lately procrastinating from writing a blog post. Well, isn’t it obvious. Airtime is so damn addictive and I mean it. So what I am going to do now is give you a decent walkthrough of Airtime, in classic Mr. Geek style. Airtime is basically a web application that allows you to video chat with random people from around the world. More
Facebook Adds ‘Admin Roles’ and Scheduled Posts
If you administrate a Facebook page, you probably know how risky it was to add other admins—before today, all admins were created equal, and anyone who you added could go ahead and remove the original page creator. Now Facebook has added the ability to define permission roles for each admin. More
Getting started with Bootstrap: Part 1 of Series
Bonjour geeks. This is the first of a series titled ‘Getting started with Bootstrap’. The aim of the series on the large is to help you understand the mechanics of using a web design toolkit, that is Bootstrap. Meanwhile, this particular tutorial aims to get you started with using Bootstrap so you can have the skill set of creating a basic responsive template under 1 hour. Without further ado, let’s get started. More
How to make a Facebook timeline cover that compliments your profile picture [Template]
![How to make a Facebook timeline cover that compliments your profile picture [Template]](http://www.mrgeek.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cover-instructions1.jpg)
When I recently wanted to create a new Facebook timeline cover, I decided I would make one that complimented my profile picture. To do this I spent a long time measuring pixels and adjusting to get everything lined up. In order to save you the trouble, I decided to share my PSD template with readers of Mr. Geek.
The Changing World of Search
If, over the past month, you have been victim of one of Google’s search updates then you are in good company. In what must be the hardest SEO hammering yet, Google updated its Panda update and introduced a new set of penalties (the so-called Penguin update) five times inside four weeks. More
How to accept multiple items in a Droppable element? [jQuery]
![How to accept multiple items in a Droppable element? [jQuery]](http://www.mrgeek.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/jQuery-UI.jpg)
A couple of days ago, my friend Paul had a problem accepting multiple items in a jQuery droppable element to redirect to multiple places. So I thought a tutorial would do good to the developer community if I can share my solution to this problem. If you didn’t know already, this tutorial is aimed at developers with an understanding of what jQuery is and does. To those of you who don’t know what jQuery is, click here. More