15 Top Paying Certifications for 2013

Randy Muller, Global Knowledge Instructor, MCT, MCSE, MCSA, MCDST

January 2013

Having earned an IT certification, many individuals think they are automatically entitled to a huge raise. The truth is that several factors, including geography, industry, experience, and yes, certifications, combine to play a major role in determining an individual’s salary. However, certain certifications do have greater impact on the earning potential of an individual. Here, we take a look at the 15 certifications with the highest earning potential for 2013.

Note: The rankings below are derived from certifications that received the minimum number of responses to be statistically relevant in the Global Knowledge annual salary survey completed in October 2012. Certain certifications pay more, but are not represented due to their exclusive nature. These include CCIE: Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert and VCDX: VMware Certified Design Expert, for example.

1. PMP: Project Management Professional – $105,750

The Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) credential is recognized as the most important certification for project managers. It is globally acknowledged, in heavy demand, and highly sought after by corporations and individuals alike. A Project Management Professional designation demonstrates that you have not only the experience but also the education to successfully lead and direct projects. The PMP credential is for experienced project management professionals, as the qualifications and testing for this certification are rigorous, as are the required continuing education requirements. All of these factors ensure that the PMP credential is widely respected. The PMP experience and exam requirements focus on five process groups: Initiating, Planning, Executing, Controlling, and Closing.

2. CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional – $103,299

The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) credential is primarily intended for security managers and profes¬sionals who develop policies and procedures in information security. The CISSP certification has become the gold standard in information security certifications and education. Earning and maintaining a CISSP certification is required for many government, military, and civilian security positions. The CISSP was the first credential in the field of information security, accredited by the ANSI (American National Standards Institute) to ISO (International Organization for Standardization) Standard 17024:2003.
3. MCSD: Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer – $97,849

The Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer is the new Microsoft developer certification that replaces the old Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer certification. The new certification validates a candidate’s ability to design and build application solutions. These solutions may span multiple versions of a single technology or integrate multiple technologies. Developers are expected to analyze and design enterprise solutions using different Microsoft languages and development tools.

Currently, there are three separate certification tracks for those seeking to earn this certification: MCSD: Windows Store Apps, MCSD: Web Applications, and MCSD: Application Lifecycle Management. Each MCSD track requires anywhere from three to six separate exams. Microsoft has introduced a recertification requirement for the new MCSD. Current certification holders will have to recertify every two years, ensuring that they remain current on the base technology that will have changed due to service packs, revisions, and new product releases. (Those holding MCSE certifications will have to recertify every three years).

4. MCDBA: Microsoft Certified Database Administrator – $95,950

Access to information is critical in today’s fast-paced, global environment. Corporations are even more dependent on quick and reliable systems to process and retrieve information. This means they must operate their own database servers and business intelligence software to access this information in order to grow and become more successful, and Microsoft Certified Database Administrators (MCDBA) are the ones who provide this expertise. An MCDBA-certified individual has proven his or her ability to design, implement, and manage SQL Server 2000 databases. This certification was retired on September 30, 2012, though if you achieved it before that date it will still appear on your transcript as a legacy certification. There are two new MCSE certifications for SQL 2012: Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): Data Platform and Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): Business Intelligence.

5. CCDA®: Cisco Certified Design Associate – $94,799

The Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) indicates that the certified individual has a strong foundation and apprentice knowledge of network design for Cisco converged networks. A CCDA certification is for network design engineers, technicians, and support engineers, who enable efficient network environments. The CCDA-certified individual has the skills to design a routed and switched network infrastructure and services involv¬ing LAN, WAN, and broadband access for businesses and organizations.

6. MCAD: Microsoft Certified Application Developer – $93,349

The Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD) credential provides industry recognition for professional developers who build powerful applications using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and Web services. Responsibilities include implementing requirements, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining department-level applications components, Web or desktop clients, or back-end data services by using Microsoft tools and technologies. The MCAD certification is appropriate for Programmers, Analysts, Software Engineers, Software Application Specialists and Application/Software Developers.

7. VCP-DV: VMware Certified Professional Datacenter Virtualization – $92,400

Virtualization, and those who are knowledgeable on virtualization products, are in heavy demand, especially those professionals with datacenter virtualization skills. In the highly competitive virtualization market it is essential to distinguish yourself with a certification that validates your technical capabilities. VMware is one of the leading vendors of virtualization products and earning a VMware certification is the first step toward gaining industry-recognized expertise in virtual infrastructure. Earning the VCP-DV certification demonstrates that you have not only completed a VMWare-authorized training course but also have the necessary experience and training to successfully install, deploy, scale, and manage VMware vSphere environments.

8. CNE: Certified Novell Engineer – $91,350

The Certified Novell Engineer (CNE) shows that those certified individuals have the expertise and knowledge to solve advanced company-wide support problems and high-level network problems. They perform planning, installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and upgrade services for networks. The Certified Novell Engineer (CNE) has been recognized as one of the IT industry’s leading certifications for advanced networking and troubleshooting professionals.

9. ITIL v3 Foundation – $90,900

The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITILv3) is a foundational process that provides for quality IT Service Management. The success of ITIL is through the use of documented and proven processes that cover the entire Service Lifecycle. The ITIL Expert level is the third of four levels. The ITIL Expert level certification is aimed at those individuals who are interested in demonstrating a superior level of knowledge of ITIL Version 3 (v3) in its entirety. Once you have achieved ITIL Expert level you will also satisfy the pre-requisite entry criteria for the ITIL Master Level; the highest level of certification within the ITIL v3 scheme, though the Master level is still under development.

10. CCA: Citrix Certified Administrator – Citrix XenServer 6 – $90,850

The Citrix CCA is an entry-level certification. Earning this certification validates the candidate’s skills with one of 11 specific Citrix products, the most popular being XenApp, XenDesktop, and XenServer. The Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) for Citrix XenServer 6 certification validates the certified individual’s ability to effectively install, configure, administer, troubleshoot, and maintain XenServer 6.0 Enterprise edition and Provisioning Services 6.0 in an enterprise environment.

11. MCITP: Database Administrator – $90,200

The MCITP certification validates that the IT professional is capable of deploying, building, designing, optimizing, and operating technologies for a particular job role. MCITP certifications builds on the technical proficiency measured in the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certifications. In order to earn the MCITP: Database Administrator you must first pass the Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist certification in SQL Server 2008 (by passing the 70-432 exam) and then pass the 70-450 exam. The MCITP Database Administrator demonstrates knowledge of SQL Server instances and database solutions, database server security solutions, high availability databases, backup and recovery solutions, monitoring strategies, database management and maintenance strategies, and data distribution strategies.

12. MCTS: SQL Server 2005 – $90,100

Those who have earned the MCTS: SQL Server 2005 certification are IT professionals who may pursue careers as database administrators, database developers, or business intelligence developers. They may also be people who do not work with Microsoft SQL Server as a part of their primary job functions but who want to show their breadth of technology experience, such as developers, systems administrators, and others. This certification validates that the IT professional can implement and maintain databases by using specific instructions and specifications.

13. MCT: Microsoft Certified Trainer – $89,949

Those holding the Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCTs) certification are the premier technical and instructional experts on Microsoft technologies. An MCT has earned at least one premier certification on a Microsoft product and maintains that certification. Some of the benefits of earning and maintaining an MCT include access to the complete library of Official Microsoft Learning Products; substantial discounts on exams, books, and Microsoft products; members-only newsgroups and online community resources; and invitations to exclusive events and programs. MCT’s must renew each year by completing an online application, pay an annual fee, and meet a number of program requirements to renew your certification for the coming year.

14. CCNP®: Cisco Certified Network Professional – $89,749

There are two tracks available at the Associate and Professional levels – Designing and Networking. The Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) demonstrates that you have the ability to plan, implement, verify, and troubleshoot local and wide-area enterprise networks. A CCNP-certified individual is expected to work collaboratively with other Cisco specialists on advanced products such as security, voice, wireless, and video solutions.

15. CCA: Citrix Certified Administrator – Citrix XenDesktop 5 – $89,499

The Citrix CCA is an entry-level certification. Earning this certification validates the candidate’s skills with one of 11 specific Citrix products, the most popular being XenApp, XenDesktop, and XenServer. The CCA for Citrix XenDesktop 5 certifies the expertise required to install, administer, and troubleshoot an enterprise environment containing a XenDesktop implementation, including Provisioning Services, XenServer, XenApp and the Desktop Delivery Controller

Summary

Earning a certification does not guarantee that you will walk into a higher paying job. Certification counts, but employers look at several factors, including experience. There was a time when certification holders were reasonably assured of landing a job. Today it is more of a qualifier – not having a certification means you may not even get an interview.

Randy Muller (MCT, MCTS, MCSE, CEH) is an instructor with Global Knowledge

Sync Works

Most of us are experiencing the rapid change in the mobile industry, as we’ve seen thousands of phone models are being announced at the mobile world congress,then be promoted and sold every other season. As they come from our favorite software vendors we are more likely to switch phones or have more than one for our busy lives. One thing that might have became pretty annoying is how to keep contacts, calender & tasks in sync with different devices and platforms.

Today I have tested what soocial.com had to offer and compare it with what other services like plaxo, anywr and memotoo

The site looked neat, well presented, easy to navigate and takes you on step at a time setting your devices to keep in sync with. A nice page listing all the compatible mobile devices from major manufacturers and it’s working status. App was downloaded and installed instantly on my BB 9700.

I personally advise you check it out
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PRP 16 PF for windows mobile

The 16 PF for windows mobile is a very renowned and well researched psychometric(Psychological Measurement) tool. It is used the world over for personality profiling, done for various purposes. The tool is based on Dr. Raymond Cattell‘s Trait –Theory, which claims that human personality is made up of combination of traits(Personality Attributes).

The 16PF Questionnaire is a self-report assessment instrument. It provides professionals with a quantifiable, well-documented instrument for measuring the sixteen normal adult personality dimensions discovered by Dr. Cattell in his landmark research. It helps one to get a complete coverage of an individual’s personality across 16 dimensions.

From candidate’s response to the questionnaire, scores for 16 personality factors are derived and a personality profile of the individual is drawn.

The tool is a self-report questionnaire, which carries 187 situational-based statements in a multiple choice formate.

You should be relaxed and composed while taking the test. This test need not arouse the anxiety that is usually associated with ability or intelligence tests. Advised to respond in a manner that reflects how you have approach situations in the past, rather than considering how you would like to be.

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My scores for the test in the 16 category

Factor A | My score: 8
0-5 :Reserved, Detached, Critical, Aloof, Stiff.

6-10 :Outgoing, Warmhearted, Easy Going, Participating.

Factor B | My score: 6
0-5 :Less Intelligent, Concrete Thinking.

6-10 :More Intelligent, Abstract Thinking, Bright.

Factor C | My score: 9
0-5 :Affected by feelings, Emotionally less stable, Easily Upset Changeable.

6-10:Emotionally Stable, Mature, Faces Reality, Calm.

Factor E | My score: 8
0-5 :Humble, Mild, Easily Led, Docile, Accommodating.

6-10:Assertive, Aggressive, Stubborn, Competitive.

Factor F | My score: 7
0-5 :Sober, Taciturn, Serious.

6-10:Happy-Go-Lucky, Enthusiastic.

Factor G | My score: 8
0-5 :Expedient, Disregard Rules.

6-10:Conscientious, Persistent, Moralistic, Staid.

Factor H | My score: 8
0-5 :Shy, Timid, Threat Sensitive.

6-10:Venturesome, Uninhibited, Socially Bold.

Factor I | My score: 6
0-5 :Touch Minded, Self Reliant, Realistic.

6-10:Tender — Minded, Sensitive, Clinging, Overprotected.

Factor L | My score: 3
0-5 :Trusting, Accepting Conditions.

6-10:Suspicious, Hard to Fool.

Factor M | My score: 8
0-5 :Practical, “Down-to-Earth” Concerns.

6-10:Imaginative, Bohemian, Absent-Minded.

Factor N | My score: 9
0-5 :Forthright, Unpretentious, Genuine but Socially Clumsy.

6-10:Astute, Polished, Socially Aware.

Factor O | My score: 4
0-5 :Self Assured, Placid, Secure, Complacent, Serene.

6-10:Apprehensive, Self Reproaching, Insecure, Worrying, Troubled.

Factor Q1 | My score: 6
0-5 :Conservative, Respecting, Traditional Ideas.

6-10:Experimenting, Liberal, Free- Thinking

Factor Q2 | My score: 1
0-5 :Group Dependent, A Joiner and Sound Follower.

6-10:Self Sufficient, Resourceful, Prefers own decision.

Factor Q3 | My score: 8
0-5 :Undisciplined Self — Conflict, Lax, Follows own Urges, Careless of Social Rules.

6-10:Controlled, Exacting will power, Socially precise, Compulsive.

Factor Q4 | My score: 3
0-5 :Relaxed, Tranquil, Unfrustrated, Composed.

6-10:Tense, Frustrated, Driven, Overwrought.

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Biography Raymond B. Cattell

Raymond Bernard Cattell, who died at his home in Honolulu on February 2, 1998, must rank among the 20th century’s most influential behavioral scientists. He has been, as Lewis Goldberg characterized him, psychology’s master strategist. In more than 50 books and 500 articles and book chapters, he developed a theory of human behavior rivaled in comprehensiveness only by the theory of Freud, and rivaled by no other theory in its adherence to evidence derived from empirical research. While effects on a discipline of a particular person’s writings are difficult to identify, it is clear that Cattell’s research has contributed immensely to the breadth and depth of modern scientific psychology, both directly and through the hundreds of colleagues and students around the world with whom he worked.

Raymond B. Cattell was born in England in 1905 and grew up in a seaside Devonshire town where his father was a mechanical engineer who worked on such projects as developing innovations for WWI military equipment, for the steam engine, and for the new internal combustion engine. His early roots by the ocean gave him a great love of the sea, and his first book, recently reprinted, described his sailing experiences off the coast of Devon and Cornwall. Cattell distinguished himself in high school and earned a county scholarship to attend London University where he was drawn to the burgeoning field of chemistry and was awarded first class honors with his B.Sc. in chemistry. The years after the war were a time of tremendous intellectual and cultural upheaval, and Cattell was influenced by other young free thinkers such as Bertrand Russell, George Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells, and Aldous Huxley. After a period of soul-searching, he concluded that work in the new social science of psychology would be most relevant in solving the outstanding political and economic problems that he saw around him. He felt that traditional solutions were not working and that developing an understanding of human nature was necessary to find new solutions.

After working in various applied settings, including England’s first child guidance clinic and the progressive Dartington Hall School, Cattell worked on his PhD. with Charles Spearman, where he was involved in creating the new method of factor analysis in the study of Spearman’s unitary factor theory of intelligence. In 1937, he accepted an invitation to join E. L. Thorndike’s research staff at Columbia University, where he worked closely with adherents of the opposing multiple-factor theory of intelligence and this mix of viewpoints was important in developing his own theory of intelligence. Next, he accepted the G. Stanley Hall professorship at Clark University, where he worked on developing objective behavioral measures of personality and intelligence. He clarified his theory of fluid versus crystallized intelligence, which he presented at the 1942 APA convention.

At the invitation of Gordon Allport, Cattell joined the Harvard University faculty in 1941. His three years at Harvard were particularly influential to his thinking about personality, because of the stimulating environment of creative personologists such as Henry Murray, Robert White and Gordon Allport. Here Cattell first developed the idea that the new factor-analytic method that was so productive in studying abilities could also be powerful in understanding the complex area of personality. During World War II, Cattell worked as a civilian consultant to the Personnel Research Division developing tests for officer selection.

In 1945, Cattell accepted a research professorship at the University of Illinois. Here they were developing the first electronic computer, the Illiac I, which would make it possible for the first time to do large-scale factor analyses. Cattell founded the Laboratory of Personality Assessment and Group Behavior and began a period of intense creativity with a gifted staff of research associates from around the world. In addition to his personality theories, Cattell also made many advances in factor analysis and other methodologies and attributed the pace of his methodological improvements to the presence of a talented group of psychometricians at the University of Illinois, including Ledyard Tucker, Lee Cronbach, Paul Horst, and Henry Kaiser. Remarkable in this cooperation with others is the huge diversity of persons with whom Cattell has worked. In his relations no less than in his scientific theory, he has celebrated individual differences. The result of his work in the spirit of this celebration is a unique and mammoth contribution to the advancing psychological science.

In addition to hundreds of research publications, Cattell and his laboratory associates published four books that were extremely influential in the development of a science of personality: The Description and Measurement of Personality (1946), An Introduction to Personality Study (1949), Personality, a Systematic, Theoretical, and Factual Study (1950), and Personality and Motivation Structure and Measurement (1957). In these writings, Cattell brought together evidence from a methodologically sophisticated program of research studying personality and detailed a comprehensive theory of the development and organization of personality over the life span. More than a trait theory, Cattell’s multiple-input, multiple output theory included transitory states and systematic changes in behavior resulting from motivation and learning, as well as from familial, cultural, genetic, and physiological factors. Most remarkably, Cattell steadfastly anchored his theory to empirical evidence. These books were widely read and influenced the design of personality research around the world. For example, Cattell’s work on anxiety and neuroticism has become the core of modern theory of state and trait anxiety.

In 1960, Cattell called for an international meeting to bring together and increase communication among researchers in the scientific study of personality. This resulted in the foundation of the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology, and the prestigious journal Multivariate Behavioral Research.

He retired from the University of Illinois in 1973 and did research in Colorado for 5 years. He moved to Hawaii in 1978, where he took on the position of professor and advisor at the University of Hawaii and later taught at the Hawaii School of Professional Psychology, now the American School of Professional Psychology. In his spare time, he continued to write books and articles in psychological journals practically until his death. It has been said “Raymond Cattell can write faster than I can read.” In a 1975 survey in which Sigmund Freud was ranked first among psychologist, living and dead, most indexed in professional journals and books, Raymond Cattell was ranked 11th. One of Cattell’s landmark achievements was his great ability to work with students and other colleagues and inspire them to great research on an international scale. This is attested to by the affection, admiration, and high respect for him expressed by hundreds of students and coworkers with whom he has cooperated in research and writing. A large number of his former students have become widely known as outstanding scientists. In addition, he has brought together numerous outstanding authors in influential edited books, perhaps most notably the two Handbooks of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (1966, 1988).

Thus, in his remarkable 70-year career, Raymond B. Cattell has made prodigious, landmark contributions to psychology, including factor analytic mapping of the domains of personality, motivation, and abilities; exploration of three different media of assessment; separation of fluid and crystallized intelligence; and numerous methodological innovations. In short, he provided a model of the complete psychologist in an age of specialization. It may be said that Cattell stands without peer in his creation of a unified theory of individual differences integrating intellectual, temperamental, and dynamic domains of personality. Overall, he must be considered among a very small handful of people in this century who have most influenced the shape of psychology as a science.

Source: http://www.cattell.net/devon/rbcbio.htm

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Top Mobile Applications To Manage Your WordPress Blog

The on going evolution in the World Wide Web and the mobile industries have changed our lifestyle significantly. Both these revolutionary technologies started to converge and develop further with the introduction of smart phones. Today smart phones, Pocket PC’s are everywhere; creating new skyline for those equipped with right tools for their mobile devices.

We hope you found this post useful, please feel free to share your experience about any of the below applications or suggest any addition to the list in comments.

BlackBerry

• WordPress For BlackBerry
  

  WordPress for BlackBerry app works with most recent BlackBerry devices starting with the 8700, Pearl, Bold, and Storm. BlackBerry Device Software (OS) Version 4.2.1 is the minimum requirement.

It crack berry with WordPress API and hosted WordPress 2.5.1 or higher and WordPress MU 2.6 or higher (the hosted server software for Multi Users). It allows you to write posts, edit pages, and manage comments on your blog.

 

 

 

Android

• PostBot
  Simple PostBot  is an Android application that allows posting to WordPress publications, both WordPress.com API and self-hosted.
• wpToGo Allows you to manage your WordPress blog from your Android device. Features: upload new post including title, content, tags and multiple categories with multiple WordPress accounts, upload a full size image and thumbnail, customizable thumbnail sizing, option to publish instantly or save as a draft.

iPhone & iPod Touch

• WordPress For iPhone
  A good app to write posts, upload photos, edit pages, and manage comments on your blog from your iPhone or iPod Touch. It endorses both WordPress.com API and self-hosted WordPress (2.5.1 or higher).
• iBlogger
  You can use iBlogger to operate most popular blog softwares including WordPress; it works great with iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch. iBlogger allows you easily operate your blog including ability to add pictures, categories and tags.
• BlogPress 
  Endorses most of the mainstream blog platforms including WordPress; Empowering useres full options of blog: Labels/tags, categories, publish date and online draft (private post). It let you easily write, edit and delete your posts and drafts for multiple blogs.

Nokia Phones (Symbian S60 Based)

• Wavelog Wavelog is a blogging mobile client developed for S60 mobile phones features: Post text, image, audio or video to a blog directly from the mobile phone using any type of available network (mobile phone or Wi-Fi network); Save draft for later editing & posting, add hyperlinks, labels/tags and external tags to your posts; Select blog category when posting, edit/delete previously published posts and configure multiple blog profiles for simple publishing to several blogs. Wavelog has been developed for and tested on Nokia N95 mobile phones. There are many other S60 R3 based mobile phones on which the same software applications may be installed and used.
• Wordmobi
  Wordmobi is S60 client for WordPress written in Python for Nokia mobile phones. It allows you to manage your blog with common managments like posting, approve comment, post delete, and graphically displays comments.
• Scribe
  Scribe let you to create, edit, and publish entries on your WordPress-powered blogging engin from anywhere, using just your mobile handset. Scribe is in early stage of development and not completely stable. it uses Python for S60, so you will need install Pythod for S60 before installing Scribe.

Microsoft Windows Mobile

• Writer for Windows Mobile
  This is mobile version of one the best desktop client for bloggers, Windows Live Writer. Currently in beta it supports Windows Mobile 6, 6.1,6.5, 6.5.3 .
• moBlog
  moBlog is a mobile blogging application for Windows Mobile 2003 and later. moBlog currently supports WordPress.com, Blogger and Live Spaces. moBlog is optimized to run on WM devices using minimum resources. It is an application that you can use in off-line mode, where you can do your writing and editing disconnected to the net. A connection is only required when you setup your blogging accounts for the first time and when you want to update your blog with the new content.

 

Mobile Phones With J2ME Support

• MoPress
  MoPress  is a blogging client application developed for mobile phones.It allows a mobile phone to post a content (text, image, audio, video) to a Blog, using any type of available network (mobile phone network or Wi-Fi network). MoPress has been tested with WordPress (v2.3.1 or higher) and uses XML-RPC protocol for communication with blog.

Other Options

• WPhone – WordPress Admin Theme For Mobile
  WPhone allows you to use a custom admin interface while interacting with your WordPress install via your phone. It contains two versions of the mobile admin interface: an iPhone / iPod Touch specific interface with full JavaScript and animation support and a lightweight, simple version designed for all other phone types (no JavaScript or anything else required). The plugin’s XHTML compatibility even ensures that mobile browsers that do not support CSS will receive a plain and easy-to-use interface for managing their WordPress blogs.
• WordPress.com Gadget
  Access your hosted WordPress.com blog admin from your mobile. It’s a very light and speedy version of the admin dashboard, and works well on smart phones like the iPhone, BlackBerry and Treo. On the mobile WordPress.com site you can post, manage comments, see stats, and basically do everything you normally would do.
• Post to Your Blog Using Email
  WordPress can be configured to use e-mail to post to a blog. To post to WordPress by e-mail you must set up an e-mail account with POP3 access. Any mail received at this address will be posted. What this means is that you will need a POP3 email client for your mobile device.

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Polaroid plug-in at Windows Writer

Adding a Polaroid picture is nothing but adding normal picture with ability to choose the tilting , caption and two other different frames.

A cool add-on found at Windows Live Gallery and is the most downloaded so far.

WordPress 1.4 for Blackberry

You have a blackberry then WordPress for BB is a neat software for organizing and adding your entries. It has wealth lot of options for your connectivity and formatting ‘B’ button below the screen add Bold code to the line your typing use it after the line to close the bolded line. Listing the rest I use

LI for listing

OL for ordered list

UL Unordered list

L for Links

I for Italic text

Windows Live Writer

I have found that windows live writer is a very neat tool to manage your blog posts, starting with live spaces, WordPress.com, Blogger by Google and most of blog spaces.

As you can easily insert all types of media, tags, links and tables from the side bar, while edit your text appearance and do fast insert at the formatting tool bar, allowing you to have all your focus on the topic you are perusing & tackling, no page refreshes needed, reloads, or using slow insert boxes or codes.

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Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging! iiiiiiii ULlllll

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