http://www.barbarafeldman.com/ I am a syndicated newspaper columnist, online publisher, author, mother, wife and Net surfer supreme (not listed in order of importance, of course). Because I am often asked for advice and recommendations that don't have anything to do with "Surfing the Net with Kids" per se, but rather are about my experiences in running that business, I've created this site as a compendium of resources and recommendations, as well as a central depository for my personal ramblings. en-us 2009-05-26T16:11:09-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/what_are_your_topic_requests.html Loading...... Online Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2009-05-26T16:11:09-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/online_publishing_anyone.html As you read this, I'll be in San Francisco speaking at the first annual ADSPACE conference for small to mid-size publishers about Adsense and other contextual advertising. I am on... Ask Barbara Barbara J. Feldman 2009-04-21T10:21:37-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/im_a_mommy_blogger_too.html I have been sitting on the sidelines admiring what Susan Carraretto* has done with 5 Minutes for Mom and their Ultimate Blog Party 2009, when it occurred to me, "Hey,... My Life 2009 Barbara J. Feldman 2009-03-21T10:58:08-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/facebook_wall_photos_for_st_patricks_day_and_pi_day.html Yesterday I created a few Facebook wall photos for a new Surfnetkids project. The project is no where near done, but I'd love some feedback. Are you on Facebook? Have... Online Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2009-03-12T15:38:52-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/facebooks_new_terms_of_service.html Facebook's new Terms of Service have created a firestorm across the web, as bloggers and Facebook members sound off on whether this is completely evil or no big deal. Here's... Online Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2009-02-17T16:41:18-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/what_is_twitter_part_two.html So, seeing as I have only skimmed the surface of Twitter, and have not specifically addressed many of the more technical issues, here are some additional resources. But first, a... Ask Barbara Barbara J. Feldman 2009-01-30T13:27:45-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/what_is_twitter_part_one.html Twitter is commonly called a micro-blogging platform, because it limits all posts (called tweets) to 140 characters. Another way to look at Twitter is as broadcast text messaging. Instant Messaging... Online Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2009-01-30T13:09:55-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/got_twitter.html What's new here? Yesterday afternoon I added our President Barack Obama coloring page to the American Presidents collection over at www.FreeKidsColoring.com. Those of you who have my Coloring Page of... Online Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2009-01-21T05:52:23-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/surfnetkids_widgets_for_apple_dashboard.html I don't think I've mentioned it before, but about six months ago I got my first Apple computer: a Mac Book. I don't use at my desktop (which is still... Online Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2008-11-11T19:25:53-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/funny_reason_to_hate_away_messages.html Most email newsletter publishers probably agree with me: email away messages (aka email vacation messages) are evil. We hate them because every time we publish a newsletter, our inboxes are... Online Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2008-11-03T10:41:10-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/my_social_media_usernames.html Although I've been playing with a variety of social media platforms (such as Twitter and Facebook) for awhile, it occurred to me yesterday, that I never published all my social... Online Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2008-09-23T21:20:04-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/random_daily_quotes.html I had a hard getting back into the swing of work on Tuesday, after a long 4th of July weekend off. One thing I did get done though, was to... Online Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2008-07-08T17:36:35-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/two_more_free_pdf_creators.html I've written about alternatives to Adobe Acrobat for PDF creation before, and wanted to add these resources: Google Docs and Doc2PDF. Google Docs is a free online word processor that... Online Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2008-06-25T11:07:07-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/i_got_a_facelift.html On Tuesday I had a milestone birthday, and yesterday I got a facelift. Okay... it wasn't my face exactly, but rather the Surfnetkids Content Widgets for websites: Daily Factoid, Daily... Online Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2008-06-05T12:08:23-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/google_sites.html Although this will appear in my "Internet Tip of the Week" blog next week, I decided to share it with you here, because I think it will be a great... Online Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2008-05-27T20:56:03-08:00