{Throughout January, we’re looking back at all the posts our awesome columnists wrote for us in 2012, before our team of some new and some returning contributors start blogging in February.} Ellison Bloomfield knows the internet well - she is a digital content developer by day and also writes for her popular blog Humane Resource, for which she has been recognised as a HR 'thought leader'. Her collection of posts in 2012 uncovered some great new apps, tricks, and programs to help us work smarter and keep our minds up to speed with the technical world while we're busy being creative with our hands. Thanks, Ellison! x Tess

Piquing your interest Pinterest has been around for about two years now and has slowly been gaining more popularity and interest. It is a social bookmarking site which allows you to create boards which you ‘pin’ pictures, links and items you like generally based on a category. Read more...

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In the cloud Last week, Andy wrote about the importance of regularly backing up computer data, and mentioned ‘cloud storage’ as one newer option. Today, I’m going to look at one popular cloud storage option, Dropbox. Read more...

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Facebook timeline for brands Facebook timeline is now mandatory for business pages and while many have fought to avoid the timeline this is no longer an option. Which means that businesses and page administrators now need to update their pages and ensure that they have an understanding of the new layout and the changes now in effect. Read more...

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If This, Then That Each morning when I wake up I check my email, twitter, instagram, path and facebook accounts and throughout the day I’m updating, adding and checking these accounts (and multitude of other profiles and accounts). Read more...

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eQuip yourself It can be very loud in the world of social media and Twitter is probably one of the loudest platforms around. Your Twitter stream is often full of people having conversations but it can be hard to work out where they started or even what is being talked about. Read more...

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Back to basics There are two questions I get asked by people who are trying to work out whether they need to be using social media in their business: Why? And how? Read more...

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Blog management with Posts There is a lot of work involved in managing a blog and if you have multiple accounts and platforms it can become tiresome. A new app called Posts helps to manage the process and can even be used to create a new blog. Read more...

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Don't feed the trolls There has been increasing conversation regarding ‘trolling’ in the last few weeks after some Australian public figures received threats via Twitter. Thus, several news outlets began campaigns to Stop the Trolls which has taken the conversation offline and into the mainstream. Read more...