Profile: Angela Alcorn


Ange is an Internet Studies & Journalism graduate who spends way too much time messing with social networks (see AngelaAlcorn.com or @smange).

Latest from Angela Alcorn

  • 5 Great Ideas To Make Your Facebook Fan Page Interesting

    February 23, 2012

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    There are many Facebook pages around that aren’t being run very effectively, mainly because the people in charge aren’t sure what they can do to be more interesting to their fans. You’ve seen them around – your favourite local café; that indie band you liked; the new art gallery in town. Often these pages are run by the owners, who are people who just don’t have the time to work out how to promote themselves properly.


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  • 5 Of The Best Comic Artists On The Web

    February 21, 2012

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    Comics are an acquired taste, and they vary quite wildly in style and talent – especially on the Internet. Sure, there’s plenty of funny comics out there with a simple drawing style (XKCD and the like), but this list isn’t for them. Sometimes it can be difficult to find new comic artists who create art which is as beautiful as it is interesting.


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  • Best Back-Up Tips For Your RememberTheMilk Tasks

    February 17, 2012

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    For many of us who work in the cloud, we’ve come to rely on our favourite services quite heavily. We also sometimes love and trust them perhaps a little more than we should at times, leaving ourselves open to losing everything we have built with the service so far. So I put a bit of thought into the best ways to back up RTM tasks so they’ll always be protected and available.


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  • Star Now Lets Acting & Music Talent Find Great Job Auditions

    February 16, 2012

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    If you’re an actor or musician of some sort you’ve probably wondered more than a few times how you can easily find out about all the good gigs. I’ll bet you’ve also wished there was an easy way for talent seekers to simply find you and ask you to audition, too. Well, StarNow is doing a great job of connecting these dots and bringing all the best talent and best jobs together.


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  • Facebook Really Needs More Sophisticated Privacy Controls [Opinion]

    February 14, 2012

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    Facebook have been under pressure in recent years from all angles to make privacy options simpler and quick to change. They’ve actually done quite well at this, considering how complicated the Facebook privacy system is overall. However, for those of us who understand the privacy controls well, there are a number of things Facebook could implement to improve the effect of privacy controls.


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  • How To Get Wget For Your Mac

    February 10, 2012

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    Macs are great, with their neat UI and a Unix back-end. Sometimes you get the feeling you can do just about anything with them. Until one day you’re trying to do something simple and you realise what you need is just not available natively. In this case, I’m talking about wget, an incredibly useful command-line tool to download whole webpages, including media and as much link depth as you require.


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  • Curvio – A Fashion Lover’s IMDB To Find The Clothes Of Your Favourite Television Actors

    February 9, 2012

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    If you love clothes, you’ve probably seen many great items on TV characters that you’ve fallen in love with and yet instantly given up any hope of ever finding anything remotely similar for yourself. This is because most people usually either forget exactly what it looked like or possibly lack the drive to search numerous stores. Now Curvio has come to the rescue by making it easy to find exactly what your favourite actors wore.


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  • 5 Awesome Free Printable Board Games

    February 3, 2012

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    If you’re on the lookout for a new geeky craft for yourself or the kids you’ve probably considered making your own board games as an idea. But you probably didn’t realise that you can do it very easily for free. There are a number of games available online which are easy to print and play without the need for fancy things only available in boxed board games.


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  • WePay – A New PayPal Alternative To Try Out

    February 2, 2012

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    These days, the idea of transferring money via the Internet is not only accepted, it’s often essential. There are many freelancers who nowadays rely on Internet payments in order to carry out business. Most of us currently rely on PayPal to ensure our payments get through. Now there’s a new competitor called WePay in town who might make a viable alternative if you’re a US-based customer.


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