About Ryan Dube
Ryan has a BSc degree in Electrical Engineering. He's worked 13 years in automation engineering, 5 years in IT, and now is an Apps Engineer. A former Managing Editor of MakeUseOf, he's spoken at national conferences on Data Visualization and has been featured on national TV and radio.
Latest Articles
3 Ways You Can Remove Unwanted Blog Pages From Google
Are you a believer in the idea that once something is published on the Internet, it's published forever? Well, today we're going to dispel that myth. It really is completely within your control.
How to Boost Your Website's Performance With W3 Total Cache and a CDN
Getting judged by Google as a low-quality site because your pages load too slow will hurt you in the long run. Take time off to boost your site speed and enhance user experience.
Should Parents Spy On Their Kids? [MUO Debates]
Do you spy on your kids? If so, why? If not, why not? This is the question at hand today. These are the questions that we're going to explore in this debate.
How To Negotiate Syndication Deals And Protect Your Search Rankings
Syndicating is all the rage these days. But suddenly you could find that the syndication partner is listed higher than you in search results for a story that you originally wrote! Protect your search rankings.
How Do You Pick A Great Domain Name?
Choosing the perfect domain name for your website is like choosing the perfect name for your first child. Increase the likelihood of online success with these tips. There's a lot in a name!
Create A Killer Website Analytics Dashboard With Google Core Reporting API
Would you like to just publish a site and run it blindly, or would you like a full-featured, functional dashboard that shows you what's going on with the site at all times?
5 Creative Flowchart Examples to Streamline Your Work and Life
When you think of a good time, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Probably not a flowchart?
Stay Alive and Defend Your Base in World of Tanks
You're peeking out the sights of one of the world's deadliest tanks. Out of nowhere, the sound of an incoming shell. Only seconds after you realize what the sound is, your world is obliterated. Game over. Welcome to World of Tanks.
6 Ways to Get Busy People to Answer Your Emails
There are a whole different set of rules when it comes to emailing that will encourage or discourage a person to hit the "reply" button and answer you. Learn the rules of email success.
How The Internet Has Revitalized Legitimate Work At Home Jobs
Is there any truth to the work-from-home stigma? We would like to introduce two examples of today's "online workers" who work exclusively online and you can decide for yourself.
How To Create An Automated PC Health Reporting System
You're out having lunch as your mobile alerts you to an important text. The SMS reads: "Home Computer Alert: 3 hacking attempts." This is not fiction! Let us show you how to do this!
3 Steps To Get Google Authorship For Yourself And Your Website
Setting up Google Authorship for yourself is well worth the effort for all its benefits. But really, it's hardly any effort at all as these three simple steps show you how easy it is.
7 Best Resources to Monitor the Latest Google Search Algorithm Changes
Do you worry a lot about Google's next major algorithm change? The skill is to know exactly when the change took place in the algorithm, and to understand exactly what changes were made.
How To Automate Firefox Or Chrome With Excel VBA And Selenium
The key to automation is doing things faster and easier than you've ever done before. So what part of your workload would you like to automate? Let's see what we can do!
Monitor Your Network and Watch Your Bandwidth With NetworkMiner
When your Internet connection slows down to slow motion, it's not always the ISP's fault. The culprit could be in your house! Let's see how you can identify it.
Breathing New Life Into an Old Android: How I Revitalized A Motorola Droid
This article is about my effort to transform an old, dog-tired Motorola Droid into a useful phone that can still be used to check email, post on Facebook and research online.
Create A Free Online Database For Any Purpose With Soda DB
Beginner or expert -- creating your own free Soda DB database will allow you the freedom of having your own database, without the hassle of having to install and maintain one on a server.
7 Questions To Ask A Computer Technician Before He Starts Work
Finding the right computer technician could lead to a hassle-free fix. Ask the right questions and you can easily weed out the fly-by-night computer repairmen from the ones that know their business.
Windows 8 Transformation Pack Can Make Windows 7 Turn Modern
Windows 8 is cool, particularly the interface. Now that's hardly a good enough reason to upgrade an entire operating system! How about upgrading only the look of Windows 7 to a fully functional Modern UI?