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Last Week on My Mac: Going back to the book

Search engines don’t work, as they’re indifferent to quality and accuracy of content. Existing eBook formats are little more than book-in-browser. So how to publish more demanding content?

April 30, 2017 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Half a million views

Allow me a brief gloat: The Eclectic Light Company blog has just reached its first serious milestone, that […]

February 19, 2017 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Losing control of your blog: changes to WordPress.com administration

On Monday, bloggers on WordPress.com sites got a surprise: the old WP Admin interface had vanished. Almost.

November 30, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

An introduction to rights to use images in blogs and websites

How can a blogger (or website author) ensure that they do not infringe copyright when using images of artworks? Here are some suggestions.

November 4, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Which blog authoring app?

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This blog has over 1800 articles, and my offline authoring app is struggling, regularly bringing my Mac to its knees. There must be a better solution.

September 28, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

The Eclectic Light Company gets a Liebster award

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Some answers to the 11 questions, and nominations for 11 deserving blogs.

August 26, 2016 General, Life, Painting

Apple News news

Has your blog just ‘joined’ Apple News? Apparently Apple has now opened its aggregation service to all-comers at last.

March 17, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

One hundred thousand views, and some you might have missed

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To celebrate this milestone, here are some articles which you should find interesting, but may have missed.

February 18, 2016 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Now we are one: this blog’s first birthday

Born from the ashes of MacUser magazine, it has come full circle as my first section appears in the latest issue of MacFormat.

January 17, 2016 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

A thousand strong

This is the 1,000th article I have posted here. Pause for a quick gloat and sniff of champagne.

November 10, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

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