Courtney Robertson

Courtney Robertson, an open source developer relations advocate, is wearing a pirate hat, a DSLR camera, and a purple shirt

Courtney Robertson is an Open Source Developer Advocate, professional educator, and WordPress Contributor

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  • iBooks Author reviewed

    This morning Apple announced three new tools for educational users: iBooks Author, iTunesU app, and iBooks 2.  iBooks Author is in the OS X App Store now, so I did a quick review:

  • Social Media Account Dilemma: Personal Account vs. Brand Account

    When creating a social media account, people still get confused if they should use a personal account or a brand account. The social networks where you must have a company profile and where to create: Facebook: http://facebook.com/pages Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/pages/create LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/add/show If you violate these terms of service, your profile can be taken down without notice.…

  • Mobile Site vs Mobile App vs. Mobile Landing Page

    Do you need a mobile site or a mobile app, and landing page, all of the above, or none of these?  It really depends upon your business, but most likely you need at least to make your website mobile ready.  Earlier, I shared how to check your website on mobile devices and how to make your…

  • Google changes Search Engine Results – What it means for you

    Google has introduced a new feature on search engine results pages called “Search, plus Your World”.  These features may have significant impact on how you view search results and how your website displays for others. Look at the two images below.  The first is a typic search result for “WordCamp”:

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