Social Brain Busting: Kwizzly for iPhone Now Available!

Social Brain Busting: Kwizzly for iPhone Now Available!

There are many iPhone quiz apps available, but nothing to the level of the newest and best iPhone Quiz app - Kwizzly. Kwizzly takes the idea of testing your brain to a a whole othe ...

What a Year of Blogging for Free Brought Me

What a Year of Blogging for Free Brought Me

I started Paul Shirey Tech on December 8th, 2011. When I started it, I had taken a one month leave of absence blogging after deciding that my previous project, Paul's Daily Blurbs, ...

SEO is Real: How to Master SEO in WordPress 2013

SEO is Real: How to Master SEO in WordPress 2013

Let's face it, even if you are as popular as Justin Bieber and you have a blog, there is no way that 100% of your traffic is going to be direct, or be enough to make your blog real ...

Developing Speed vs. Playing Techniques on Guitar

Developing Speed vs. Playing Techniques on Guitar

If you are trying to figure out how to play guitar faster, you might want to look at some other playing aspects too. In this video, Duncan discusses developing speed vs. Playing Te ...

Fixing Errors in WordPress 3.5

Fixing Errors in WordPress 3.5

I write for several blogs seperate from mine (blog post about that coming soon), so I tend to see Wordpress updates on those blogs before I see them on mine. One of the coolest upd ...

Limited Edition Jackson King V Guitar – Review

Limited Edition Jackson King V Guitar – Review

The Jackson King V Shuriken is a limited edition guitar produced by Jackson. It's estimated only around 250 of them were ever produced. Check out this demonstration and complete re ...

Google’s SVP of Engineering Rooted Off of Twitter

Google’s SVP of Engineering Rooted Off of Twitter

[caption id="attachment_2991" align="alignleft" width="300"] Image Courtesy of dfarber[/caption] Google, being a company that is pretty laid back as far as what their employees can ...

Samsung is Innocent – Turns out Apple Didn’t Come Up With the Name iPad

Apple better start sending back that $1 Billion because it turns out that they are just as bad as they claim Samsung to be. It turns out that Apple has been hiding a big secret from everyone. An original report from Rick Lehrbaum of Linux for Devices dated 2001-03-23 described the "Digital iPad" manufactured by LG Electronics. Here's a direct excerpt from the blog post (mainly so you can laugh at what we ca ...

Read more

Blogging Without an Advertising Budget is Like Hunting Without a Gun

I would literally pay myself money to be able to tell you I'm joking, because I'm not and it's sad. Don't get me wrong, blogging is still one of the best ways to share your opinion, and if you don't want people to judge you by your opinion if they disagree, you can easily give yourself an online alias. There are two kinds of bloggers out there: bloggers who are doing it simply for the fun of it, and blogger ...

Read more

Empire Avenue Needs a Boost

When I joined Empire Avenue back in April 2011, the network was growing at an insane rate. Empire Avenue changed the way I use the internet and the way I interact on Social Media. From day one, I knew Empire Avenue was going to be something that would (at least for a while) be a huge asset to me. Because of Empire Avenue, this blog was formed. I had always liked blogging and doing podcasts, but once I joine ...

Read more

Alternate Picking Methods for Different Sounds

Another great video from Duncan Ryan and GuitarShedVideos! In this video, you can learn many alternate picking methods other than simply picking the strings in one direction or the other. If you have any requests, please be sure to share them with us via a comment or message. Also, if you like the videos please be sure to subscribe!   banner image source ...

Read more

Nexus 7: So Amazing… Yet So Fragile

I was pretty excited when I ordered my Nexus 7. It was my first tablet, and it wasn't setting me back much at a grand total of around $230 after shipping and taxes. I got the device, started playing with it, and determined that it was going to be my go-to all-purpose mobile device. All I needed was a bluetooth keyboard and I would be able to write blog posts on the go without needing to carry about my MacBo ...

Read more

Palm Muting and Thrash Metal

In another video from Duncan Ryan and Guitar Shed Videos, you can learn how to palm mute. Duncan shows palm muting in a variety of applications, with some emphasis on thrash metal. As always, if you like Guitar Shed Videos be sure to subscribe. Any comments, requests or suggestions? Comment or message :D ...

Read more

Let’s Step Back For a Second… What Has Technology Done?

I'm writing this blog post after returning from an all day (5AM - 10PM) trip to Six Flags, St. Louis amusement park. I was at the kitchen sink getting a class of water, and suddenly it hit me: I only have 2 more shorts days left of summer break, soon I will be starting my Junior year of high school. It's yet another summer where what I did this summer mainly consists of asking myself where the summer went. ...

Read more

How to Play Legato – Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs

In this video, Duncan teaches you how to play Legato with emphasis on hammer-ons and pull-offs. Legato is generally heard in lead guitar. If you like it, please be sure to share and subscribe to GuitarShedVideos! [thumbnail credit] ...

Read more

Improving Your Guitar Tone in 5 Easy Steps

When playing guitar, tone is one of the most important skills to master. Without a good tone, nothing else will sound as good as it could. In this video, Duncan shares with you 5 tips for making your guitar tone as good as possible. If you like these guitar videos, be sure to subscribe to GuitarShedVideos on YouTube and share the videos either on this blog or directly through YouTube! Comments are always ap ...

Read more

5 Easy Tips for Winning a YouTube Giveaway

YouTube giveaways happen quite often, I see them all the time in the tech industry with channels giving away popular tech items. Giveaways happen for various reasons. Usually it's either because someone wants to gain more subscribers, or they just want to give back to the community they already have. Whatever it may be, giveaways are a good chance to get something free. If you enter in enough giveaways, eve ...

Read more
Scroll to top