Patrick Coombe

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So far patrick has created 27 blog entries.

Learning Photoshop Part 1.5

I've been really happy with the progress I've been making in Photoshop.  I think I can definitely say I am beyond beginner level and have moved to become an amateur. I've learned all about layers, layer masks (that really had me confused for a while), transformations, tools, shapes, layer properties and so much more. I also know there are [...]

By |January 11, 2014|Blog, Personal|Comments Off on Learning Photoshop Part 1.5

Blackhat Outed on Reddit For Buying Upvotes

Oh man, one place you know you don't mess around on is Reddit.  The place is full of insane crazy good hackers and programmers that investigate every single comment and upvote that was left. Anyhow, so this thread was created by someone affiliated with this site which is some kind of eCommerce platform. A self promoted post just wasn't [...]

By |August 28, 2013|Blog, SEO, Social Media|Comments Off on Blackhat Outed on Reddit For Buying Upvotes

A Miserable Failure Learning Rails

My name is Patrick and I have been programming for over 20 years.  In the past 10 years, I've mainly worked on the management side so mainly most of my coding revolves around debugging and overseeing other projects. That said, I've been hearing so many awesome things about learning Rails, I thought I'd give it a try. I started [...]

By |August 9, 2013|Blog|Comments Off on A Miserable Failure Learning Rails

I’m Learning Photography…and Photoshop

One missing piece to my career in internet marketing has been the ability to take solid pictures, as well as create very basic images in Photoshop.  I'm not setting out to be a master photographer, or even a great graphic designer.  It is just annoying to have to outsource basic things that I know I could do in a [...]

By |June 19, 2013|Personal|Comments Off on I’m Learning Photography…and Photoshop

Speaking at Affiliate Summit East

Very much excited to be speaking at what I consider one of the largest industry conferences in the world. Affiliate Summit, the premier affiliate marketing conference, was founded by Missy Ward and Shawn Collins in 2003 for the purpose of providing educational sessions on the latest industry issues and fostering a productive networking environment for affiliate marketers.  The great thing [...]

By |March 25, 2013|Blog|Comments Off on Speaking at Affiliate Summit East

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Welcome everyone to the personal blog of Patrick Coombe.  I am definitely open to contributions, but for god's sakes don't send me garbage.  If you'd like me to interview you or would like to interview me, I am definitely open to that.  Please only submit topics to me that you think people will want to read, and I will [...]

By |March 21, 2013|Blog|Comments Off on I

11 Reason’s I Haven’t Left Facebook For Google+

I really love Google+, if even half of my non-techie friends were on G+, I'd delete my Facebook account forever.   There are a few things on my wish list however that I feel needs to be improved before G+ is where it needs to be: 1. Speed - It is slow.  I use a badass Intel i7 SSD/64G [...]

By |May 2, 2012|Blog, Social Media|Comments Off on 11 Reason’s I Haven’t Left Facebook For Google+