Welcome to reneehendricks.com - freelance technical writer and web developer. With over fourteen years of web development, I offer two distinct services:

1. Freelance technical writing - covering a wide range of subjects from web hosting provider comparisons and reviews to social media trends and technologies
2. Web development - CMS implementation, development and integration, PHP/MySQL web sites, javascript, server administration and much more

Please feel free to peruse my articles listed below or on my article archive page.

With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching, what better way to get the romance started then making your skin kissably soft? Nothing sets the mood for love like smooth, kissable skin. Fortunately, you don’t have to pull out your wallet and plop down a bunch of cash to accomplish this. Using simple products you most likely already have in your kitchen cabinets and some essential oils, you can create some really great sugar scrubs that will exfoliate, invigorate, and make your skin baby soft.

Habits and obsessions - these are things that ultimately affect everyone but how an individual deals with them can be drastically varied. Though the terms carry negative overtones, depending upon the circumstances surrounding each, they do not necessarily equate to always being bad.

Wowd, a peer-to-peer search engine, was publicly released during the San Francisco Web 2.0 conference last year (2009). With all the search engines currently available, what makes this one different? It is uniquely combines peer-to-peer technology with real-time results. A great combination that delivers a fantastic searching tool. As it is real-time, it is turning the tables on search engines that rely solely on SEO (Search Engine Optimization).

Bogged down, error prone, occasional freezing up – all these things can point to a computer that is in dire need of a Windows registry cleaning. From Windows 98 onward, the registry has been a part of the operating system. Constant vigilance is the key to ensuring your computer is operating at its peak level.

Do a bit of research on what comes out of the tap and you will be surprised just how little you know about the water you use. We constantly strive to do the healthy thing when it comes to what we consume and what we put into our bodies in general. Of paramount importance, the water you drink and use on a daily basis should be scrutinized.

One of the services offered by Grader.com is a somewhat in-depth look at how well your blog is fairing on the Internet and within the major search engines and traffic analysis web sites. Combining several traffic ranking web sites along with content and social media analysis, Blog.grader.com can effectively give you an idea of what does and does not work in garnering more web traffic.

Slow and steady will hopefully win the race when it comes to the US Census Bureau and cloud computing. Instead of going all in, the Bureau is taking a slow-paced approach.