The “How to” List from ProBlogger
Published by Matt Glover September 25th, 2006 in MiscMy tutorial on “Creating Great Cartoons with your Pencil and Computer” started it’s life as part of the group writing project over at ProBlogger. Over 300 people from around the world took part in the project and the results are amazing.
While not strictly cartoon related, there are some wonderful “How to” posts in the list. Some you will find useful for your freelancing business, others will make you laugh, and a few will leave you wondering how some people have so much time on their hands…
Anyway, the complete list is below. Read it during your lunch break…
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Day 1 Submissions
- How to Survive Your Young Husband’s First (Unexpected) Heart Attack by Olivia
- How to Overcome Fear by Scott
- How to Be Bald by Dave
- How to get promoted when you work from home by Home Office Blues
- Quieting the Monsters… or how to feed your Children by Miscellaneous Mum
- LJP - the Treo 600 Gameboy Emulator by Tam
- Make a simple diagonal page background using photoshop and css by Ben
- How to Be a Parent and Still Have Fun by Mama Duck
- Manage Your Manager - How to cope with Ineffectual leadership by Katy
- How to Dress Like a Desperate Housewife by Leora
- How to Make a Rubbish Website by Tim
- How To Participate in the Blogging Community by Ray
- The Great Flood by Jude
- How to Jam a Printer and Settle for Tie-Dye by Deb
- How to build a GARDENING blog that’s bigger than Boing Boing by Stuart
- How to Get Rich in Three Easy Steps by FMF
- How do I get a job in the Car Industry by Gary
- Become a Blogging Maniac by Tammy
- How to Dangerously Inflate your Ego via Blogging by Wendy
- How to Proofread Your Own Writing by Anne
- How to Sell Your Home for Sale by Owner by Rob
- The Inside Scoop on How to Get Published by Tasra
- Don’t get caught misunderstanding the difference between APR and APY by Ricemutt
- Set up your blog using Textpattern by Jaro
- How to write a great blog post by Leroy
- Integrating a Forum with WordPress by ZMAng
- The Process of Making a Stock Trade by Blain
- How to Keep Your Relationship Healthy With your Wife by Matt
- Take Your Cell Phone to the Next Level by Eltan
- How to Make Buyers Fall in Love With Your Home by Paul
- How to have Fun Programming: BounceF*ck by Tim
- 6 Ways to Improve Navigation and Increase Page Views by Joe
- How to Enhance Mac Security by fcodc
- How to Have a Relationship with God for Eternity by Scott
- How to Set Up Tor and Privoxy on Ubuntu Linux by Corvillus
- How to Save Money at the Grocery Store by Shannon
- How to Make Your Retirement Money Last by Arieanna
- How to Help Find a Cure for Diseases with Your Computer’s Unused Processing Time by Brent
- How to Play Video Games with a Baby by Lynn
- Quit smoking (or not) one flaw at a time by Northern Girl
- Harness the Power of Word Cross-References for Mammoth Documents by Andrew
- How to Let Go and Move on by Milo
- How to Make Time for the Important by Basil
- Get Healthy in 30 days! by Rt @ Real Muscle Online
- How To Turn The Greatest Idea Ever Into Reality by Ben
- How to load Garmin TOPO maps to your hard drive by Rich
- One simple knot that keeps your shoes tied by Blaine
- How to Tame the Caps Lock key by Jhay
- How to Make a Thai Girl Laugh by Tom
- How to Bring Art to the Unwashed Masses by Jennie
- How to Make a Short Film for Tropfest by Jason
- Channel Your Historical Mentors by David
- How to Start Bird Watching so that you’ll keep Bird Watching by Mike
- How to Choose a Bad Martial Arts Instructor by Chris
- Position your Fish Tank for Prosperity and Growth by Renée
- How to have a successful career in politics (Jamaican style) by Xaymaca
- Hair for Sale by Billy
- Showing Posts When there’s no Related Posts by Ken
- Learning the basics about Sharpening by Steve
- How to Make it Big in the NBA if You’re Small by Easterangel
- How to Find Your Niche by Alsuran
- Do Blackbirds Swoop? How to Deal with Aggressive Bird Behavior by Trevor
- How to Make a Family Documentary by Ron
Day 2 Submissions
- How to Attach and Save Files Faster by James
- How to recognize it’s time for Repat by Lori
- Creating Great Cartoons with Your Pencil and Computer - Part 1 by Matt
- Corn Meal Beer by Ben
- How to avoid pumping gas for 28 years by Musing
- How to post “Accounting Columns” in your blog by HART (1-800-HART)
- Solving Customer Service Problems by nickel
- A Simple Formula for Weight Loss and Long-Term Maintenance by Steve
- IF Internet Explorer THEN Do Something Else (A How To…) by Phil
- Tips Revealed: My Low Light Photography Technique by Curt
- How To Make Meetings Fun! by Allen
- How to Cure your Blogging Addiction in 7 Easy Steps by Martin
- How to survive the first year of living gluten free by Lucy
- The Art of the Credit Card App-O-Rama by Jason
- How to Live with Teenagers by churchpundit
- How to Become a Mind Control Expert by Graham
- How to Master the Art of Blogging by Karthik
- How to choose which hybrid to buy by Mike
- The Coolest House in the Neighborhood by Mike
- How to Visit a Sick Friend by SB
- How Not to Sell A Screenplay by Annie
- How to Stop Wasting Your Life and Start Playing Games by Yehuda
- Charity - Not just a Girl’s Name by More Bread
- How to Make the Perfect Chicken Soup by Lynn
- How To: The Basics of the Breaststroke by Scott
- How to Accept Mistakes and Don’t Blame Others by cjcm
- Seven Prayer Suggestions for Use With the Snooze Button by Helen
- 19 Ways to Annoy People by Brad
- How to Ineffectively Use Your Church Website by Greg
- How to Run a Red Light by Bill
- Everyday Gifts - How You Can Show Your Love Without Spending a Dime by Shonnie
- How to Live a Short, Miserable, Unhealthy Life by karishma
- How to Shop Like My Mother-in-Law by SP
- How to Lock Your Hair by Renata
- How to Use Beautiful Women For Website Traffic Increase by Miha
- Ex-Car Salesman Tells All: How to Beat the Auto Dealerships at Their Own Game by David
- rotando cabezas by Nicolas
- EAS’ Helpful Info for Small Businesses by Jennifer
- Choosing secure passwords that are easy to remember by John
- How to be a Miserable Failure at eBay Selling by The Wizard of Auctions
- How Club Cricketers Can Trian Like Professionals by David
- Beaded “Awareness Ribbon” Pen Cover by Mandi
- For Real Estate Promotion, the Business Card Form Factor is Tiny Little Workhorse by Greg
- Write a Directory Submission that Gets Accepted by Lara
- How to enrage the Chinese People by fiLi
- Lost Ball in the High Weeds Webmaster Skills by Splork
- How to get out of life alive by Rolio
- 1-900-STALKER by dan
- How to Meet a Star by Gray
- Como escribir una entrada by Sacha
- Account Security by Stropp
- How to Increase Your Sales by Larry
- How to Destroy the Earth With a Coffee Can by Tony
- Exploiting Alien Technology for Fun and Profit by Eric
- How to Have a Better Banking Experience in Honduras by La Gringa
- Make New Plants… by Taking Cuttings by Corinne
- How to Earn More from your Website by Paul
- 6 Steps to Writing a Fantasy Blockbuster by Eoghann
- How not to Ruin Your Day While Driving to Work (the Philippine Connection) by aczafra
- Top 10 tips to survive laptop disaster: what to do if your laptop is dropped, catches fire, gets ripped off, is smashed, or just plain won’t boot by Mary
- How to FTP something by Shawn
- Power Searching Libraries by Dave
- You Tube University: the worlds largest textbook by Sean
- How to give a prostate massage by Lisa
- Achieve Big Audacious Goals that SMART Way by Nneka
- How to Survive a Roll Over by Thom
- How to Have a Mental Breakdown by Jason
- Skills for Listening to your Kids by Pass the Torch
- Essential Software List by Julien
- How to Convert LPs to MP3s by Kent
- How to “buy” happiness by Shuchetana
- Establish Your Business Credibility by Tom
- How to Simplify Your Life with Technology by Rob
- How to Travel by Nick
- How to Get Your Site on the Front Page of Digg by Michael
- How to Jump Start a New Healthy Lifestyle by Bill
- Teaching Your Children How to Save by MNC
- How to grow a business you love by Tim
- Beating the Sale Mentality by Adam
- How to look like you have been cooking the whole day by Yi Chen Sim
- Happier Life by yenjai
- How to find your style -Martial Art for smart people by Kris
- How to Customize Your Google Homepage by Robert
- How to Make Money Reselling New Console Systems by Ian
- How to comparison shop on eBay by John
- Love your passion and money will roll in by Mark
- How to enjoy a beer by Coopz
- How to use Firefox’s Smart Keywords more effectively by Ross
Day 3 Submissions
- How to Tease a German by Stefan
- Proofread like a pro: how to catch those pesky mistakes your spell checker misses by Lori
- How to Quit Smoking: A Helpful Guide to Kicking the Habit by The Scott English Show
- How to do “How-to” Lists by Tony
- How to Kick-Start Your Sex Drive with Libido Boosting Foods! by Ross
- How to Make the Most of Your Time Online by Liam
- How to Teach Anyone RSS by Kelsey
- How to Revitalise Your Dreams by Anna
- How to Write Magnetic Blog Title by Hendry
- Prioritization and Procrastination by Conn
- How to Cite Materials from Online Resources (internet) by Angel
- Save Tax Dollars by Having Multiple Entities by Gina
- How to… Have the Worst Day Ever! by Erica
- You too can be an efficient blog stalker by Mooiness
- How to Start Developing Info Products for Massive Profits by Ted
- How to set up a del.icio.us tag cloud in your WordPress Blog by Sante
- 5 Overused Social Networking Marketing Techniques by Robyn
- How To Sabatage a Social Networking Site by Erin
- Please, Please, Please Don’t Read this Post by George
- How to Attract Links and Increase Web Traffic - The Ultimate Guide by Brian
- How to Survive a Pay Cut by Bill
- How to retire young and wealthy by Mike
- How to Brew Your Own Beer by Justin
- How to Speed up Winamp 5 and Adobe Reader by Techacker
- Beyonce Wears a Spandx Girdle by Isadora
- Stop losing money in your house refinancing by Harrison
- Get Motivated… Demonstrated! by Ellesse
- Why Take a Golf Holiday in Scotland by Adam
- How to Begin Selling on eBay by Thatedeguy
- Your Brain: A guide to Fine-Tuned Performance by Alvin
- Write a Book? Assemble the One in Your Archives! by Liz
- Lessons Learned From Gordon Freeman by Michael
- How to Make FireFox even better than it is by Mike
- 2 Easy Steps to Get 2 Links From ProBlogger.net by kid disco
- Useful Windows XP Hacks (Part 1) by The Foo
- English Punctuation: Commas, Semicolons, and Colons by LearningNerd
- How to Build a Better Political Campaign Website by Todd
- How to Roll Tack a Laser by Tillerman
- How NOT to Cook Tortilla de Patata, or How TO Make Fabulous Scrambled Eggs by Sarah
- The Myth of the Sleeping Baby and Other Fallacies for the Work at Home Parent by Tony
- Lose a Guy in 10 Minutes by sarakastic
- How to create a unique blog for free on your Mac by Mark
- How to Make Her Melt with Your Kiss by Kelly
- The Ultimate Blog Promotion by Valedon
- How to Choose Dividend Growth Stocks by Skinny Investor
- Goal Crisis: How to Feel Good in a Bad Situation by Jeff
- How to Build a Trusting Relationship by Kate
- 10 Tips to create a great Post by Leon
- Jul’s guide to successful living abroad by Jul
- How to Snag an Awesomely Bad Domain Name by The Domain Muse
- Get the most from your trade show booth - 4 Crucial Steps by Jill
- How to Upsell your Customers and Clients by Mindful Entrepreneur
- How to Create a Successful Website by Dominic
- Attempting to “how too” - now with more pie! by Busy Mom
- How to make your sub-conscious work for you part 2 by Lyndon
- How to Have a Better Garden Than the Neighbors by Doug
- How to make it impossible to succeed with your blog by Trisha
- How to Dispense with Spare Time by Geoff
- How to present your model in the best way possible for feedback by Rick
- A Recipe for Presentation Disaster by Pawel
- taking pictures of (semi)-random peers by Joy
- How to Save Money on a Funeral by Jay
- How to Remove a Small Green Truck from Under Your TV Cabinet by Kerri
- How to Plant Fall Garlic by Kenny
- How to Keep your mug off the 6 o’clock news if you’re a teacher (in 16 easy steps) by Matt
- How to be an Unbearable Co-Worker by Marwan
- How to Save For College by Lisa
- How to Shop for Groceries in Less Time by Maricar
- Help! I want to know more about building Robots by William
- How to enjoy baseball games cheaply by Penny
- Teach a person good headers, and style cred is theirs for life by Yvonne
- How to Make a Movie that Doesn’t Suck by Chuck
- How to use cPanel to backup your website by Paul
- Save 50% on Groceries by Tim
- PFCollege: How to Make Saving a Habit by Jim
- How to Respond to a Teenage Angst and Live to Smile About It by Christina
- Cheap Computer Equipment - how to buy it by Andrea
- How to Use Multiple Times Frames to Improve Your Online Stock Trading by MrMike
- The Simplest Color Scheme for your Wardrobe by Rebecca
- Firefox Quickie: Convert your Add Bar into Search Box by Thilak
Day 4 Submissions
- The idiot’s guide to racial insensitivity by Rob
- How to Get Your Day Off to a Bad Start by Billy
- How to explain RSS the Oprah Way by Stephanie
- How to start a new life in Spain before it’s too late by Ben
- Bookkeeping for Bloggers by GetSheila
- How to Be a Great Public Speaker, by a Former Nervous Wreck by Charlie
- How to Pack for a Skiing Holiday by Andy
- How to Fine and Change Windows Product Key and Registration Information by Shivaranjan
- How to handle morning workouts - rowers and others by Alan
- 7 Ways to Unlock Innovation by Daniel
- How to Get your Tubes Tied, even if you’re only 21 by Misa
- 10,000 in your list in 30 days? Andrew Wee goes guerilla by Andrew
- How to Become a Maven (Mr. Know Everything) by Donald
- How to Whip up a Last-Minute Romantic Dinner, with Little More than Mold in your Fridge by Ricky
- How to achieve better results with spinning by Jesper
- How to Buy Wines Whose Labels Confuse You! by Ryan
- How to Watch TV for Free by Eugen
- The Language of Differentiation by Kevin
- How to Make Your Own Video Light by Laura
- How to Make Exercise A Permanent Habit in Your Life by Ririran
- How do I pick my New Owners by Ruth
- How to be an Environmentally Friendly Photographer by Darren
- How to Feel at HOME in a Foreign Country by SkiJumper
- How to Run a Mobile Home Office for Under $1500 by Urban Mike
- How to Make a Good Decision by Patrick
- How to Grow Business Revenue Every Year by Andrew
- How to dramatically increase Windows XP SP2 security in 10 clicks by Adrian
- How to Define Success by Paul
- How to Battle Color Blindness by Daniel
- How to navigate a farmers market by maki
- How to Make Money Blogging by Tom
- How to Read Nirvana without Meditation by Simonne
- Halloween Decorating Ideas - How to Add a Spooky Touch to Your Home by Katelyn
- The Definitive Guide to choose a Niche Topic for Your Site by Ashwin
- How to keep making money off of your imaginary friend by Justin
- How to talk to Bill Collectors by Phoenix Blossom-Lipschetz
- How to Follow Australian Spam Email Laws by Ross
- How to Make Your Website More Successful: The Web Success Formula by David
- Speed Up Your PC By Deleting Startup Programs by Ryan
- Ten Ways to Banish Mediocrity by Anna
- How To: Multi-Partition a Mac Boot Camp Installation by Chris
- How to become a ‘Glory Hunter’ (True Football Fans Malaysia-Style) by Ameyr
- You Know You are In LOVE When You Do These by Kloudila
- Photographing Silhouettes by Daniel
- 5 Ways to Piss off an Entrepreneur by Adnan
- How to Order Original Limu by Original Limu
- How to Waste Your Money on Ebay (In 10 Easy Steps) by Erin
- I Make Some Coffee, I Eat Some Rice Chex, and Then I Sit Down to Check My Inbox by Girl Friday
- How to Always be late for Everything by James
- How to Lose Your Shirt Online by Sean
- How to calculate your return on investment by George
- How to Organize a Girls Getaway by Rhonda
- How to Save Your Money by Bee
- How to choose New York Law and New York Courts in your Business Contracts when you have no connection to New York by Imke
- How Not to Invest Your Money by Kim
- Howto: Several ways to run Windows applications on a Linux computer by Jaganath
- Win Customers with the Power of Convenience by Joe
- The Solopreneur’s Guide to Delegation by Erin
- 7 Comments on Kayak Photography: How Did You Shoot It? by Marek
- Ways to Reinvigorate Your Love in a Long-Term Relationship by Shonnie
- How to make a healthy and filling sandwich by Tanya
- Learn from Problogger’s Group Writing Project by Somu
- How to Reduce Ad Blindness by JohnTP
- How not to launch a marketing campaign by aung
- How to Eliminate Debt without a Budget by Anthony
- My Quick Tips on How to Lose Weight Successfully by Lina
- How to Host a Successful Carnival by Kallani
- 7 Steps to a Good Sermon or How to Create and Preach a Sermon by Sherman
- worship leading essentials #4 - putting together a song list by Scot
- 5 Tips on How to Give Your Blog Posts a Magic Middle by Easton
- How to Survive the Marine Corps When You are a Wimp by Baggage
- Comment créer un blog avec Joomla! by Thierry
- How to Start Sewing by J & O Fabrics
- How to FINALLY start your Blog by Bill
- How to choose a multi tool for your girlfriend by Multi Tool Guide
- How to Make a Fatty by Adam
- How to Improve Your Blog Usability and Why You Want to Do it by Gleb
- How to Become a Diehard Packer Fan by Eric
- How I Solved All My Problems By Watching A TV Soap Opera by Pat
- How to shrink your church in 30 days or less! by Jeff
- How to be more Intuitive by Edward
- I Have No Toilet Paper Today by Carolyn
- Blogging E-Metrics by Doug
- How to Take Great Photos of Children by Darren
- How to get a job as a NASA flight controller by Bob
- Hosting with Yahoo!? How to use Joomla!’s PHPmailer by Brandon
- Free Yourself from Chronic Pain by Cindy
- How to write a Search Engine by Sammy
- How to make a few hundred extra dollars this semester by Jim
- How to Lick… by Ah Pek
- Como Usar a Criatividade para Renovar seu Blog by Nospheratt
- How to Get Your Site on the Front Page of Digg by Michael
- 10 Things I Hate about Your Profile by Kathy
- How to Make Bottle Cap Jewelry with Liquid Clay by Angela
- How to start a Blog based on a contest by Sarah
- How to Survive Depression by Christine
- How to be an Anime Hero by Pat
- How to Take Advantage of Your Flex Spending Plan by Donna
- Exploring Long Island Wine Country by Bill
- How to Backup a DVD by Jeff
- Choosing a Digital Fingerprint that’s Right for Me by maxpower
- Control Multiple Terminals Simultaneously by Nick
- How to Buy Produce at the Famer’s Market by Jason
- How to Get Your Child to Pre-School on Time… by D.T. Kelly
- How to Survive an Iowa Winter by Genie
- How to Increase your kids IQ by R.L. Kaplan
- I’m through with Google! Let Affiliate Bring Value to Your Blog via Jim
- How to be prepared for getting fired by Thejesh GN
- How to Live Forever by Bald Man
- How to Prepare for Law School Exams by Top Law Student
- How to use High-Intensity Interval Training by Sarah
- Guerrilla Gardening - 12 Steps to Addiction by Whimspiration
Thank you very much for the link. I love your site and your cartoons.
Thanks for the link
Appreciate it
Thanks for the link, Matt. Lot’s of great info out there. I’m going to have to spend some time going through your site.
Thanks for the link Matt, a great inspirational site.
Hi Matt,
Thanks for linking back!
btw I think you should fix some of your image links.
They look broken to me
Hey Matt,
Thanks a lot for the link - much appreciated!
Adnan
Anybody else see broken links? They seem fine to me…
Thanks for the link!
I too have great interest in drawing and cartooning, but whenever I pick up my pencil, my mind goes blank and never seem to be able to put my ideas into cartoons!
Will be back for more tips!
Thanks again.
Thanks for the link and for posting the entire list for your readers to enjoy. Its really amazing all of the information that is available just from that list alone.
BTW, links don’t look broken to me.
Thanks for the link.
I admire the creativity in people who can draw. I think your explanation in the ‘How to…’ was excellent as I, a novice, could follow what was happening.
Matt… thanks for the link. I love your cartoons, and I am experimenting with it myself. I am an artist but new at cartooning. I suppose being able to draw somewhat and having a bit of a sense of humor are two of the many necessary ingredients for the craft. You’ve obviously got the whole mix. I have a couple you can check out here and here. thus spoke churchpundit!