After following this discussion on Google+ about the evolution of social network adoption and a number of other posts regarding excitement for a chance to cut down on the noise/shares/etc,  I find I must point out something fairly obvious. Filtering social networks is YOUR responsibility. In 2007, FriendFeed was the shiny new tool at the... Read More →

I read about SwiftKey after seeing it tweeted as a keyboard alternative for Android users. When I landed on the home page of their website I saw this: I immediately went to search for their app and paid for it.  It took less than a minute to sell me on this product. I haven’t come... Read More →

If your content matters to you, especially content on your WordPress site, then please take a few moments to back it up.  It’s much like your backup of your hard drive.  You wouldn’t pass on that, don’t pass on this. Work it into your morning routine. You’ll need complete backups in order to restore with... Read More →

When doing business online, one of your first priorities is to make it dead easy to buy.  It is the responsibility of a business to provide a flawless experience online for customers when they get into the sales process.  The goal of every business should be to convert the sale, yes? As an assistant, I... Read More →

Sometimes your hosting just doesn’t live up to your needs and/or expectations.  I’ve experienced downtime and the accidental deletion of my database tables myself. Eventually if the host is really bad, you reach the point where enough is enough. Maybe because of GoDaddy’s Super Bowl ads or the Network Solutions deal to switch was too... Read More →

Regular readers know that I’m a huge Gmail fan.  I’ve written about the way I used Things + Gmail to make life a little easier (the comments have some great tips too!), but a while back I requested a feature from Google that would make my heart melt. I discovered this morning that my wish... Read More →