Archives for the ‘technology’ Category

WordPress Lesson 2: Use Plugins Judiciously

By • May 1st, 2008 • Category: technology

A good plugin is pure joy. A buggy one can make you want to spit at your computer. Fact is, not all WordPress plugins are created equal when you consider things like ease of use, version compatibility and impact on page load. And if your WordPress site is acting weird, try deactivating your plugins one [...]



WordPress Lesson 1: If New is Improved, Wait for the “.1″ Version.

By • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: technology

Web development veterans will generally advise to wait for the “point one” version of a software release before getting all cutting edge about things. I tend to agree. When I began seriously working on this site in April, 2008, I hastily updated to WordPress 2.5.0. Not much later along came 2.5.1 all shiny and debugged [...]



Lessons from WordPress Land

By • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: technology

I made it. No idea how I made it. But I did. My old, outdated site that I built in FrontPage (blasphemy!) back when I was a wee sprite getting my feet wet in the online business world is history. Sniff. It was a charming little website, for a newbie. Maintaining it was also akin [...]



Still Using Email to Project Manage? That’s So Yesterday!

By • Apr 24th, 2008 • Category: technology

Whatever the project, no matter how many people are involved, online collaboration software helps reign in the pesky details. While it doesn’t magically do your work for you, it can increase business efficiency by leaps and bounds. At the end of the day, that means more money in your pocket. I’ll be honest. I dropped [...]