People Still Buy From People
Sometimes I do my best thinking while out for my daily walks, sometimes it’s just silly stuff. Today there’s an old expression running through my head. I used to hear it quite a bit in my past lives, but I don’t much anymore, “People buy from people”. It’s probably because so much shopping is automated […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – Pittsburgh Zoo
Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) The part of Pittsburgh that I live in is called Highland Park and one of the main features is The Pittsburgh Zoo. Just the other day the zoo announced a new development Tentatively called “Top of the […]
Find Out What Your Visitors Want (and give it to them)
It seems that whenever I speak to people about websites they are always more concerned with traffic and how to get more visitors than anything else. It doesn’t seem to matter that if their site looks bad or is not very user friendly, any traffic that they do get will probably leave right away. I […]
Good Security From Verizon, No Really
Several years ago I wrote a post called Verizon and “Good” Security where I was very critical of their asking me to click on a link in their email to log in to their site and verify my password. I refused and they sent me the email several more times. I haven’t thought about that […]
Promoting Your Site On Google
Matt Cutts who is one of the faces of Google recently gave a great interview to The WordPress Podcast with lots of good tips on how to properly promote your site. This is about an hour long, but well worth a listen. The beginning is a bit tech-ish, but hang in there it gets good. […]
Are You The Administrative Contact For Your Domain
It’s happened again. I’m helping another business owner who isn’t the registered owner of their own name. This time, like the others, should end well, but after much hassle. I have heard of horror stories where the rightful domain name owner has had to find another name and move on. I can’t tell you how […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – Free Public Domain Images
Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) I have many people ask me where to get images for their site, blog, newsletter, etc. No one wants the hassle of getting a take(shake)-down notice. Here are a couple of good free sites where you are […]
Make Your Own Android App
Android just released for everyone to use – App Inventor for Android. “To use App Inventor, you do not need to be a developer. App Inventor requires NO programming knowledge. This is because instead of writing code, you visually design the way the app looks and use blocks to specify the app’s behavior.” This looks […]
What About HTML5
I’ve been hearing for quite a while how HTML5 and CSS3 are going to ignite the web (as if it needed any help). Most of this talk started with the release of the iPad and Apple’s anti-Flash stance. Here’s the problem. Most of the browsers out there do not understand HTML5 yet. It’s the same […]
It’s About Communication
I like to aimlessly wonder around the web. They used to call it Web Surfing. I’ll follow any number of things that strike my fancy. The other day I was on LinkedIn, looking at the other peoples blogs. I stopped at a couple and read a post or two. I even registered and commented on […]
