A decade of Gmail
Gmail celebrated its 10th anniversary last month, and it was ten years ago today that I finally was able to get my own account and…
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WordPress 3.9
Yahoo! Wordpress 3.9 is here. [wpvideo sAiXhCfV] WordPress 3.9 updates include: Updated TinyMCE: Have you ever pasted copy from a MS Word document into WordPress…
5 Tips for Working On the Go
Please check which of the following statements best describes you: My car is my best friend. I own a laptop because I am always on…
Jetpack 2.8: Introducing Markdown
Jetpack is the Swiss Army Knife of WordPress plugins, and it just added another awesome feature – Markdown. If you want a simple and speedy…
WordPress 3.8 coming soon
Hot on the heels of WordPress 3.7, WordPress 3.8 is already growing near. It’ll be mostly a cosmetic upgrade, with lots of new styles and…
WordPress 3.7 has been released
While it was delayed a bit from when it was first expected to be released, WordPress 3.7 (codenamed “Basie”) is now available and ready for…
Getting more out of Google Voice Search
Since I purchased my Droid Maxx a few weeks ago, I’ve been using Google’s Voice Search a lot more often. I find it incredibly useful…
Gimmicks vs Features
The new line of iPhones was recently unveiled (the 5S and the 5C) and included a feature I wasn’t sure about; a fingerprint sensor to…
Working toward A Brighter Web
Over the years I’ve posted quite a few video tutorials on here and on other sites. The problem is that they were scattered all over…
A Day Made of Glass
Here’s a cool video from Corning showing what the future could hold. We’ll start seeing things like this very soon, and the potential is quite…
Firefox 4 released; much faster, some new features
While I’m still a big fan of Google Chrome, Firefox 4 came out today and has some nice improvements. The first is speed. Chrome still…
Professional pickpockets as marketers
Romania has a very high rate of phone theft, but most people “don’t think it could happen to them” (of course). To counter that, Vodafone…
A couple of cool new tools to use with Dropbox
Over the last few years, I’ve made it quite clear that I’m a huge fan of Dropbox. It’s so simple, so useful, and (for most…
Turn on HTTPS to make your Facebook and Twitter more secure
Facebook A few weeks ago, Facebook added the ability to always use a secure connection when accessing their site. This doesn’t improve your security at…
My favorite WordPress plug-ins
Three years ago I wrote up a list of my favorite plug-ins, and decided that it was well past time to give the list a…