Would you ever send a postcard with your credit card number on it? You’d put it in an envelope wouldn’t you? Then why do you let people and companies send your credit card number and similar secrets without the electronic version of an envelope?
Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Electronic Envelopes
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009Windows 7
Monday, October 12th, 2009Windows 7 is less than two weeks away from general availability. Is it worth getting? If you run Windows, of course it is. To run older operating systems is foolish because they are no longer supported and new development does not target them. Lessons Microsoft learns through programs like Windows Error Reporting and the Customer Experience Improvement Program go a long way toward not only improving Windows but improving it in areas that impact users.
Plugin Musings
Saturday, October 10th, 2009I’ve explored some WordPress plugins so far and have decided that a good plugin does one thing well instead of trying to do many things. If a plugin deals with adding keywords to posts, then that should be all it does. It should not deal with adding descriptions or anything else. This means I’m going to be more skeptical of using ‘all in one’ sorts of plugins in the future.
Improving the Experience
Friday, October 9th, 2009Since migrating to WordPress, I’ve done a few things to enhance the experience.
Migration to WordPress
Thursday, October 8th, 2009I have migrated my site to WordPress. The reason is that I’ve been working with WordPress a bit lately at work and as a result see that WordPress provides the ability for me to more easily manage my site but also to have the same URL structure.