July 9, 2020
Do-It-Yourself WordPress Site Updates Seem Scary – Part One
I’m an old-school techie. This may make me more dangerous than someone with little to no technical knowledge at all. Or maybe it makes me more scared. Because I know the damage that barreling in fearlessly to some do-it-yourself upgrading can cause. And this stuff is nothing like what I used to do professionally –…
June 25, 2020
Don’t Waste Your Time Writing a Great Article If Your Opening Sucks
There have been so many articles written about great article titles. But google ‘great article openings’. Slim pickings, to be sure! But why? Do you keep reading if the first sentence or two of an article are lame? As a reader, I don’t. As an editor, I’ve come to learn that no matter how much…
June 18, 2020
The Best Possible Answer To An Imperfect Question Is Still Wrong!
No beating around the bush here. I don’t care who you are, or how good you are at asking incisive questions, you simply cannot ask the best possible questions. At least not without help. Why, you ask? Easy answer! We are all limited by our own life experiences. Sure, we might typically ask better questions…
June 11, 2020
Birthday Ponderings in the Year of Coronavirus
Close to a third of people have had birthdays since the scale of the virus became known, and life changed for all. I’m lucky. In Arizona, restaurants are open – for now. And although I will not eat indoors, the weather is good enough to eat in the places that have outdoor dining. So I…
May 20, 2020
So You Have More Time On Your Hands And Want To Take Up Blogging?
If you Google “How To Make Money Blogging”, you’ll find free guides, paid courses and videos. Everyone has tips. And if you have a little extra time on your hands right now, this really could be a good time to follow your dream. I’m not here to tell you how to make money. But I’ll…
May 14, 2020
If You’re Working From Home, You Need More Data Backups
This will be very short as it’s a single message. I believe that the common wisdom on data backups is wrong. But it’s very easy to fix. The Cloud Is Great But Isn’t The Be All and End All Everyone is trying to sell you Cloud backups. I’m not knocking them. I believe the first…
April 30, 2020
How To Learn: Lessons From a Baby (Do What You Do, But Do It New)
As I watch my 2-year-old grandson sucking up information like a sponge, and now welcome a 2nd grandson into the family, it’s a good time to reflect on learning. Of course, it’s timely for our world, also, as many of us will need to learn new ways of working. And an all-new cohort is joining…
April 23, 2020
COVID-19 Ain’t Going Anywhere Soon. So, What’ya Gonna Do About It?
It’s time to settle in and get comfortable, folks! This is going to be a very long ride! The CDC and Dr. Fauci have confirmed our worst fears that this is coming back for a second act. Economists warn that some companies will learn to exist in a leaner fashion. This means that unemployment will…
April 16, 2020
COVID-19: By The Time We Get Back To ‘Normal’, Normal Will Have Changed
In case you haven’t yet allowed yourself to believe the unfortunate truth, here it is. COVID-19 will be around far longer than we’d prefer to think. It will come back. Some people will get it a second time next year. The world as we knew it, is gone. Indeed, by the time we get back…
April 9, 2020
The Post-COVID-19 World Will Be Full Of Innovation!
What percentage of the world is on lockdown right now? Well, that depends on when you’re reading this. We’re living through a time that will be taught in history classes for generations to come. Through adversity comes times of great growth. It’s no coincidence that the most exciting and relatively wealthy time that our world…
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