WordPress Resources

One of the tools that I always recommend to customers is the Easy WP Guide.  It is a well written, free manual on how to use WordPress.  Check it out, the Easy WP Guide is for everyone!
New Favorite Tool

New Favorite Tool

Have you heard about Canva?  A non-techie friend told me about this a while ago, but I hadn’t checked it out until recently.  And now it is my new favorite tool! For graphic design, I normally use the excellent (and free) paint.net, or Photoshop for more...
Font matters

Font matters

I like to take my time when I design a site for a customer.   It is often the first impression a company makes on potential clients, so it is very important to get this right.  What does my customer want to emphasize in that first impression, that first few seconds of...

Would hate to be this guy

Most people were affected by, or at least heard about the large internet outage earlier this week.  It almost felt like half of the internet was broken, with sites like Netflix, Pinterest, and Spotify out of the water.  Read about it here.  I noticed it when trying to...
The Power of CSS

The Power of CSS

This is one of my favorites:  CSS Zen Garden With the same content, the look and feel of a site completely changes through the use of different cascading style sheets (CSS). Take a look at a few, and you’ll see what I mean. CSS is powerful.

Curated tool lists

I find lists like this very interesting.  I love to review to see if there are new or different tools I can use. These are two that I’ve come across: wwwhere and oozled Check them out!
Go ahead, have another cup

Go ahead, have another cup

Especially on a cold morning, seeing a title like this inspires warm thoughts.  Why Your Coffee Addiction Isn’t So Bad for You.  Maybe it is just me, but it definitely seems like there is much more evidence that coffee is good for you than bad.  Recently,...