Websites

No matter how many ads I see for one-click websites on TV, quality isn’t possible with a 3 click process. Websites are not simply drag and drop, click and you’re done, unless something has gone horribly wrong. It’s the first, primary, and likely most important of the ways you will interact with your customer base. Do it right.

HTML finally made it onto TV! Well, sorta.

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You all know how I feel about the IQ test, and whether it actually measures intelligence. Well, anyone who’s been listening to me rant over the last few years does. It doesn’t measure intelligence as much as ease of accessing archived educational tidbits. That is why I rank incredibly well despite my failings, and why …

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MSN – Flashback to 2002

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I just got this email in my inbox. An ad for using MSN as a portal. A big visual ad that didn’t work in plain text. Yes. Today, in 2014… I’m not sure what to say. Do they not realize what year it is? Is this some kind of warped throwback Thursday? What strange frozen-in-time …

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15 Email Deliverability Tips for Business

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There are certain key things that can be done to as part of your standard methods of operation as a company to circumvent any email deliverability issues that might come from getting blacklisted because you didn’t play along with the rules. Keep in mind that these rules, when applied, result in EVERYONE being happy. You …

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Recommended WordPress Security Plugins

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There are a few WordPress plugins I routinely recommend for security: Block countries you don’t want visiting the site with IQ Block Country. Use WordFence (paid is recommended but not required for primo protection) to protect your site from many forms of hack. All in One WordPress Security and Firewall is a pretty good solution …

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Nudge Nudge Nudge

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I was on the phone with a colleague at Google today, when he reminded me that it’s been a few months since I posted anything to my blog. Being shamed (by no less than a smarty pants over at the great Goog) into a fresh post, I decided to write a post about that very …

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Scheduling

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As many of you know, my schedule is ridiculously busy. Please remember the best ways to contact me: Contact numbers: 818-446-2185 California 541-991-4569 Oregon 727-266-0575 East Coast These are the phone numbers to use. If you’re not reaching me, that might be why. If you need tech support or assistance with any existing project or …

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Need Guinea Pigs

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I need guinea pigs for connecting a wordpress blog through a plugin and an app to a service that will not only help you develop facebook followers but also (drumroll please) collect email addresses for you to use in mailings. If you have aWeber, it will be automatic, otherwise you’ll get a list of emails every so often that you can add to your email system of your choice.

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One Space or Two Between Sentences?

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1or2spacesIt’s not completely one or the other, as many say.

It depends entirely on whether the font is fixed width or proportional.

Fixed width fonts look like this.  Placing two spaces between sentences improves readability.  That’s how to be polite to your readers despite needing to use this antiquated type.  ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Proportional fonts look like this. Only one space is ever needed because the words group better and thus it is not difficult to discern the end of any sentence that has only one space. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTU

Contrary to the general layman’s belief, there are still many good uses for fixed width fonts.

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