Sliding Back Into Bad Habits
We work hard to stay on the straight and narrow path by staying focused in our work and driving towards our goals. However, as the pressure and demands on us increase, our focus begins to break down...
View ArticleUsing Site Speed in Google Analytics
Today, I was looking through my Google Analytics account and found something new. In reality, it is not really that new; I am just late finding it. The feature that I am speaking about is called Site...
View ArticleWipe That Data Before You Give It Away!
A short time ago, a friend of mine picked up a few spare hard drives. He was looking for older model hard drives to put on the shelf for when his low-priority legacy servers’ hard drives die. When he...
View ArticleProfiles: Revenge of the Web
Online profile management is challenging, and basically, a pain in the rear. I start by making one change on one profile on one website. Now, I have to replicate that action on multiple websites to...
View ArticleReturn of the Revenge of the Profiles
I recently wrote about the irritation in maintaining various Internet profiles. All these accounts that we create on all these Web services…each with a unique user profile that is a royal pain to...
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Everything Needs Maintenance, Even a Blog
It is been my general experience that many auto mechanics typically have cars that run in less than ideal condition. IT professionals often have computers and websites that are similarly plagued with...
View ArticleSo Many Cords – Where is Wireless Charging??
I was just picking up around the house and noticed just how many darn power cords we use. We are a gadget-based household; I am a techie to say the least. We have smartphones, tablets, laptops,...
View ArticleDeveloping professional personal KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)
KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) can be used for companies, departments, and individuals. At the person level, KPIs are valuable tools in both professional and personal aspects of life. In the past, I...
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Improved Self-Hosted WordPress Performance
My self-hosted WordPress website was slow. Google Analytics Site Speed showed page load times fluctuating from 8 to over 15 seconds. I know that anything over 2 seconds is bad and results in lower...
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Continuing to Improve a Self-Hosted WordPress Blog
Last month, I took action to correct the ultra-slow loading time of my blog. I cleaned up the site and used a few plugins to improve the performance. I went from a “D” score to a middle “B” according...
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