I still have more work ahead of me
Transferring a blog is kind of like moving, a real ton of work and every time you think you are are done, you remember another five things… To-do List (not in any particular order): Get bullet images...
View ArticleTime to get off my duff
Well, I am going to get back into the swing of things with my blog. I have missed writing over the last several months. I am going to do some things a little differently this time around. First off,...
View ArticleGet Your WordPress Blog Moving
Ahh, what is taking so long for this site to load? Forget it, I am out of here…your users are getting frustrated and leaving. How many visitors do you lose because of how long it takes your site to...
View ArticleSliding 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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Increase a Message’s Personal Significance to Improve its Recall
I know that it is troublesome that everyone else, but us, have such a terrible memory for the details. It is a human failing (or advantage) that we use mental shortcuts and forget most of the details...
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Aligning Professional and Personal Roles to Core Values
Having a strong work-life role as part of our overall identity is healthy and normal for high-performing people. However, it is easily taken too far. People may become so emotionally connected to the...
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Does a Bad Culture Create Bad Business Processes or Is It the Other Way Around?
It is a circular debate – does bad culture lead to bad processes or do bad processes corrupt a good culture? The answer is more complex as these two issues do not work in isolation. Recent news...
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Our Truths are also our Facts (regardless of the underlying facts)
“Archaeology is the search for fact… not truth. If it’s truth you’re looking for, Dr. Tyree’s philosophy class is right down the hall.” –Indiana Jones (and the Last Crusade) Is there a conceptual...
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Getting Your Point Across in a Text Message
It is well documented that nonverbal communication transmits a significant amount of contextual information during personal communications. When using a written form of communication those clues are...
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Dealing with Different Decompression Times
I do not often post about other articles I come across online. I prefer to comment on them, and if I like them, I will post them to LinkedIn. However, when something speaks to me, or it is a topic that...
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When Asking for Help, Be Super Courteous
This is common sense, but I do not see it frequent enough. When asking for help, be extremely courteous and polite to the person who provides the help. I know this is a shocking thought but bear with...
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