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  • How to speed up WordPress and pass the Google Page Speed Test

    Updated: Feb 2021 In order to speed up your website, you need to do the following 10 things. This will not only help you pass the Google Page Speed test but also make your site load under 3 seconds and your scores will be very high with sites like Pingdom and WebPageTest. These are not…

  • Notepad++, alternative to Dreamweaver

    It was time to up­grade my soft­ware and I de­cided to find a free al­tern­at­ive to Adobe’s Dream­weaver. I love DW, but it’s bloated with stuff I nev­er use, and it’s ex­pens­ive. Note­Pad++ has proven to be a much bet­ter deal. It in­cludes many of the fea­tures I love and ac­tu­ally used in Dream­weaver, but…

  • This is why I use WordPress

    This info graphic by Devious Media says it all:

  • More about HTML5

    I thought this was an informative article for non-tech folks who have questions about HTML5. The HTML5 Doctors decided to answer them (without the techno-jargon): What is HTML5? Why has HTML5 been invented? How many HTML5-compliant browsers are there? Is HTML5 just about mobile? Will HTML5 kill Adobe Flash and mobile applications? Is HTML5 incompatible…

  • From Firefox to Chrome

    I’ve been a loyal Firefox user since it first came out, but Chrome has beaten it. The biggest reason why I switched was because of speed. Firefox takes up entirely too much RAM. From version 4 to the latest version 6, FF has been sluggish. Now, of course, I could just purchase more RAM and…

  • Why work doesn’t happen at work by Jason Fried

    Jason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn’t a good place to do it. At TEDxMidwest, he lays out the main problems (call them the M&Ms) and offers three suggestions to make work work. See video on TED Talks Jason Fried thinks deeply about collaboration, productivity and the nature of work.…