I’ve been moderating communities for years, since high school, and observed a lot of things throughout those years. I ran some of the largest and earliest Yahoo! Clubs, some with over 50,000 members. I love people, so of course, as the Internet grew, I joined a lot more communities that interested me. I’ve been a
[Continue Reading...]I’m Still Not Going to Join the Herd By Allowing Automatic Updates in WordPress
I was a bit perturbed during a WordCamp speech that a security plugin developer told his crowd that if you don’t allow automatic updates, you’re a fool and stupid. I find that a foolish statement, considering the fact that backups and security should go hand in hand. Before updating any software, you make a backup.
[Continue Reading...]New Design for Blondish.net
I’m happy to announce the rollout of the Phase 1 new design for Blondish.net. I’m pretty happy about it. There are some tweaks to go through, and also, I’ve got like 5 plugins to hopefully become PHP 7 compatible so I can upgrade the PHP on my server. The theme was inspired by Wellness Pro,
[Continue Reading...][Video] Why I started Vlogging?
Why did I start vlogging? Why not? I already blog, and have been for years. It’s important to create content on as many mediums as possible to reach more people. Like many who start vlogging, and posting to Youtube, I’m also starting off with bare essentials. Eventually, as I get more confortable with vlogging, and
[Continue Reading...]Why Some Trending Topics like #McChicken Remind Us that Nothing Is Sacred
Sometimes things on social media make us laugh, or cry, or get angry, or in the case of the #McChicken video, appalled. #McChicken was about a video of a man having sex with a McDonalds McChicken sandwiche. This incident starting trending on Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter on August 29, 2016. Just a note, this post
[Continue Reading...]What Should You Include In Your Media Kit?
I’ve written before about what a media kit is, and touched on a few things that it includes, however, I still get a lot of people who want what you should include in your media kit. I’ll be answering that in this post. What Should You Include In Your Media Kit? Your media kit shouldn’t
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