Cheaper WordPress Solutions
You Probably Don’t Need That Expensive Plugin
Solutions That Don’t Cost Megabucks
Yes, I’m a cheapskate. For good reason. As a developer for social enterprises, aka nonprofits, I’ve learned you can almost always find a cheaper, or free, solution to a problem.
One doesn’t necessarily need the highest priced theme or plugin that’s available. In the following website posts, I’ll show you show to save money by virtue of my experience.
My 6 month adventure with (shudder) unemployment
This is an update on the original article, written in 2010. Remember those days when people kept saying “Cobol is dead?” We just laughed, and kept on coding. Well, laugh no more. Cobol is not dead–there are still thousands of programmers out there. It’s just finding a new mainframe position…
GTD, My way–an update
This is an update from something I wrote when I was using a (don’t laugh) PDA (Personal Data Assistant). PDA’s were the big rage before smartphones. Since then, of course, software and smartphones have made them obsolete. But, because planning and prioritization of tasks hasn’t changed much, this article is…
Job hunting in 2009–it’s a whole new world
Ah, the good old days. When you could find a job in a day or two. Sometimes within hours. 2009, on the other hand, sucks big time. My last contract ended on May1, and I’ve been looking for a job for 3 months now. I keep a spreadsheet of jobs…
Great hotkey program–Autohotkey
I found this through PC Mag about a year ago, and have been using it ever since. Autohotkey is free, and does several great things, which I illustrate here: You can key in an abbreviation, like btw, and it will automatically expand to “by the way.” You define the expansion…
The ultimate blog software–WordPress
I have struggled for years to put up a decent looking web site. What I usually ended up with, although functional, was a patchwork of different pages, all with different functions. Then, I started reading about WordPress. What makes it so wonderful? It’s free It has hundreds of templates You…