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Relating the Passover story to web design
I am visiting family this year to share in the Passover Seder instead of preparing a festive dinner in my home. One part of the Passover story shared during the Seder describes the 10 plagues that occurred in Egypt. To remember the plagues, all attendees at the Seder spill out one drop of wine as each plague is mentioned.…
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Uncover Hidden Opportunity
I originally shared a version of these remarks with my Toastmasters club as the inspirational thought at the start of the meeting. (the inspirational thought is a short speech at the start of our club meeting which does not receive a formal speech evaluation) Based on a true story: Earlier this week I reported an issue…
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Landing page for networking group activity
This week at my local networking group meeting, it was my turn to give one of the featured member presentations. The featured member gets 10 minutes at a pre-assigned meeting to describe their business. I have made a presentation to this group a couple of times before so a good portion of the people already…
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Speaking up and Spinach
If tomorrow I sent you a message that I noticed an error on your website or a possible bug in your software application, would you: Fix it at your first available opportunity? Brush me off for pointing out the error? Think I am overly critical and probably get special satisfaction in finding errors? Sometimes I…
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Create a Motivational Note for Health Challenge participants at the gym
When I saw the new feature to add an image using NOTE widget, I started to imagine how this could be useful on the websites I work on. Around the same time I started participating in a health challenge at my gym. I knew the staff used WordPress to manage the gym's website content. I…
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Winter Writer’s Weekend plus bonus
I participated in the 3rd annual Winter Writer's Weekend, a local program coordinated by Open Door Publications. This is the third time I have been invited to participate in the weekend as a presenter. This year I was assigned two workshop time slots. The audience was a mix of established authors and authors who are…
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Craving Control
It started as part of a casual conversation with a non-profit organization's content manager about a website I had set up on WordPress.com several years ago. I was thrilled to see that the organization has been adding event information and other content regularly. While reviewing the website dashboard I noticed a unusual number of categories.…
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Spin Zone
This weekend I rode out of my comfort zone. I had signed up for a sample indoor cycling class with a group of friends. At first I was reluctant to sign up. I was content doing my regular workout at my gym. I enjoy listening to various podcasts* during my time at the gym instead of being…
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Content Changeover
Earlier this week I had a conversation about making changes to a small business website. The current website was primarily functional but was showing signs of neglect. Several pages of content were never fully completed. The overall format was not flexible for most smaller devices used today. It turns out that the website is set…
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