Category: Business

Own Your Online Content – Don’t Trust Platforms

Business / Marketing / Technology / Websites

TLDR: Social platforms should be used to amplify your presence, not define it. When you own your domain and your content, you’re no longer at the mercy of arbitrary censorship. You’re building your brand, and something that can last. For many people / content creators and businesses today, they think “social media” IS the internet. They are mistaken. They think facebook pages replace websites, and instagram profiles are portfolios. LinkedIn acts as resume (now with more spam than ever before.) People and businesses put almost all of their …

“No Meetings”? Or, Can You Be More Efficient?

Business / People

In the late 20-teens, there was buzz around Elon Musk’s idea of “no meetings” – although that was apparently not his words. Instead, he (did? does?) pushed fewer meetings, that are shorter, and are moderated/facilitated more more aggressively. Meaning – when you’re done, be done. It reminds me of some conferences I went to that used “Open Space Technology“. And I know I got more out of those sessions than all other business conferences I’ve been to before. Musk’s rules for better meetings: These ideas are meant to …

Small Gestures for Remote Employees

Business / People

In 2025, most jobs are all about producing ‘work product’ and just getting things done. What makes it worse is ‘remote’ workers. You can’t have a fridge stocked with sodas or snacks in the kitchenette for everyone. In the 1970s, Publisher’s Clearing House put fresh cut flowers on every employee’s desk – every Monday. Even when they got up to 1,000 employees. That small and relatively inexpensive gesture (per employee) likely made everyone feel like mom or your wife might feel if you brought them flowers on a …

WordPress Doesn’t Want Honest Reviews

Business / Reviews / Software / Technology / Websites

WordPress (Automattic) has blocked and banned me before for writing reviews that weren’t positive about a plugin or theme. (Kinda sounds like fascistbook, right?) And now they’ve done it again when my review was very simple and clear – that a plugin doesn’t mention that it’s VERY limited unless you upgrade to their paid version. Of course I support developers making money on the code they write – but bait and switch should have gone out with greasy car salesman and wide ties. So why does WordPress think …

The Super Bowl and the World Cup Names

Business

I know companies protect their trademarks and copyrights to build and develop their brands to make them more marketable and increase their value to advertisers. But… I don’t understand why the NFL says that people, radio stations, TV stations, etc. CANNOT say “Watch the Super Bowl” – instead, you have to say “Watch ‘The Big Game’.” I recently found out the same is true for FIFA’s “World Cup”. You can’t actually say “World Cup” when referring to their event. Doesn’t it just cause confusion among fans and followers? …

I Know Why Business Want To Go “Passwordless”

Business / Marketing / Technology

It’s painfully obvious why businesses want to go “passwordless” for their websites. And I’m not willing to accept the answer that it’s “less expensive”, or “easier for customers”, or “more efficient”. The real reason is because businesses want (more of) your personal information. There’s an argument to be made for SOME websites to send you txt messages to verify it’s you, but not many. And yes, as a software tester, I understand how easy it is for spammers/scammers to create profiles on websites using fake email accounts, which …

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