Do you every ask yourself, who am I helping with my participation in this ad campaign or blogging network? Perhaps you should. Helping yourself, helping your community, and helping global corporations all have very different reward structures and consequences. Types of Strategic Promotion This is the second post in a series of posts on the […]
Mommy Blogging Grows Up
I have always been a Mommy Blogger. I have never been a Mommy Blogger. Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes. — Walt Whitman I spend a lot of time attempting to reconcile these contradictory truths. That is why I love this quote. On The I […]
Security Alert for WordPress Users
There has been a massive attack on WordPress sites in the last few weeks, and it continues at this very moment; it continues into May although chatter about it seemed to peak around mid-April. Insecure passwords, out-of-date software, and server vulnerabilities all contribute to the access points which these brute force attacks exploit. Brute-Force Attacks […]
Information, Influence and Indices: Women’s Work
Oh, don’t worry, this isn’t going to be that technical. Women have always been information managers. What comes into the home and family sphere, what goes out; the interaction of the personal spheres of interaction between larger systems such as commerce, education, religion, and families has been the purview of women. Men have traditionally been […]
H is for "HELP, Windows 8 Ate My Apps!"
Wiindows 8 ate my Microsoft Office Apps! I have had a PC for approximately two days and Windows already ate my apps. How on earth did PC users survive all these years? I only have owned a PC for hours and have already been very, very glad I bought a service agreement with the PC. […]
Sunday is a Day Off or a Day for Free Writing
Since I am writing, it definitely is not a day off, so this must be free writing. The A to Z Blogging Challenge that is taking place this month gives participants a day off each week. I really, really like this whole thing of having a day off each week; it is civilized. But this […]