Friday Freestyle: LinkedIn for Freelancers and Small Business Owners
LinkedIn provides an unparalleled opportunity to showcase your work, tell your story, and connect with more owners, directors, and managers who need what you have to offer.
Friday Freestyle: Stop using Internet Explorer immediately
We shouldn’t still be having this conversation, but here we are. On Monday, Microsoft warned users of its once beloved Internet Explorer that a critical vulnerability in the browser allows malicious actors to hijack the computers of those running the outdated program. In other words, if you still use Internet Explorer, you should really stop.…
Friday Freestyle: 7 questions every CMO wants to ask Google with Ben Jones
HBR Quick Take: Ben Jones on how marketers can keep up with the pace of change. Do you ever wish you could sit down with Google executives and pepper them with questions about marketing strategy and consumer insights? That’s the premise of The Quick Take from Think with Google and Harvard Business Review. Listen at…
Friday Freestyle: 11 Must-Watch Conference Talks That Will Inspire You
In this article, Media Temple shares Oliver Lindberg’s round-up 11 of the best conference talks from 2018 to inspire and get you excited for 2019. They range from the practical to the personal and cover inclusive design, web performance, layouts, product design, mental health, and much more. Look closely, and you’ll find more than 25…
Friday Freestyle: 15 Free Educational Resources for Ecommerce Merchants
Here is a list of online educational resources for merchants. There are platforms to master specific subject areas, such as search engine optimization, video production, and Facebook marketing. There are also educational institutions that offer courses in business, technology, web development, and more. All of these resources offer free classes, though several offer premium coursework as well.
Friday Freestyle: One Small Step for the Web
I (Tim Berners-Lee) have always believed the web is for everyone. That’s why I and others fight fiercely to protect it. The changes we’ve managed to bring have created a better and more connected world. But for all the good we’ve achieved, the web has evolved into an engine of inequity and division; swayed by powerful forces who use it for their own agendas.
Friday Freestyle: Optimizing Wordfence Security Settings: Brute Force Protection
Wordfence includes a number of powerful brute force protection features that can be used to prevent malicious bots from gaining access to your site, including the integration with Troy Hunt’s version 2 of the Pwned Passwords API that prevents access using passwords previously seen in a breach.
Friday Freestyle: Why Is an Insignificant Site Like Mine Being Attacked?
Ask Wordfence: Why Is an Insignificant Site Like Mine Being Attacked? This question came in from a Premium Wordfence customer. They’ve dealt with this question a few times in different ways on the blog, but pulling it all together sounds like a great post. Let’s dive in! Read full article at Wordfence – http://bit.ly/2t2QTTO Keywords: being…
Friday Freestyle: A Short History of WaSP and Why Web Standards Matter
Web standards weren’t even a thing in 1998. There were HTML and CSS specifications and drafts of recommendations that were managed by the W3C, but they had spotty and uneven browser support which made them little more than words on a page…
Friday Freestyle: 7 Popular WordPress Security Myths
Online security is at the forefront of concerns for many site owners, and a lot of the online conversation about WordPress Security centers around the best ways to keep your site safe from hackers and security breaches. Read full article at Wordfence Blog – http://bit.ly/2rUluEK Keywords: wordpress security, brute force attacks, secure username and password, ssl…