No other force has more power to make or break the spirit of the web designer than the all-important client. The good ones make us love our work, and the bad ones can make us wish we were dead. Sometimes, we have to fire a bad client when it gets really bad. But wouldn't it [...]
Let’s talk about an important issue that is ubiquitous in our current digital landscape – unethical website developers. Sadly, while we have certainly become a digitally connected world due to our obsession with instant gratification we want our services fast and cheap without concern for ethical standards. Wikipedia defines ethics as a branch of philosophy [...]
Remote-control malware wiped from Microsoft Exchange Servers by FBI The FBI deleted web shells installed by criminals on hundreds of Microsoft Exchange servers across the United States, it was revealed on April 13, 2021. The Feds were given approval by the courts to carry out the deletions, which occurred without first warning the servers' owners, [...]
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a guide to the terrifying risks that businesses will expose themselves to if they use tech created in the Peoples’ Republic of China (PRC) or engage in any business activity with the Middle Kingdom. The fifteen-page “Data Security Business Advisory” [PDF] opens by warning “Businesses [...]
On July 2, the California Supreme Court issued a ruling that could have major implications for California businesses. In Hassell v. Bird, the court upheld First Amendment protection for online publications, ruling (4-3) that Yelp could not be ordered to take down a defamatory review. The case involved a negative review posted by Ava Bird [...]
The rise of social media and the algorithms that control the internet have made people and brands more concerned about raising some particular metric or another. For example, everyone wants their posts to have a large number of likes, their websites to have a large number of clicks, or their social accounts to have a [...]
The Google Beast devours content and requires continuous feeding to maintain its place as king of the Internet jungle. Google is without question a beast shredding the competition with its razor sharp teeth, stealthy prowess and powerful bite. A king among beasts! Google currently holds a staggering 88.92% of the U.S. search engine market share. [...]
Averting Disaster With Website Management Your website is your hardest working sales tool. It works 24/7, 365 days a year. The mega-powered website is a customer service representative, sales agent and support staff. Are you devoting sufficient resources to ensure the continuing success of your highly profitable online real estate? Too often business owners are [...]
If you want to do social media right, you need to be strategic. Many of us don't start out that way. We sign up for a site to try it out and fumble around till we understand how it works and what we can achieve. But what if you were starting from scratch, knowing more [...]
Just when consumers were starting to regain some company trust and safe-shopping stability after last year’s massive Target breach, a string of new large-scale company breaches quickly reminded us consumers just how insecure our personal data can be. Needless to say, it’s been a rough year for some major companies and an even rougher year [...]
