With my commitment to blog daily in 2014, I’ve written about websites, user experience, WordPress, accessibility, local web worker events, email marketing, and technology this year.
And I’ve been thankful to all of you for reading along. I appreciate all your comments, tips, and suggestions. Keep ’em coming!
Here’s a look back of some of my favorite posts and memories from 2014.
January 2014
Get Organized: Gather Your Website Information
Kicking off the New Year is a time for people to get organized. Do you know the name of your web hosting company? What’s the login for your domain name registrar? How about the admin login for your WordPress site?
February 2014
Learn About Web Accessibility by Experiencing It Firsthand
I knew there had to be a quick way to help my colleagues and friends understand the barriers we create when we don’t consider accessibility as we build websites.
What do I tell people now?
March 2014
Media Search Enhanced: Easily Find Images in Your WordPress Media Library
Imagine you’ve finished the final draft of your blog post. You’ve worked on it for the past week and you’re excited to schedule it to be published.
You have the perfect image in mind to add to your post—an image you uploaded a few months ago. One last step and you’re done.
April 2014
Benefits of Transcripts and Captions for Your Videos and Podcasts
Every week I hear from friends and colleagues about the launch of their new podcast or video series. They’re excited about their work and love the ability to share their knowledge and advice.
May 2014
Transcripts and Captions: Do-It-Yourself or Outsource?
Now that you know the benefits of captions and transcripts for your videos and podcasts, let’s take a look at the options you have available: do-it-yourself or outsource.
June 2014
Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation Takes Effect July 1: Are You Prepared?
When Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) takes effect July 1, 2014, Canadians will have a strong law protecting them from unwanted and unsolicited messages, not only for email messages, but many other kinds of electronic messages.
July 2014
How to Check Broken Links on Your Website
Broken links on websites. Nobody wants them.
People visiting your site get frustrated when they come across a broken link. Website visitors may think, “Can I trust this website if it has broken links?”
August 2014
Speaking at WordCamp Columbus on Accessibility
This weekend I’ll be speaking at WordCamp Columbus with my friend Jacki Keys on how you can improve the accessibility of your WordPress websites.
September 2014
Digital Rendezvous: Detroit Design Festival
Our Detroit User Experience group partnered with Vitamin T and the Detroit chapter of Girl Develop It for the third Digital Rendezvous of 2014 at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.
October 2014
The Power of Practical Suggestions
I didn’t expect my suggestion to be heard, let alone implemented in less than five minutes.
November 2014
World Usability Day Detroit 2014: Quick Notes
I wasn’t sure what to expect this year for our second annual World Usability Day Detroit event. I was excited our Detroit User Experience group partnered with the Ladies That UX Detroit group to organize the event.
December 2014
Photo of the Week: Celebrating the Holidays at Kellogg Park
What a wonderful afternoon for the Community Carol Sing-Along today in downtown Plymouth, Michigan at Kellogg Park.
Led by Dr. Jerry Smith, the music director at my church, I joined several hundred people from the community for an afternoon of joyous carol singing.
