Jetpack, Do Better

Jetpack plugin home page highlighting security, performance, analytics, and growth tools.

When I announced my retirement from web design and development, I expected my future blog posts would be about technology, writing, social media, and birding.

Though I still care about them, my days of publishing posts about usability, accessibility, and WordPress were over.

Little did I think a month after my retirement I would once again be writing about WordPress.

Specifically, about the Jetpack plugin.

Yet here I am.

And I’m exasperated and frustrated and decided I needed to vent.

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Photo of the Week: Snow Puffs

Chain link fence covered in a thick layer of white fresh snow against snow-covered ground in the background. On a cold winter day in January.

Last week’s seven-inch snowfall in southeast Michigan brought a heavy layer of snow to our neighborhood. The kind of snow you want to get shoveling early, while it’s still falling. Because if you wait until it stops snowing, the snow it so heavy you can barely pick it up with a shovel. Though it’s perfect… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Snow Puffs

Testing Two New Mastodon Clients

Mastodon website home page, with illustrated mastodon using binoculars to look at tagline of Social networking that's not for sale.

It’s been almost three months since I started using Mastodon, the open-source decentralized social media network many Twitter users turned to after Twitter’s change of ownership in October 2022. Last time I wrote about Mastodon was to share my first thoughts on using it and five things I learned about Mastodon. In the months since,… Continue reading Testing Two New Mastodon Clients