Stay Safe Online: Data Privacy Day Highlights How to Manage Your Privacy

Data Privacy Day 2019: A New Era in Privacy live free livestream event on January 28, 2019.

When I bought my new smartphone earlier this month, I was excited.

My old phone had crashed and wouldn’t turn on. I needed to get a phone quickly!

I did my due diligence researching online for the features I wanted, bought my phone, and had my local retail phone store add it to my mobile plan.

The new phone was amazing! Fast because of more memory, easier to read due to a brighter screen, and no sudden crashes.

It took me two days before I realized the phone store employee had set up my phone with my web and app activity enabled.

As well as my search history.

Yikes! Continue reading Stay Safe Online: Data Privacy Day Highlights How to Manage Your Privacy

How to Learn About Accessibility Best Practices in WordPress

Quick Start Guide of WordPress Accessibility Handbook

When it comes to accessibility in WordPress, you’ll find thousands of resources—blog posts, videos, podcasts, courses, infographics—to help you learn about WordPress accessibility.

I know, I’ve published several posts and given WordPress accessibility presentations myself.

But as with all things WordPress, the wordpress.org site is the source you want to visit to learn how you can make your WordPress site accessible to everyone.

Thanks to Sami Keijonen for his tweet earlier today, reminding Twitter users of the excellent WordPress Accessibility handbook resource: Continue reading How to Learn About Accessibility Best Practices in WordPress

Photo of the Week: Michigan Central Station Winter Fest 2019

blue and purple gradient colored illustration of a person's profile lights up the front of the old Michigan Central Station train station.

With winter finally arriving in southeast Michigan this weekend with snow and cold temperatures, it was the right weekend for me to enjoy the inaugural Michigan Central Station Winter Festival, a new winter event hosted by Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan.

The free ten-day festival is open to the public, offering music, games, art, food trucks, ice carving, retail shops, and a fantastic 3-D light show that displays on the front of the building at night. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Michigan Central Station Winter Fest 2019