Google’s free website program doesn’t help everyone

I posted brief rants about the Texas Get Your Business Online (TGYBO) initiative yesterday on Facebook and Twitter, but that wasn’t particularly satisfying, so I want to continue the rant here. After all, anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Here’s a quick refresher. TGYBO provides free websites and hosting (for a year) to small businesses in… Continue reading Google’s free website program doesn’t help everyone

Crippled Netflix App (Why, o why?)

Netflix is rapidly becoming the Service We Hate But Can’t Live Without. I’ve previously documented my complaint about the woeful lack of streaming movies, compared to the company’s DVD offerings, but grudgingly admit that there are some external causal factors at play. However, the latest incarnation of Netflix’s iOS app was apparently built without regard… Continue reading Crippled Netflix App (Why, o why?)

Whatever you’re searching for, it appears we have it here.

I no longer pay much attention to this blog’s visitor stats. When I first started the Gazette, I had a free Site Meter account and monitored it regularly, but that was back in the salad days when blogs were the only social media outlet (and when I actually worked harder at it). When I redesigned/relaunched… Continue reading Whatever you’re searching for, it appears we have it here.

Local columnist claims a Mac “virus” ate his Facebook

Matt Saxton is the Midland Reporter Telegram’s news editor and he regularly authors a column. Today’s column documents what he calls a virus that attacked his computer and wreaked havoc with his Facebook account. He makes a specific point that he uses a Mac, and that the virus accessed his Keychain account, which is the… Continue reading Local columnist claims a Mac “virus” ate his Facebook

Choices

As a freelancer, I’m like a shark. No, not dangerously vicious, nor delicious in soup, but as a shark has to keep moving to stay alive, I have to keep working to stay solvent. I need to have a steady inflow of projects to keep me in business, and that has the potential to generate… Continue reading Choices