City of Writers: A Weekly Newsletter
The Internet as we know it today was born on September 2nd, 1959 in a lab at the University of California, Los Angeles. The proliferation of personal computers that connected to the Internet became commonplace in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Being connected to the World Wide Web allowed…
I recently closed all of my fanlistings because the Sunday Blues domain was expiring and I didn't have the emotional bandwidth to continue maintaining them. If you were approved for the listing after I closed it, let me know and I'm happy to share the members' list and codes with…
I decided to remove myself from the vise-like grip of Facebook, Instagram, and Google permanently. It's Lent, and Catholics typically give up something for 40 days as a sign of sacrifice and to test our self-discipline, just as Jesus did when He went into the desert before His eventual death…
I have been designing websites since 1998 when Yahoo! GeoCities was still only GeoCities. I learned how to code in HTML, all on my own. My very first website was *NSYNC Revolution, a fansite about the boy band *NSYNC. I was constantly at odds with my family because if someone…
I picked up Pokémon Go on July 7, 2016, because I wanted to relive my childhood. I had to share a GameBoy with my kid brother, and I watched him defeat the Elite Four of the Kanto region back in the day. We couldn’t afford a separate GameBoy for me,…
You did everything right. You opened your own business! You have a fancy domain name! You have social media handles that match your brand! But no one's knocking down doors to get to you. Then you realize your website has nothing to offer your potential clients. You're not collecting emails…
Some spoilers. The pre-game storyline is engaging. After falling asleep while reading "Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll, Mickey finds a way to walk through the mirror in his room. He sees a pot of paint and a paintbrush left behind by Yen Sid (the sorcerer from "Sorcerer's Apprentice"),…
You’re here because you're someone who has a brand that encourages you to be active on social media, or you're biting the bullet and building yours from the ground up. If you’re like me, you post most of your content from your phone on the fly. Many big brands (and…
One of my favorite features of Gmail is the fact that you can send emails from your other accounts without having to log in to them separately. I like to have vanity emails for all of my different projects. It helps me to categorize where my mail is coming from…
I'm excited to share this DIY tutorial with you because I learned it myself quite recently. I hope you enjoy it, and let me know if anything is missing! I know the trend is to rely on Canva to create stunning images for you to post on social media. I'm…