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Sending emails with SendGrid from your WordPress website
Depending on where you host your website, you may not have ever needed to consider how your site sends email. Most shared-hosting services handle outgoing emails automatically. But, if you are setting up your site on a Digitial Ocean or AWS server, that may not be the case. If that’s the case, you will need…
Read MoreHow to painlessly shop on craigslist
When I think of online shopping, I immediately think Amazon. If I think of an item I want to buy, I check amazon first. Having had Amazon Prime for the past 6 years or so, I’ve become quite accustomed to free two day shipping. Plus returns are about as painless as it comes. So of course…
Read MoreHow I eliminated 100s of emails per month
When people ask me what I do for a living, I semi-jokingly respond “I answer emails.” With a team of developers and a stack of clients, it’s a fact of life that I’m going to have to deal with a fair amount of emails. Keeping clients informed of what’s going on and making sure developers…
Read MorePeaks and Valleys
On my company site, we get a fair number of people filling out our contact form looking for help with a project. Believe me, I consider ourselves very lucky to be in a profession where there doesn’t seem to be any shortage of work. As the forms come in, we do our best to review…
Read MoreIt has to be the server issue! Or not.
This week has mercifully come to an end, and not a minute too soon! I’m not going to say it was a terrible week, because it really wasn’t. It was just a bit more chaotic than even I like. And I like me some chaos! Even through the chaos, I was able to wrap up…
Read MoreInstant Messenger is the Devil
Software like Adium and Pidgeon are so darn handy. They let you hook up your Google Chat, Yahoo! IM, AIM, MSN and other instant messengers along with access to tons of IRC channels, too. Man, what a great invention. Instant access to everybody I’ve ever exchanged email with (thanks gchat) all at the click of…
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