Curating the Twitter Fire Hose

In the article Here’s What Is Limiting Twitter’s Mainstream Potential, Mills Baker makes an intriguing proposal: Twitter’s chronological fire-hose format is limiting its ability to reach a mainstream audience. He says bringing in an algorithm à la Facebook’s automatic timeline curation will bring joy and contentment to all twits worldwide. I …

Thankful Things

As usual, thoughts of Thanksgiving Day brought me to reflect upon all the things I have for which I am truly thankful. Drumroll, please — here’s my list: I’m thankful to God for my very life and everything in it. I’m thankful for salvation through Jesus Christ – God coming …

The Return of Gentry’s Journal

I’m back! This journal has languished too long. The last few years have been busy, as usual, but perhaps one reason it took so long to get around to writing again was because I was focused only on Web-related issues. Life isn’t one-dimensional, and so I’m not going to restrict …

WordPress Editing Guide, Part III: Admin Tabs

Missed the previous posts? Check out Part I: Page Editor and Part II: Editor Tabs. ADMIN TABS Here are the additional sections in the Admin WordPress editor account. Do not edit these settings without being familiar with their workings. They are only being described for a general overview. Appearance These …

WordPress Editing Guide, Part II: Editor Tabs

Missed the beginning? Check out Part I: Page Editor. EDITOR TABS These are the available sections for the Editor WordPress account, in addition to the previously-mentioned PAGE EDITOR. Dashboard This page displays an overview of your account. Note that QuickPress and most items under Right Now may be unused if …

WordPress Editing Guide, Part I: Page Editor

This is a tutorial for user-level (not developer-level) editing of a website running the standard WordPress content management system. While the described instance includes separate Admin and Editor accounts, they may be combined depending on your site’s setup. Disclaimer: While this guide is expected to be an accurate description of …

Nifty Site of the Week: Codecademy

You may be a tech wanting to learn a new programming skillset, or a relative Web newbie trying to understand your resident Web geek’s mentions of HTML, CSS, and other cryptic acronyms. Either way, Codecademy.com could be a great match for you. Codecademy is a free service that makes learning …

Upcoming Headlines

Here’s a sneak peak at the articles I expect to post in coming months: Painless Concrete5 CMS Installation Design 101: Contrast, Alignment, Repetition, Proximity (Robin Williams, The Non-Designer’s Design Book) Google Analytics Basics for Non-Nerds Google Analytics for Dataheads Code-Free Mobile App Creation Paid Web Advertising 101 Photo Optimization for …