WordPress really upset the apple cart a few nights ago by converting all users to their new “block editor.” Readers who don’t blog on WP won’t understand or care what that means but basically it means they’ve taken away the toolbox we’ve been using for many years and left us with a scrambled pile of … Continue reading The WordPress apple cart
I’ve often ranted about the evils of Facebook and yet, I confess, I’ve continued to have my WordPress posts auto-posted to Facebook. Well, that ends today. This is the last post of mine you’ll see on FB. If you normally read my stuff on FB, you can subscribe by email and be notified of my … Continue reading Hasta la vista, Facebook
May 28, 2020 — It’s only a fresh title and theme. The content will remain the same. I’ll remain the same. But things needed freshening up around here and the old theme was feeling really stale. In fact, it’s been retired by WordPress. The former title, “Pied Type,” was a nod to my working years … Continue reading Pied Type is now Windwhistle
After months (if not years) of indecision, I’ve decided to make some changes in Pied Type’s design. This will no doubt cause me great consternation and frustration as I try to get everything looking the way I want. I hope it will not prove too great an inconvenience for my readers as you try to … Continue reading We apologize for the inconvenience
In recent months we’ve heard a lot about internet privacy and privacy violations. Most notable, perhaps, was the Facebook data “leak” and related Congressional hearings. Then late last month came Europe’s GDPR — General Data Protection Regulation. It protects the privacy of EU residents but has a ripple effect in the US for companies that … Continue reading Pied Type, WordPress, and the GDPR
Today is my 10th Anniversary with WordPress. Wow. Time flies when you’re having fun. Continue reading Ten years with WordPress
