I think WordPress’s engineers come in two grades: really good and really awful. I have gotten a lot of the awful kind, but once in a while, I get a good one. This one has been really good and helpful…. Read More ›
Software
A NOTE TO WORDPRESS AND THE ANSWER
October 17, 2020 I have more than 11,000 posts and just under a million views. Since you have made working on WordPress increasing unpleasant and difficult, I find it highly likely I will have to end our relationship in February…. Read More ›
BETRAYED AND SEEKING NEW HOME
Like many others, I’ve found the “new” WordPress block editor to be clunky and awkward to use. It doesn’t matter where I use it. It’s equally difficult on my 15.6 inch PC laptop as it is on my 14-inch Mac…. Read More ›
REMEMBER “LOOK ALIKE, FEEL ALIKE”?
“Look alike, feel alike” used to be the motto of the User Interface area of software development. The idea was that as you developed a product, each new version should “feel the same way” as the one that came before… Read More ›
WHY COMPANIES “GO BAD”
While our planet is going south, the west is burning down, and COVID-19 is killing tens of thousands of people, a lot of corporations are in a state of self-demolition. WordPress is an obvious example, but by no means the… Read More ›
BLOCK EDITOR OR WHAT?
I started blogging on WordPress in 2012 and quickly started to pay to customize my site. I have been paying for almost the entire time I’ve been blogging. Me and my friends have written 11,000 posts over the years and… Read More ›
BAD WEEK, GOOD WEEK, BAD APPLICATION – Marilyn Armstrong
It was a bad week in a lot of ways. Non-deliveries, late deliveries, missing parts, and a lot of increasingly aggravating conversations with Amazon. I spent more time on the telephone with Amazon’s customer service than I have writing posts… Read More ›
THREE IN THE MORNING AND THE PAGE NUMBERS WON’T WORK – MARILYN ARMSTRONG
I was up until very late last night because Garry got a new computer. Setting it up was easy because these days, everything is automated. And he didn’t have a lot of documents or photographs to move. They are all… Read More ›
SKYPING FOR IDIOTS – Marilyn Armstrong
I admit it, I never learned to use Skype. I have tried it. At least twice a year some friend or family member wants to see if we can make it work. I’ve never made it work. There are a… Read More ›
“BAD” IS THE NEW “GOOD” IN TECH SUPPORT – Marilyn Armstrong
Bad customer and technical support is the new good. You only think it’s bad. The problem is your attitude. Or so they’d have you think. YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN’T HIDE All the big technology companies are working hard… Read More ›
THE JOY OF MEDICARE – Marilyn Armstrong
I belong to Blue Cross Blue Shield Advantage Value Added PPO group, which is a Medicare plan that offers extras but costs just a tiny bit more than basic Medicare. Last night, in a moment of mindless stupidity, I decided… Read More ›
ALL THOSE COMPUTERS: WHAT A MESS! – Marilyn Armstrong
Our computers have gone wacko. I think it started when the last upgrades (calling them upgrades is absurd since they have made a mess of all the computers in the house — Macs and PCs alike. Google, Microsoft, iPad, and… Read More ›
