Posts in the Work Category

Crack out the Resumes

Well the continuing saga of if Western Carolina Wireless is going to continue operating goes on and on. Depression seemed to be at one of its highest points ever at the office today. In fact both of my coworkers left considerably early, and before 3 p.m. I was the only one at the office, and I...

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Desperation of having to go back to TX

Well my depression that has been setting in deeper and deeper for months now hit a new low this morning at about 3 a.m. The final confirmation that we are closing down the office came from the boss. I'm jobless and am going to have to move back in with my family. Furthermore I'm going to end up...

5 minute read.

Loss of a laptop and a book

Well today I had to send back the company laptop to North Carolina, over $70 it cost to ship that thing, yowza! So now I have no computer of my own to use anymore, someone online suggested I check out rent-a-center so I've submitted an info request to them, my Dad said I should check out Dell's...

2 minute read.

Damp Sheets and late night writing

oh look 5 a.m., I had washed my sheets last night and then I forgot to put them in the dryer so at 3:30 when I realized I wanted to go to bed, I didn't have any sheets, so I put them in the dryer and then chatted online for a while and then wrote another chapter of my FanFic (Miles Apart), I had...

4 minute read.

Meetings, A/V and my new Laptop

Today was a very long day, I had to get up earlier then normal today to get to the office so that we could ride to Dallas and get there by 11:30 for a meeting with a long time client of Metrotime. Shortly into the beginning of the meeting my cell phone rang, this is actually the first time this...

2 minute read.

Headaches, Work Hatred, and worries of love

Ah another day, another bout of pain…. I am really wondering why my head is hurting so much lately, but it is really bugging me how much my head hurts at times. I cannot remember ever not having a headache in my life, but lately they have been really bad, I guess it must be stress. Have i...

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Conference, Visits, and Cuba

It has been a very long week. I was running the A/V system for the annual district conference of the Southwestern District of the C&MA, long days but a lot of fun overall.

2 minute read.

Back online and battling the flu

Well it has been well over a month since I last posted a log entry and that is because when I moved the SubspaceLink over to its new home I didn't copy over an important part of the Movable Type blog system, the database, and being lazy as I was I kept procrastinating when it came to doing it...

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A little bit about Structured Data and the Semantic Web

My latest post on Justia's Legal Marketing & Technology Blog just went live and it is all about Structured Data and the Semantic Web.  I talk and write quite a bit about the Semantic Web and decided it was high time I write a primer on just what it is and why it is important.  Be sure to check it out.

6 minute read.

AMP up your Law Firm’s Mobile Site

I'm really excited about my latest post on Justia's blog because it is about a new Justia service that I was instrumental in bringing about. Justia has developed a technique to create AMP versions of all of our clients' websites and blogs. I've been pretty excited about the Accelerated Mobile Pages project for a while now as it allows for websites that load instantly the moment you tap the link in search results. Check out more about AMP and about Justia's new offering in my blog post on the Justia blog.

11 minute read.

What you need to worry about with HTTPS Everywhere

If you’ve been thinking about switching to HTTPS as part of the HTTPS Everywhere initiative from Google and Mozilla, you should make sure you know what you are doing. Check out my post from Justia’s blog to learn what you need to pay attention to before you go HTTPS.

12 minute read.

How To: Hide content from search engines, and why you would do it

My latest overview post on Justia’s Legal Marketing and Technology Blog is all about the Robots Exclusion Standard. I explain reasons why you may need to block certain content from search engines, as well as explain the different mechanisms available to you to do so. Check it out ! In general,...

13 minute read.

Seven Blog Posts in Three Days

Last week Barbara and I attended the annual Google I/O Developer’s conference in Mountain View. We’ve attended every year since the first one back in 2008 and were glad to continue the streak. As you may have noticed from my last few short posts here, I’ve been doing more writing on Justia’s...

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Page Performance Tips and Tools: Speed Up Your Website Today!

UPDATE January 18, 2018: Google has announced an upcoming algorithm change for mobile search results which they have dubbed the “ Speed Update .” We’ve written a post about this algorithm change and what it means for page speed. According to a pair of studies done by Akamai and Gomez ( collated...

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Collaborative Firm: Instant Messaging Services

For a small business, it can be hard to decide which tech products and services you want to use to solve the various needs of your employees and clients. To that end I've started a new series of posts on Justia's Legal Marketing & Technology Blog to help business owners make an informed decision...

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