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WordPress 3.1.4 was released yesterday. Please update as this is a security and hardening release. If you aren’t sure how to do this, please do not hesitate to contact me. If you use wordpress.com hosting, you do not have to worry at all about these updates! Google announced Google+ No, I don’t have an invite…
Info & Tech Literacy Series: Security & Privacy Basics – links
Yes, you know how to use the computer. Your three year old is showing you how to use the iPad. You successfully create presentation slides for seminars you give and your tween has a webpage she designed for a class. Your wife set up and secured your wifi network.. and unplugged the blinking VCR since…
Recent Tech Stories of Interest
I read a great many things during the day. I thought it would be fun to occasionally share some of the interesting sites I find, and some technology-related news stories that made me pause long enough to read them all the way through. Seth Goldin’s email checklist — it’s a list of good things to…
Book Review – #Socialmedia Nonprofit Tweet Book01
I read a lot of books, some to help me understand the businesses I work with, some to give me ideas of ways to teach new technologies, some to learn more about business, and some for fun. When I think a book will be interesting to my clients, I will post my review here. The…
Seven Tips for Passwords
There are the best-practice gurus say you must use, then there is real life. In this post, I hope to provide some guidance so that you can decide what makes the most sense for you. Keep email and bank account passwords different and unique from other passwords. Do I really want my bank account, web-based…
Hello World
Hello. On May 5th, 2011 PennyWise Consulting, LLC celebrated its sixth anniversary. To mark the occasion, I am finally jumping into something I’ve meant to do since before I formally incorporated: write about what I know and what I do for a larger audience. Why now? Why not? Over the years, clients have asked about…