Your daily dose of practical, easy to follow tech tips!
Question from Gordon: I have a very simple question for you, Rick: Is it legal to sell free software?
I’m asking because I just bought a DVD off of eBay that’s packed with tons of software programs for troubleshooting and maintaining a PC, but I have just found out that ALL of it is freeware that’s distributed under the GNU GPL License. [Read more…]
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Question from Kendell: Hi, Rick. I’m hoping you can recommend a good web hosting plan for my blog.
I’ve had my blog for almost four years and it’s grown to the point where I’m having trouble keeping up with all the maintenance (updates, backups, etc.).
It seems like I’m spending so much time keeping the blog running that I don’t have time to write my posts anymore.
I’ve heard about the Managed WordPress hosting providers that take care of all the updates and other maintenance tasks for you and I’d really love to move my blog to one of them. [Read more…]
In our modern world it is essential to recruit the best developers in your team because the skills of talented people can radiate your project far beyond your current expectations.
In addition, in an area as complex and fast as IT, the importance of differentiating your company from the competition is still to have the best assets in your team. That’s why the recruiting process of developers in Poland is constant.
Thanks to new technologies, there are a lot of services and collaboration tools available today. It’s becoming easier to find the right person for any position in IT. This market is currently very competitive, with demand far superior to supply. [Read more…]
Question from Kathleen: I was recently tasked to take over for the lady who had been writing our company’s blog and I’m trying to learn all I can about how WordPress works.
Although I’ve never blogged before I believe I’m beginning to get a handle on things. But one thing is very confusing to me.
I keep seeing references to “posts” and “pages” like they are different things. I always thought they were the same thing.
Am I missing something?
Rick’s answer: I can certainly understand your confusion, Kathleen. Most of us think of anything that’s found on the Internet at a specific URL as a web page, and on the most basic level that’s correct. But in WordPress things are a little different. [Read more…]
Two-Factor Authentication is an awesome feature that adds an almost insurmountable second layer of security to any online account that supports it.
And luckily, most online services do support it nowadays.
In a nutshell, Two-Factor Authentication works by requiring anyone trying to log into an account to enter a security code they received on YOUR mobile phone before being allowed to log in to your account.
That makes your account a lot more secure because anyone trying to log into it would need physical access to YOUR mobile phone in order to receive the security code.