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Career Hacks of the Ancients A story about how important it is to choose WHO your career helps.

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And when everything they say is Buy Now then I say, Bye now!

Bye now The difference between ‘buy now’ and ‘bye now’ is very thin. Sometimes, when we push very hard for a commitment, we break the trust we’ve earned. For a while, you migh…

This has been a wild ride.

We're Back... What a hellish 22 days it's been since waking up on August 21st to news Facebook took our Joomla page down for impersonation of ourselves. (not a typo) Our page is a major artery in the...

What a wild ride!

We're Back... What a hellish 22 days it's been since waking up on August 21st to news Facebook took our Joomla page down for impersonation of ourselves. (not a typo) Our page is a major artery in the...

What's the big deal about good design and UX. Here's a story about a check box that cost $100 million dollars and lives.

The U.S. Navy’s $100 Million Checkbox Two years ago a Navy destroyer was ripped open by the nose of a Liberian tanker. Ten sailors were crushed or drowned as their sleeping quarters filled with water after the collision.

As found in the wilds of the interweb today.
Why good design is important.

Huston we have a problem!
Fake engagement is a thing on social media, especially if you are utilizing paid ads.
I noticed this post earlier. I'm not here to bash the person doing their posts - s**t happens and you grab a wrong image. What did catch my attention was this post for Sweet & Sour Chicken with the image of strawberry shortcake had 1.2K replies on it. Only a few people pointed out the obvious error. The majority were "oh ya, looks great" type comments.
It's busy managing social and typically other tasks as well but consider if your dollars are well spent if your paid posts are getting spam engagement. How does that benefit your company? How does that reflect on your company to encourage this?

Sooooooo it's been a hella morning in computerland this morning. Hopefully you didn't get stuck in the Crowdstrike nonsense. Bit of a white knuckle experience prior to booting up.

In other news for my web developer friends of all stripes. If you were using Google's URL shortener well no you aren't. Short strokes: You have till nearly the end of August to chase down all the links and fix them in all your sites. Stock up on your fav beverages cause that's going to be some long dry work.

Google is turning off its URL shortener and breaking every link that ever used it:

https://developers.googleblog.com/en/google-url-shortener-links-will-no-longer-be-available/

A quick search on lore.kernel.org:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/?q=goo.gl%2F.turns up about 19,000 messages with affected links. That's a lot of history that is going to become harder (or impossible) to find.

goo.gl/ - search results

Well this isn't good. Heads up any Google Domain/SquareSpace folks.
Researchers: Weak Security Defaults Enabled Squarespace Domains Hijacks

Researchers: Weak Security Defaults Enabled Squarespace Domains Hijacks – Krebs on Security July 15, 2024 2 Comments At least a dozen organizations with domain names at domain registrar Squarespace saw their websites hijacked last week. Squarespace bought all assets of Google Domains a year ago, but many customers still haven’t set up their new accounts. Experts say malicious hackers lea...

Embracing Accessibility! Joomla takes the GAAD Pledge for 2024 and Beyond! The GAAD Pledge is a call to action for open-source leaders to embed accessibility at the core of their projects. Joomla has always prioritised inclusion, welcoming everyone and ensuring accessibility for all. Find out more about the Joomla GAAD Pledge or get involved!

https://community.joomla.org/blogs/community/joomla-takes-the-gaad-pledge.html

Help me understand why these are a good idea again? Beyond the fact you have no idea where it is directed or if someone has covered the original and are going to take you to a dodgy site.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/182314357252077/permalink/850345460448960/

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Epic campaign!

This is the greatest thing on the internet. Conspiracy theorists always talking about the Denver airport, they leaned into it.

Great big thank you to those who took a moment to show your support and casting a vote for AM Graphix in Community Votes Guelph 2024.
This year I placed Silver in the Graphic Design category and Platinum in the Web Design category.
https://am-graphix.com/blog/guelph-votes-2024-winner

Hey my fiends. I've been nominated again this year in Web Design and Graphic Design on Community Votes Guelph. Here is the link. Many thanks for your help!

CommunityVotes Guelph 2024 Official 2024 Community Voting Awards Platform for Guelph, ON. Where the community votes for their favourites every year.

Winner! Whoot! A great big shout out THANK YOU to Akeeba Ltd for the donation of a years free Akeeba Backup Pro for . I've been a user and supporter of Akeeba's products for years and is the first thing I install on every build. Thanks so much Nicholas for your donation of this prize as well as your ongoing support of and events.

Great big shout out to Alan at Abivia Web Hosting and to Bear (Troy Hall) for raising the 911 flag in the night. You guys rock!

A discussion earlier had me reflect back to this blog post from last year. And this quote from Seth Godin, "The race to the bottom is unforgiving and relentless."

In pursuit of cheap In pursuit of cheap: If suppliers are under charging what are they cutting or haven't included in their costs? Are you willing to risk your sites reputation?

Viral! It does not mean posting the same content over and over again (this is spam). It is when your original post gets shared over and over again.

Nearly 88,000 Art Images From The Getty Are Now Free To Download and Use How You Like
And what a lovely gift it is!

Nearly 88,000 Art Images From The Getty Are Now Free To Download and Use How You Like “Users can download, edit, and repurpose high-resolution images of their favorite Getty artworks without any legal restrictions.”

AI already uses as much energy as a small country. It’s only the beginning.

AI will make bitcoin's environmental devastation look like a picnic.

"If ChatGPT were integrated into the 9 billion searches done each day, the IEA says, the electricity demand would increase by 10 terawatt-hours a year — the amount consumed by about 1.5 million European Union residents."
https://www.vox.com/climate/2024/3/28/24111721/ai-uses-a-lot-of-energy-experts-expect-it-to-double-in-just-a-few-years

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Joyce reached out to me here on FaceBook as her website needed to be migrated from Joomla 3. On investigation her old template hadn't made the transition so a fresh look was in order.
Joyce Seppala Designs is located in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
You can read all about it here:
https://am-graphix.com/portfolio/joyce-seppala-designs

Went to use https://www.facebook.com/qrcgcom to do a quick code only to be told my clients URL was a short code generator (it is not) and zero help. Congrats on your chatbot and wasting my time. I'll use another service that works!
Do no recommend. Don't waste my MF time!

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EXCITING NEWS in the world of Joomla! After two rigorous years of relentless effort, insightful discussions, intensive code sprints, and meticulous bug squashing by our dedicated volunteers, we proudly present to you – Joomla 5.0!
What to expect, new features, enhanced security measures, speedier performance with code advancements and redesigned under the hood to make use of the latest server languages.
Find out all the details and how to upgrade here: https://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5900-joomla-5-0-and-joomla-4-4-are-here.html