Blog Archive
Kicking Off the Fall Semester 2025 at Georgia Tech
Today marks the first day of the Fall 2025 semester at Georgia Institute of Technology, and the start of my sixth class in the Online Master of Science in Analytics (OMSA) program! This semester, I'm taking the last of my foundational courses: CSE 6242, Data and Visual Analytics.
The Power of "No": How Life Design Interviews Shaped My Career Over 5 Years
The greatest strength of a Life Design Interview isn't finding a "yes"—it's confidently finding your "no." Follow my 5-year journey and see how ruling out the wrong careers helped me discover the right one in data science.
Conduct Life Design Interviews: How Life Design Interviews Can Help You Find Your Passion
Learn how to prototype your career with life design interviews. This guide explains how to find and conduct informational interviews with professionals in your desired field to make informed decisions about your career path.
The 3 Best YouTube Cooking Channels
Do you love cooking shows but are tired of the repetitive television formulas? I took a deep-dive into the alternative cooking world of YouTube to find the best channels and shows.
Learn Enough To Be Almost Dangerous: Domain Names
If you’re a small business owner and run an online business (or even a website), as annoying as it is, you should learn enough to be almost dangerous about domain names and how they work.
Why I no longer suggest WordPress for (most) new websites
After my years of consulting for small businesses and solopreneurs, I've learned there are many situations where a WordPress-driven website is either overkill, too complicated, or overly expensive to run correctly.
Don't Get Caught With Your Security Pants Down! 👖 Web Security Made Easy! 🔐
Shopping on the Internet is like wandering around a crowded bazaar or farmer's market. While you can install these security certificates for no cost, there are certain situations where you might want to pay a small fee and do some extra paperwork to gain your customers' trust.
How to find a web developer you won't hate 😅
Looking for web site help, we often find ourselves in the same predicament as someone who is inexperienced with cars searching for a new mechanic. Here are some tips you can use to find a web developer you won't hate.
Learn why your site is slow with some Inspector Magic ✨
I made a 4-minute video describing a method you can use to determine if and why a website is slow using Google Chrome, Lighthouse, and a little Inspector Magic ✨.
Learn to code from the beginning 📚
Understanding how to program or code took me a while. First I had to get around the gate-keepers who said coding was impossible to learn. Programming is hard, but it's not impossible. In this article series, we go through the basic building blocks of learning to code from the beginning.
Brand consistency with Gravatar 🦖
It's time-consuming keeping up with brand consistency when you're a solopreneur. Gravatar (Globally Recognized Avatar) is a free service maintained by Automattic, the company behind WordPress. In the simplest terms, it links email addresses to profile images.
Avoid getting trapped by your web host
One of the more intimidating choices for non-technical small business owners is the overwhelming number of options for creating and hosting your website and registering domains. The following is a list of 10 tips about web hosts and domain registrars every entrepreneur should know.
My Solopreneur Toolkit: Part 4 - Web Hosting & Email Marketing 🕸 ✉️
Web hosts are necessary if you plan to sell anything. In the same way, email marketing services help you keep in contact with your clients and customers. I conclude this toolkit series with Web Hosting and Email Marketing.
My Solopreneur Toolkit: Part 3 - Business & Finance 🗄💰
Needless to say, running a business is complicated. Taxes, regulations, permits, contracts, payment gateways, accounting books,legal documents, spreadsheets, ad nauseam. In the third part of "My Solopreneur Toolkit" series, I'll go over the services and tools I use to manage my business and finances.
My Solopreneur Toolkit: Part 2 - Communication & Scheduling
Reliable communication is necessary for any business to thrive whether you have a team, clients, or customers. In this post, I go over the communication and scheduling tools I use daily to collaborate with my clients and solopreneur community.
My Solopreneur Toolkit: Part 1 - Project Management & Productivity
Freelancers and solopreneurs need a toolkit they use daily to make their business and personal lives more manageable. Doing everything solely in spreadsheets and many Word documents can only get you so far. The easy-win automation provided in existing services is beneficial if a solo business owner is going to have a maintainable work/life balance.