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Worth reading: “The Anatomy of a Perfect Blog Post”

by Cynthia Closkey, June 11, 2014

No doubt I could list way more than seven elements from perfect blog posts, but these seven seem to cover all the most important bases. Headline: the 6 words that count most Storytelling hook Fewer characters per line at first Featured image Subheads for scanning Content and the 1,500-word sweet spot Soundbites for sharing Interesting […]

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Pictures + words = better social sharing

by Cynthia Closkey, June 9, 2014

You’ve seen them: pictures with words embedded in them, and words presented as images. They’re everywhere across the web. Some are memes, but more are quotes, advice, and inspirational sayings. Education is every day and everywhere, the only thing you have to pay is attention. – Tim Fargo #quote pic.twitter.com/OFX2FLwzuZ — Tim Fargo (@alphabetsuccess) June 9, 2014 People […]

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In the News: “The power of social media Pittsburgh uses social media to bolster grass-roots philanthropies”

by Cynthia Closkey, May 15, 2014

“Ms. Closkey, president of Downtown Web design firm Big Big Design, noted that over the past five to seven years, Pittsburgh’s tweeters and bloggers have tapped into a deeply philanthropic vein and produced some remarkable charitable efforts as a result. “‘It’s interesting because people talk about Twitter being like a water cooler or a cocktail […]

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How mobile is your website?

by Cynthia Closkey, April 22, 2014

Have you looked at your website on a smartphone or a tablet? How does it look? It might be that you can see the whole of your site, with the logo and all the home page images visible, all shrunk down to fit the little screen. And maybe when you see this, you think, “It’s […]

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Good to read: “Passwords Are Obsolete”

by Cynthia Closkey, April 13, 2014

Everybody knows that most passwords will remain unchanged. Yet our collective response to Heartbleed has been to patch our servers and email users asking them to do something we know most of them won’t do. Here’s what our response should have been: ALTER TABLE users DROP COLUMN password; It turns out that passwords are obsolete, […]

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Your weekend project: Update all your passwords

by Cynthia Closkey, April 11, 2014

Old keys by asdcjasdcj on Flickr

Do you use the same password everywhere? Your logins are at risk! Check out three simple tips for choosing secure passwords and remembering them.

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