What is anxiety?
Do you feel anxious before a dental visit or starting something new? Have you ever gotten the jitters before speaking in front of a large group? Or sweaty palms when thinking about the future?
Planning your digital marketing strategy
Social media is simple right? It's not. It's a complex system that requires a lot of planning. Not only does it require a lot of planning, but it also requires a lot of research. In the next few articles, I'll give you a few simple guides to help plan your digital marketing strategy.
Loading Visual Studio environment in your default PowerShell profile
As a developer, you may want to load the Visual Studio environment in your default PowerShell profile. This is useful for debugging and developing.
Quick tips for battling depression
While depression is a severe illness, you can fight back against it and win if you know what to do when it strikes. If your depression is brutal, however, it's vital to seek the advice of a physician. You might also find that depression is a symptom of a broader issue, such as undiagnosed Autism, or a serious illness that you can't control.
The Diversity problem in Open-Source projects
The software industry has a diversity problem. Specifically that there isn't much diversity at all. We are also living in a time where we are hearing about project maintainers engaging in targeted harassment against minorities. This is a problem that we need to address. Why do we as a community have to deal with this, and how can we as maintainers help? Trying to fix a broken system is not a solution, but trying to make it better is the first step.
Becoming an effective open source maintainer
Developing code is not easy. It is a challenge, but it is also a fun thing to do. Maintaining a project, however, is not easy either. It requires a very different skillset and time investment. When I became a maintainer of Selectize, I was able to learn a lot about the project and how to improve it, and I was able to learn so much about how to interact with the community.
5 ways to reduce anxiety while waiting for big news
How do you handle the excruciating time as you wait for big news? Anxiety and stress are common factors during this waiting game. However, you can take steps to reduce your nervousness.
How to learn online marketing at home
To become successful at online marketing, one must develop the necessary skills and knowledge to produce the best results.
Redirecting pages in jekyll (Without Plugins)
Hosting your site on Github Pages is fantastic, easy and inexpensive. Using Jekyll to generate your pages is easy and very configurable. It's the perfect solution for a static site (as well as what I use for this blog). Sometimes, however, you may run into situations where you need to redirect a page to another page, and without access to your backend to use server-side redirects you need to do it manually.
9 steps for building quality backlinks
For some, backlinks are the number one ranking factor for their websites. If you employ this strategy, building high-quality backlinks to your website can increase your search engine ranking, but it can also result in an increase in organic traffic.
Display all environment variables with powershell
When configuring a development environment, you can use the PowerShell command to display all environment variables. This can be useful for gathering information about the environment, or for debugging.
Five ways of handling negative habits in children
Watching your child grow and learn is amazing, but what happens when your child starts to develop negative habits?
Expert job interview tips
You made it past the initial filter — your resume caught their attention, and now you're in the room (virtual or otherwise). This is where the real work begins.
Five Reasons to Focus on the Now
It's easy to get caught up in planning your future. Planning for a secure and happy future is a significant undertaking. However, spending too much attention on unknowns can significantly inhibit your ability to focus on the here and now.