Kent Fackenthall

Category: The Internet & Media

  • The Rise of the Freelancer

    The Rise of the Freelancer

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    By 2030, will we all be our own boss? An interesting article. I’ve often pondered going the freelance route as in my field (design) it’s already pretty common. The challenge is for people like me who have come to rely on the stability of a regular paycheck and a company responsible for benefits and sales…

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  • Why Facebook Algorithms Are Like Gambling

    Why Facebook Algorithms Are Like Gambling

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    I used to hate the random postiness Facebook algorithms used to fill my feed and the fact that it changed every time I viewed it. Now I enjoy it. It’s the social media equivalent of pulling the arm on a slot machine. It’s your online VLT. You can come up short or hit the jackpot each…

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  • Secure your WordPress websites, kids.

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    I’ve spent the last two weeks putting out fires and restoring/rebuilding WordPress websites for clients due to a recent rash of new WordPress hacks and attacks. Securing and maintaining client WP sites has suddenly jumped to the top of my To-Do list. WordPress is arguably one of the most popular online blogging and content management…

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  • Why you should consider Google+. Again.

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    I’ve been having lots of conversations with people lately regarding their trust – or lack thereof – of Facebook/Instagram and their use/intentions with regards to your content and data. I’ve always maintained that posting info on ANY service on the internet is never going to be 100% guaranteed, but how a company conducts itself ethically,…

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  • Google+ Only August

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    I am the mad scientist of social media. Back at the end of July, in another one of my social media experiments, I’d sort of made a resolution to myself to only use only Google+ in August and see what it got me. I didn’t really tell anyone about it, just sort of did it.…

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  • Google+ Circles, Good – Facebook Lists, Bad.

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    For those of you that have never checked it out, one of the (multitude of) things that Google+ does infinitely better than Facebook is allow you to manage your streams and the content in them using ‘Circles’. Facebook has ‘Lists’ that you can create to sort people into categories. This works ok. Their mechanism/UI for…

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