Brandon Coppernoll

Leave a Lasting Impression on Unsubscribers

Brandon Coppernoll — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:45:17 +0000

It’s an unfortunate part of business when users unsubscribe from your email newsletter or cancels their accounts from your website. Newsletter correspondence dictates you must give users the chance to unsubscribe, and those links are typically found in the footer of emails hoping your readers never get that far. When someone wants to leave. He’s [...]

Leave a Lasting Impression on Unsubscribers | Brandon Coppernoll

In the Know: Week of 2/17/2012

Brandon Coppernoll — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:00:34 +0000

For some time there’s been discussion on whether or not blogging is “dead.” I don’t believe it is, but the conversation on the Internet still remains. The truth is blogging is still a niche tool. Windows 8 is also making a splash with it’s two different modes, “Classic” and “Metro”, and browser-giant Mozilla is designing [...]

In the Know: Week of 2/17/2012 | Brandon Coppernoll

What To Do When Your WordPress Website Disappears?

Brandon Coppernoll — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:30:36 +0000

Heart racing. Pulse visible in your vision. You rub your temples trying to figure out what went wrong. You fight to come to terms with what just happened. Your website is gone. Vanished. The code. The database. Everything. Missing. Now you’re tasked with action. You need to figure out where your site is and if [...]

What To Do When Your WordPress Website Disappears? | Brandon Coppernoll

Why am I doing this again?

Brandon Coppernoll — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:00:32 +0000

After an interesting conversation Monday with a consultant on the direction of my website I was faced with the tough question of “What do I want to do with my site?” I am stricken with the curse of not always being able to best articulate stories about myself, and at times this has been a [...]

Why am I doing this again? | Brandon Coppernoll

In the Know: Week of 2/10/2012

Brandon Coppernoll — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:00:36 +0000

A browser is working toward an unprecedented number of contributors in its rapid release cycle, and two social network giants are facing different challenges. Codecademy extends its functionality to allow users to create their own lessons. Double Fine raises $1 million in 24 hours to begin a new game project. The Internet is a busy [...]

In the Know: Week of 2/10/2012 | Brandon Coppernoll

3 Lessons on Finding Good, Reliable WordPress Plugins

Brandon Coppernoll — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:30:33 +0000

The WordPress Plugin Directory is full of free plugins which have functionality to address social media, images, navigation and the list goes on and on. There are certainly amazing plugins out there, and I don’t want to diminish any work that anyone has done. There is, however, a matter of quality control you should perform before [...]

3 Lessons on Finding Good, Reliable WordPress Plugins | Brandon Coppernoll

In the Know: Week of 2/3/2012

Brandon Coppernoll — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:00:40 +0000

The web and Internet industries are fast-paced, and sometimes you can’t catch everything that goes on. This weekly series will recap the articles I read throughout the week to help you keep in the know of interesting facts about what’s happening. Every day I make an attempt to read a variety of articles relevant to [...]

In the Know: Week of 2/3/2012 | Brandon Coppernoll

In the Know: Week of 1/27/2012

Brandon Coppernoll — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:30:06 +0000

In the Know: Week of 1/27/2012 | Brandon Coppernoll

Microsoft Turning Visual Studio Programming Kit to Game

Brandon Coppernoll — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:00:36 +0000

Matthijs Krempel was an avid gamer in college playing EverQuest 8 hours a day. In the famous massive multiplayer online (MMO) game, users can create avatars to carry out fantasy genre role playing game adventures. He eventually reached the pinnacle of EverQuest by defeating the game’s “final bosses” up to 25 times. Part of what [...]

Microsoft Turning Visual Studio Programming Kit to Game | Brandon Coppernoll

In the Know: Week of 1/20/2012

Brandon Coppernoll — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:30:05 +0000

In the Know: Week of 1/20/2012 | Brandon Coppernoll