Lost in Translation

But Won’t My Stuff Get Stolen?

Janice Schwarz — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:45:50 +0000

All web designers run across this at some point: a client has created something to sell and they want to make sure it won’t get stolen when they put it online. Visual art, audio, video, poems, how-to’s, blogs, and other such materials are what we call IP or intellectual property. There is a lot of exaggeration [...]

FTP Changes

Janice Schwarz — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:31:37 +0000

GeekArtist hosting customers need to be aware of a change to how they login for FTP. This changes exists to improve security. Before, you could use your cPanel login for FTP but were encouraged to create a separate FTP login. Now, you can no longer use the cPanel login except for SFTP. You must contact me for [...]

The Right Tool for the Right Job

Janice Schwarz — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:24:23 +0000

There is a common assumption among those who do not work in a technical field that because an individual is qualified to do one type of technical work, they are qualified to do it all. Everyone hears it at some point. The dreaded phrase “well you work on computers so you must know…”. “So, you work on [...]

Web Design Packages Have Arrived!

Janice Schwarz — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:32:00 +0000

Well, I’ve finally done it. After refusing to make that move for years, I’ve finally created flat rate packages for web design. I had avoided this for for so long because I felt that frequently, fixed rate packages weren’t fair to both the client and the designer. The client could be paying for more time [...]

How to Make A Better Password

Janice Schwarz — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:50:51 +0000

The New York Times released an article titled If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It HackMe addressing the popularity of very weak passwords. Vance (the author) says, “According to a new analysis, one out of five Web users still decides to leave the digital equivalent of a key under the doormat: they choose a [...]