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Excel For the Weak: Split First and Last Names into Separate Columns with Functions

Not as hard as it looks. Breathe deeply, and follow along with me. A nerdy tip to manage those untidy Excel documents. There is no better way to spend an afternoon than by working hard, copying and pasting first and last names into different columns…

Your Internet Speed (and that of your website’s visitor) Probably Sucks

Dear Designer: The Internet Is a Slow Enough Place. Don’t Screw It Up More Guess what, my beloved article reader? Your internet speed probably sucks. Sorry to break it to you. But, look on the bright side: you aren’t alone. In fact, you are part…

Of Bathroom Door Symbols and Flags For Languages

Flags do not represent languages. They represent countries, histories and so much more. Ever enter the wrong public bathroom by accident? Did your experience have anything to do with how the door was labeled? The next time you find yourself in a public place and…

WordPress: My Favorite Static Site Generator

Creating a faster, safer website, and kissing databases (and some features) goodbye! Hello! What we are going to do here is install WordPress in an offline environment, develop our website, with all the designs, posts, pages and plugins that you like, and then “export it”…

The First 3 Things I Do to Your Website (and why you should know it)

As a web designer, I sometimes get so caught up in the strategies, processes and …tricks we use to make the web a better place, I forget that the average website visitor does not do what we instinctively do. This became clear to me the…

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