an old Software developer with a computer and a camera and some ideas for self-publishing websites

Sam lives in Dubuque Iowa and enjoys working with Web technologies, photography, and visual storytelling.

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Jan 17, 2024

The Nine Shot Rule - This Rule Will Help You Get Better B-Roll for Your Videos

Jan 17, 2024

Nov 30, 2023

Migrating from Squarespace 7.0 to 7.1

Nov 30, 2023

Squarespace recently released its migration tool to move a version 7.0 Squarespace website to version 7.1. This is really good news for those who have a Squarespace 7.0 site and want to migrate to the latest version of Squarespace. This tool will be really handy for those who have a 7.0 site with a lot of content. Smaller sites with minimal content or sales data are probably better candidates for manual migration to a new version 7.1 site.

Nov 30, 2023

Sep 3, 2023

It's Simple to Transfer a Domain Name to Google Domains

Sep 3, 2023

Transferring a domain name to Google Domains is pretty simple. This is not intended to be a tutorial just an illustration of how simple the process of transferring a domain name can be.

Sep 3, 2023

May 30, 2023

Pella Iowa Tulip Time 2023

May 30, 2023

I traveled to Pella Iowa a couple of weeks ago for the Tulip Time festival. It truly is a wonderful small-town festival with so many things to see and do. My primary interest was the tulips and the gardens, but that is by no means all there is to do. They have a daily parade, live performances at various locations, many street vendors and cafes, informational presentations about Dutch culture, and on and on…

May 30, 2023

May 11, 2023

How Technology Changed Website Building

May 11, 2023

How developing websites has evolved over time. An examination of the many advantages of DIY website publishing.

May 11, 2023

Mar 23, 2023

Canva announces big update with new AI features, but there are other AI announcements in the news.

Mar 23, 2023

Canva’s introduction of new AI-powered design tools and considering how many other Artificial Intelligence technology announcements there have been lately in the fields of graphic design and the visual arts.

Among the many impressive features announced by Canva today are AI-powered brand management and AI-powered copywriting. A couple of days ago Adobe Systems unveils (in beta) Firefly, a family of new creative generative AI. Last but not least, OpenAI introduced DALL-E and DALL-E 2 their descriptive art and image creation tools a while ago…

Mar 23, 2023

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