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  • Does your website reflect your values?

    yvonne

    Your values are how you show up in the world as a human, so it would be strange if your website did not reflect your values. Values are not the same as politics, although they do affect how you vote and what you campaign for.

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  • Disabled People in Business

    yvonne

    Continuing the theme of Disability Pride Month, here is a list of businesses owned by disabled and neurodiverse people in Ontario. There were 2485 businesses owned by disabled people in Ontario in 2021, according to BDO Canada, but it is very hard to find them via a search engine. Feel free to add yours in…

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  • Disability Pride Month

    yvonne

    July is Disability Pride Month. This year’s theme is “We Belong and We’re Here to Stay”. This message highlights the way that disabled people are often overlooked when providing services, and there needs to be a cultural shift as well as changes in legislation.

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  • Great Customer Service

    yvonne

    I had a great customer service experience today. One of my domain names was deactivated and I didn’t know why. I contacted WebHosting Canada’s support chatline. They fixed the issue, and explained what had gone wrong. And now I am a happy customer.

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  • The Craft of Editing

    yvonne

    Writing is a process of constant editing and revision. When the dreaded red or blue squiggle appears under the text you’ve just written, it can induce frantic back-tracking and even self-doubt. If you don’t know where to start, staring at a blank screen can be disheartening.

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  • Posting to Social Media

    yvonne

    Posting to many different social media platforms is such a chore, isn’t it? They all require a slightly different format for your post, so you end up rewriting your post excerpt and rejigging your content to fit the requirements of the platform. This can become a full-time job on its own.

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  • Design and Development

    yvonne

    What’s the difference between a designer and a developer? A lot of people assume that these terms are synonymous, but they are increasingly found on different teams in large organizations. There are other roles in the software development space that are also needed to ensure that the finished product is reliable and usable.

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  • Your Virtual Store Front

    yvonne

    Imagine you’re walking down a street, looking in the windows of all the stores. Some are exciting and make you want to go in. Some tell a story of what you might find inside the store. Some are dusty and neglected. Some have not changed their display for so long that the sunlight has bleached…

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  • Tools for Developers

    yvonne

    These are some of the tools that I use all the time during development.

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  • 2SLGBTQIA Businesses in Ontario

    yvonne

    There are many queer-owned businesses in Ontario, which need your support all year round, not just during Pride Month. Here are some of the ones I have personally interacted with.

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