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Twitter Account ‘Hacked’? Try this one-two punch.

October 9, 2012 || Leave a Comment

This afternoon, I went to check my email, only to notice that a colleague of mine had sent a direct message on Twitter to one of the business accounts I run. Confused at why they'd sent id a message instead of me personally (Since they knew the account was mine), I took a look. The message read, in full: "heh u didnt see them tapping u" and contained a link to a Facebook page, which had a "Twitter Video" site embedded. Sketchy. Before I had a chance to inform them, I checked their feed and someone had clearly already told them. I DM'd the steps below to them, but feel it would be helpful to … [ Read More... ]

Sorry, Call Again Later

July 26, 2012 || Leave a Comment

This is probably one of the hardest posts I've written in quite a while. But it's a tough one because of something very exciting... And sadly, needs to be written. Back when I started doing freelance design and development work nearly a decade ago, I joked that "If I ever need to close my door to new clients, it's because I've lost my fingers and can't work". I was a strong believer that if I was able to work, I was bringing in people. And if I was out of time for new people, clearly things were big enough to hire a second or a third. Today, I temporarily close the door to new freelance … [ Read More... ]