Over the past several days, a local South Florida “celebrity” by the name of “Mr. Clucky” (a rooster who was recently saved by his owner and now rides around town on the handlebars of his owner’s bike) in Miami Beach has received more press coverage than even President Obama.
The City of Miami Beach decided [...]

The concepts of “quality” and “quantity” are some we all learn in our junior high school years. Moreover, these concepts become very important as you start to write papers and essays in high school, college, and even graduate school.
In fact, these concepts are so fundamental to thinking and writing that one might even say [...]

When I first started to study Joomla, I immediately went to websites that have free e-books. There, you could find all sorts of free books about products from Microsoft and Adobe. However, I was out of luck for Joomla. But, to my surprise, I have discovered the online documentation for Joomla right on its website. [...]

I speak three languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese. I had the good fortune of living overseas in Brazil (1991-1996) so I had to really immerse myself in Portuguese to be able to work at different jobs.
Also, Spanish is the language of Brazil’s neighbors like Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela, among others. So, I had [...]

I remember when I graduated from college. Those were exciting times. Some good parties, that is for sure. I had lots of expectations about life and pretty much lived under a false illusion that my college gave me (e.g. solid job offers with bonuses and good salaries). But that is all long gone and forgiven [...]

For those of you who might be wondering “where I have been”, well, I am almost fully recovered from my recent surgery. That indeed is good news. Over the past week or so, I have been “tinkering” with something called JOOMLA. This is one of the more popular Content Management Systems (CMS). For example, this [...]

Over the past two years, I have gotten to know several prominent Social Media websites like Facebook, StumbleUpon, Twitter, Digg, and a few others. All of these websites, initially, are fun and exciting. However, as you progress and develop your profile, you will see more and more into the intricacies of each website and what [...]

There is a saying which goes like this “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” I really like that slogan. It encourages us to eat well and reminds us that a visit to the doctor may not always be a pleasant experience. So, it is worth the effort to eat well and watch our [...]

The other day, I did a search on “technical writing blogs” to check out other technical writers and what they had to say on their blogs. A most interesting assortment of results appeared. Some of the search results were, in fact, blogs while others were not. So, this search revealed a few important things to [...]

One utility program I especially enjoy using is the Microsoft Windows System Configuration Utility. This is, of course, because I am a Windows OS user (Windows Vista). So, for those of you using other operating systems, you will have to consult with the documentation of your OS to discover a comparable utility program.
In short, [...]