Why I am against exchanging services
Unfortunately, most of us who offer professional services have had a prospective client offer us their products or services in exchange for ours—an exchange commonly known as barter.
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Locked out of your website by Wordfence, how to solve it
So you´re using the Wordfence plugin to secure your WordPress website and suddenly you were locked out. Probably you made the same mistake as I did and set the security level in the plugin options to "Level 4: Lockdown", the name should be a warning but I selected level 4.
Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1573-1610) was an Italian painter who revolutionized a technique called "Chiaroscuro" by creating intense shadows from which people and objects emerge beneath the glow of the light.
My life and electronic music
It has been with me for 15 years. I will turn 30 next year, so for practical purposes I can say that electronic music has consistently accompanied me for half my life as one of my main sources of entertainment and enjoyment.
Adaptive vs. Responsive
I was recently asked what I thought about the differences between "Adaptive Design" and "Responsive Design", and their respective uses. The answer was neither short nor simple, so I had to write this post.
M.C. Escher
Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898 - 1972) was a Dutch graphic artist who became one of my favorites during my adolescence. His work blends art and mathematics through fractals and geometric figures that transform into objects, as well as through the conception of impossible structures.
The universe as a computer
Mathematics is said to be the language of the universe, but lately I have thought that it is more a description of the universe. If there is such a thing as a language of the universe, it should be binary code.
I am not a programmer - What a web developer does
I am a web developer and proud to be one. It is my ideal job because I am passionate about it and am also very good at it. I decided to write this piece because I have realized that most people do not understand what I do. I am a web developer and, in short, I develop websites; what many people do not understand is what developing a website entails.
On mental models and the algorithmic brain
Human beings possess inherent mental models that are like formulas applicable to different situations. The model I am referring to here is the one that leads us to think that a phenomenon was caused by an immediately preceding action…
The fallacy of "free"
Lately, I have been somewhat amused by a television ad from a certain political party in which a father complains about the fees he has to pay at his children's school. He voices his complaint by saying that it seems as though his children attend a fee-paying school.
Usability details illustrated by a cinema ticket
Communication design—poorly categorized by some as "graphic design"—is an essential part of businesses, especially those whose brands have a direct relationship with consumers. Unfortunately, with the exception of a few European countries such as Switzerland or Germany, communication design has not been given due importance within organizations.
Balance
In nature, there is no justice, only balance. While justice is an unreal concept created by humankind, balance is nature's method, and it is real.