Welcome to keefner.com

This page is maintained by Craig Keefner out of Denver.  News and family stuff is included for archives.  Golf is a hobby and I have single-digit handicap which seems to follow the keefner name I think. I run several other business websites for technology including on subjects like Retail Automation, Kiosks, Self-Service and Thinclients.  You can find me two ways on LinkedIn. Digital consulting for self-service is available as well. You can visit the corporate site at catareno.com

You can contact me at craig at catareno.com if you have questions or comments.

Thanks!

• Political Stuff – Will Political Pundits Please Quit Calling themselves Conservatives? November 28, 2021
  Political Pundits Use up too much oxygen? An alternative headline is Life is too short to dance with ugly women Saw an article in my local Denver post.  I think the most humorous item to me is how audience grabbers like these people always beat up on the government but then their usual aim is to get ...
• Opinion Column From LinkedIn on Restaurant Drive-Thrus Driving People Away November 11, 2021
  Opinion Column — Drive Thrus Driving People Away — see linkedin article.  This looks at how fixing one thing often breaks another. Posted as well on kioskindustry.org Craig Allen Keefner  Consultant Self-Service Technology 65 articles Much of my career has been devoted to websites and internet properties. High Availability and Burst Capacity are two of the big ...
• Announcement from The Industry Group October 31, 2021
  The Industry Group Announcement The Industry Group announcement —  is a network of news dedicated to technology in the self-service market. This includes websites, magazines and social sites such as LinkedIn Here is a list of news we cover: Kiosk Industry Group — all things to do with kiosks, particularly members of KMA Kiosks.io — all things to do with kiosks KMA – ...
• The Industry Group and More Web Content Changes October 30, 2021
  The Industry Group Comes To Life I’ve created a top level url for all the sites that I manage. Around 25 these day and they range from rockwork to patient kiosk to POS to kiosk to others. The top level URL is industrygroup.org and that means the Kiosk Industry Group and others fall underneath that umbrella. A short description ...
• Review Costco Firestone Walker 24 Pack Taste Test October 24, 2021
  Review Costco Firestone Walker 24 Crafted Thru Hops Review October 24, 2021 — I  have been a beer drinker for a long time and there are all sorts of situations where one beer works better than another. In the summertime in Oklahoma working on the ranch, Miller HighLife in bottles was excellent “drink during the day” ...
• Tony Rice Passes On – One of the great guitarists January 4, 2021
  Bluegrass Today obit Tony Rice, surely the most influential guitarist and vocalist in the history of bluegrass music, died on Christmas morning. He was 69 years of age, and died swiftly without pain. Tony changed forever the way bluegrass guitar is played, both as a lead and an accompaniment instrument. Audiences saw hints of his genius during ...
• 3 cities in the U.S. have ended chronic homelessness: Here’s how they did it March 19, 2019
  Excerpt below. Read full article at Fast Company Nine more have ended veteran homelessness. It’s part of a national program called Built for Zero that uses a data-based approach to help officials figure out exactly who needs what services. Now it’s accelerating its work in 50 more cities. “By ending homelessness, we mean getting to a place ...
• UX design with Google Docs and Sheets (part2) – July 5, 2018
  How we redesigned a core component of Transifex with a single Google spreadhseet. Source: uxdesign.cc
• Microsoft challenges Chromebooks with $189 Windows 10 laptops for schools May 22, 2018
  And a big education push for 2018 Source: www.theverge.com
• Google IO keynote summary: the 10 biggest announcements May 9, 2018
  Google’s I/O 2018 keynote had a bunch of major announcements about Android P, Google Assistant, and more. Here’s the most important news to know. Source: www.theverge.com AI is making inroads all across the board for Google.
• Developing an App Using the REST API and WordPress May 9, 2018
  For a relatively non-technical audience, this ebook will teach users how to develop a REST API app from scratch, taking you from zero to hero in no time. Source: wpengine.com
• Neil Young Archives April 21, 2018
  NYA contains the complete archives of Neil Young. The site is designed for a chronological exploration of artist output including music, books, films, & videos. Music is streamed in high-res with Xstream by NYA. A living document, NYA is always being updated with new information, content and news. Source: www.neilyoungarchives.com
• Swimming with dolphins in virtual reality to aid disabled November 19, 2017
  Swimming with wild dolphins is something most can only dream of, and jumping into pools with captive animals has become increasingly controversial with environmentalists condemning it as cruel. Source: m.phys.org
• ARKit is going to be a lot of fun while we wait for it to become useful August 6, 2017
  ARKit has looked like a promising platform for augmented reality in the few short weeks since the first two beta versions of iOS 11 were released to developers. But when iOS 11 officiall Source: www.theverge.com
• 7 ‹Title Tag› Hacks for Increased Rankings + Traffic – Whiteboard Friday May 7, 2017
  Title tags can have a huge impact on your click-through rates when optimized correctly. In this Whiteboard Friday, Cyrus shares how to use numbers, dates, questions, top referring keywords, and more to boost your CTR, traffic, and rankings. Source: moz.com
• Do We Still Need to Disavow in the Era of Penguin 4.0? April 4, 2017
  Should we still be using the disavow tool? Six months after Penguin 4.0’s long-awaited rollout, Marie Haynes tackles the eternal question, how to deal with link spam going forward, and whether or not you should reavow any currently disavowed links. Source: moz.com
• Our Home in Italy – WW2 war story February 14, 2017
  The 455th Bomb Group (H) flew B-24 Liberators out of a large former private estate called San Giovanni a few miles outside Cerignola a medium sized town in the Foggia Valley of south/eastern Italy. The valley was dotted with similar airdromes created out of wheat fields each extending a mile or more in each direction. ...
• XMLRPC or WP-Login: Which do Brute Force Attackers Prefer January 31, 2017
  XMLRPC compared to wp-login as an attack target in WordPress. Which is more frequently attacked and how to protect your site against brute force attacks. Source: www.wordfence.com
• If You Want To Have A Killer Presentation, You Need To Pick Up This Skill Now January 28, 2017
  Source: news.opera-api.com
• How to Move a WordPress Website from HTTP to HTTPS/SSL – Designmodo January 18, 2017
  Difference between SSL and HTTPS, how to install and activate an SSL certificate and how to move WordPress website from HTTP protocol to HTTPS. Source: designmodo.com Good process explanation
• New age smartphone cameras: Not just selfies, detect anaemia, check food quality and more January 9, 2017
  If you thought a smartphone camera was good enough to only click selfies, think again. From sensing food quality to screening for anaemia, there’s much more to the new-age smartphone camera than meets the eye. Source: www.financialexpress.com
• The December 2016 WordPress Attack Activity Report January 5, 2017
  This week we are introducing something new. At the beginning of each month we will be doing a monthly WordPress security report. We will look at the attack data for the previous month from the 1st to the end of the month and provide a report and analysis on the attack activity we have seen on ...
• The hidden cost of made-in-America retail bargains January 1, 2017
  Source: cdn.ampproject.org
• My take on the Republicans’ new, interesting corporate tax plan January 1, 2017
  The Republicans’ new corporate tax proposal is a big change with some attractive properties. But it’s one part of a big, bad trickle-down mess of a tax package. Source: www.washingtonpost.com
• Google’s New Mobile-First Index and the Death of Desktop SEO December 26, 2016
  This will be a complete game-changer for on-site search engine optimization. Source: google.com
• The Internet Archive is building a Canadian copy to protect itself from Trump November 30, 2016
  The Internet Archive of Canada will preserve billions of web pages, books, and other data outside the US Source: www.theverge.com
• Government Spending Chart: United States 1970-2020 – Federal State Local Data November 16, 2016
  Customized Chart of Government Spending in the United States from US Budget and US Census Data. Customize chart; download data. Source: www.usgovernmentdebt.us
• Here Is What Donald Trump Wants To Do In His First 100 Days November 10, 2016
  FOURTH, a 5 year-ban on White House and Congressional officials becoming lobbyists after they leave government service; Source: www.npr.org
• Presidential Election 2016: An American Tragedy November 10, 2016
  David Remnick on the election of Donald Trump to the Presidency and the threat it poses to the United States and its minorities. Source: www.newyorker.com
• HTML 5 Cheat Sheet – Including Free PDF Download October 6, 2016
  Cheat sheets; don’t you just love them? I love them as they offer me a simple way to recall a software program or help me to learn a new skill. Plus there’s always a useful keyboard shortcut to forget, a command you will jus Source: makeawebsitehub.com
• What a show: Why the Ryder Cup is unrivaled as the world’s best sporting event October 3, 2016
  These are four reasons why the Ryder Cup is simply unbelievable Source: www.cbssports.com
• The iPhone’s new chip should worry Intel September 16, 2016
  In a game of chess, there are occasions when you’ll have almost your entire army of pieces still on the board, but positioned in such a way that their systematic downfall is all but assured. A Source: www.theverge.com This year more iPhones shipped than PCs.  That’s considerable.
• Fair use – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia August 22, 2016
  Fair use – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A] reviewer may fairly cite largely from the original work, if his design be really and truly to use the passages for the purposes of fair and reasonable criticism. Source: en.wikipedia.org
• The Time I Volunteered at a Distillery and Couldn’t Help Doing Kaizen August 21, 2016
  One thing I enjoy is the opportunity to basically be a “value adding” worker in a process. The work is pretty repetitive (but, again, it’s a very enjoyable Source: www.leanblog.org
• Does ethical content curation exist? A data-driven answer August 19, 2016
  We’ve been asked “how ethical is content curation?” so many times we decided to dig deep to give you a data answer: ethical content curation exists. Source: blog.scoop.it
• This Week’s Top 20 Attacked Themes and Who is Attacking Them – Wordfence August 9, 2016
  Today we’re publishing statistics on the attacks we are seeing on themes across the WordPress ecosystem. The Wordfence Firewall provides us with attack telemetry across a large number of sites that we protect. The data we’re sharing today is based on the following high level metrics: An analysis of 15,949,826 total attacks across the past 7 ...
• Disable or Turn Off Cortana in Windows 10 via Registry or Group Policy August 2, 2016
  You can disable or turn off Cortana in Windows 10 Anniversary Update by tweaking the Windows Registry or configuring Group Policy settings. Source: www.thewindowsclub.com
• The 10 Chrome extensions you need most July 31, 2016
  On its own, Chrome is a pretty fantastic browser, but extensions increase its potential exponentially. Source: mashable.com
• Carter ruined the economy; Reagan saved it July 29, 2016
  A liberal essay refuting the myth that Carter ruined the economy and Reagan saved it. Source: www.huppi.com Good read with lots of dates, events and numbers.
• How Pantheon Hardens Every WordPress Installation July 24, 2016
  When we began providing service for WordPress sites last year, we didn’t know the WordPress community or market very well. Source: pantheon.io
• Dropbox launches a new way to scan documents with your phone, and other sharing features July 19, 2016
  Dropbox today is releasing a slew of new enterprise features as it continues to try to woo larger businesses in an effort to build a strong new line of.. Source: techcrunch.com
• One Googler’s Insider Guide To Using Google Docs At Work July 19, 2016
  Ritcha Ranjan works on the team that builds Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. These are her top five tips on how to use them. Source: www.fastcompany.com
• So Busy at Work, No Time to Do the Job July 18, 2016
  As companies preach collaboration among their ranks, a growing share of bosses’ time is spent coordinating, directing traffic and overseeing employees who may or may not report directly to them. Managers say the push for teamwork, innovation and speed has left them little time to do real work. Source: www.wsj.com
• 20 Genuine Gestures That Will Boost Your Business and Cost You Nothing July 8, 2016
  How do you spread the word about what a great business you have? Source: www.inc.com
• Intel Disrupted: Why large companies find it difficult to innovate, and what they can do about it June 30, 2016
  In the 21st century, it’s hard for large corporations to create disruptive breakthroughs. Source: venturebeat.com
• Why Gun Nuts Lie – I know from experience June 27, 2016
  Point of view on guns.     I live in Texas. I’m a gun owner. I have a concealed handgun license. I’ve taught my kids how to fire weapons. I also understand and appreciate our Constitution. I’m fully aware of the 2nd Amendment, and how its authors wanted to prevent government tyranny. Considering what they had gone through, they ...
• Modern Style Guides for Web Design and Development – The Media Temple Blog June 8, 2016
  Next time you find yourself in the company of web designers and developers, ask the following question: “What is your preferred declaration order for CSS?” This seemingl Source: mediatemple.net
• Google: Rise Of The (Learning) Machines May 20, 2016
  Alphabet kicked off the Google IO developer conference with a keynote that prominently featured Google’s AI Assistant.Google Assistant can be expected to be bui Source: seekingalpha.com
• Samsung Galaxy S4 and S3 Unlock Code Leaked Online May 11, 2016
  The Samsung Galaxy S4 and the S3 are two great devices and even though newer handsets have come out many owners have stuck with the handsets. If you are the owner of either of these devices and you… Source: www.autoomobile.com
• Governments struggle to enforce “living wage” law May 1, 2016
  States and cities whose lawmakers proudly passed “living wage” laws are finding it difficult to make sure employers actually pay their workers accordingly. Source: www.denverpost.com