Choosing which email address to use for Google Groups

I’ve gotten a couple of variations on this question recently:

I’ve been invited to use a Google Group, but I want to use a different email address than the one used to invite me. Can I change my email address in my Google Group profile? Or add a different address?

The short answer is [...]

Help! Someone hacked my Twitter account!

Here’s a timely question from the mailbag:

People on Twitter are reporting getting DMs from me with links that I didn’t send. I don’t know what to do. Sometimes, being on Twitter in the first place feels like a stretch — and now I feel like I need to wear some kind of sign [...]

How to add an audio clip to your WordPress site

Here’s a timely question from the mailbag:

“How do I put an audio clip on my website?”

It’s timely because I just held a teleclass yesterday, and I wanted to post a quick clip on the blog today, now that I’ve sent the complete call recording out to people who signed up (and yes, [...]

Do I really need WordPress? Can't I just start with Blogger?

This question comes straight from the mailbag:

Is it okay to just start on Blogger? I tried WordPress but it frustrated the heck out of me.

I’m so glad you asked. It’s true that I’ve been hyping WordPress for its power, flexibility, and ease of use. But there are a couple of practical barriers [...]