After 15 years of blogging with WordPress, I decided to take the plunge and migrate my blog to Astro.

This post outlines how I moved my content, step by step, and the tools I used to make the transition.

This is a follow-up to my previous post: Why I Switched from WordPress to Astro: Faster, Cheaper, and Greener.

For years, WordPress was my go-to platform for blogging, but it was time for a change—one that aligns better with my values, both environmentally and financially.

While WordPress has been a fantastic tool for blogging, offering countless features and an active community, I recently decided it was time to move on.

My blog now runs as a static web app built with Astro and published on Azure Static Web Apps.

Why make this change? Let me explain.

In the past few years, I have presented multiple sessions all around the world, although mostly virtual. Presenting for a live crowd was something I only did inside The Netherlands before COVID-19 struck the world.

With restrictions being lifted during the year of 2022, new opportunities presented themselves and I was able to be in front of a live audience again and on some occasions, even outside the country!

When adding emoticons to your PowerPoint slides, sometimes the rendering might not be as expected.

Looking to make your PowerPoint slide titles more engaging and eye-catching? When a single emoticon doesn’t quite capture the message you want to convey, why not combine multiple emoticons?
In this quick guide, I will show you how to stack emoticons in PowerPoint to create compelling and meaningful slide titles.