Habitually Good

I always feel a little guilty when I make so much use of free software that someone has spent time developing and maintaining. And I have decided that I will start giving back (however much I can, to these developers). I may not be able to donate a whole lot to begin with (but I feel that every little bit helps).

So, I started off by donating to the author of a WordPress plug-in I have been using for some time. This plug-in generates sitemaps for my WordPress installation (which I submit to various search engines. This plug-in is called

Google (XML) Sitemaps Generator for WordPress by Arne Brachhold

Now, I am not going to disclose the amount I donated (because I am still feeling guilty that I donated so little). But, hopefully, over time, I will make up for it. In fact, I am going to try and remember to donate every so often to all the plug-ins I use on my blogs.

Incidentally, the reason I donated is because I saw a nice little message (very ingenious Arne) on the plug-in settings page which asked me if I enjoyed the plug-in and if I did, would I see it my way to maybe donate a dollar (I donated more than that).

I would love to show that message, but it no longer appears in my settings.

Of course, as should be mandatory, I appeal to all of you to donate to those who have made your life easy.

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