Building the Right Audience
For those who know me, you’ll know that I’m quite vocal. I tweet a lot, and I express my opinions without a lot putting a lot of thought into it. First draft communication for the win. I’m also...
View ArticleA Perfect Fit
Finding an established and generalized user interface library that’s beautiful, useable, and fits your business model, is like winning the lottery on your birthday. The odds of that happening are...
View ArticleThe Future of Longform Journalism
Big brands and news outfits are inching away from social networks, and back to branded platforms to produce ultra-rich and interactive longform narratives. This all typically comes at a great cost. The...
View ArticleAdmin Themes Are Not the Answer
This year, WordPress admin themes are going to be all the rage. And while they will no doubt reduce interface clutter, is it really the right answer to a cleaner WordPress experience? I’m not really...
View ArticleAre we there yet?
I began writing this up this this morning, then as the day went on and changed, so did the post. It’s so easy to loose sight of the things that you have been blessed with. Do you have a roof over your...
View ArticleBrackets Aint Empty Cuz
The Shortcode API is WordPress is just amazing, but there’s an elephant in the room when you deactivate that plugin. Let’s talk about that. [this_is_a_shortcode] The above piece of code is a shortcode....
View ArticleOn Being the Little Guy
One could possibly be discouraged being the little guy, but I must digress; it’s a fantastically humble position to be in. Being the little guy means constantly getting looked over, but in return just...
View ArticleOn Pivoting
A month ago I released Story.AM, a new media publishing platform built for storytellers. Six months of work, and the launch was less than successful. I ignored who our audience is comprised of, and...
View ArticleOn Forking Code
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about GiveWP, the new plugin that allows you to easily donate with a WordPress site. I want to first preface this with saying that I have respect for what Matt and team...
View ArticleOn Life and Family
A couple weeks ago I moved the entire family across a few states from Texas to North Carolina, in search of something better in life. You see in Texas, there just isn’t anything to do, or see. You can...
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