This is a copy of a post I initially wrote for a8c design. The experience of creating a WordPress site can vary wildly. Occasionally, I hear how someone set it up without any major roadblocks. I more often witness nightmare-level setup experiences. Together, with help from the community and hosts, we're working to improve the … Continue reading Improving the WordPress experience
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The shape of WordPress shapes the web
I've been thinking a little about the design of PowerPoint, WordPress, and WordPress.com lately. More specifically, I've been thinking about Edward Tufte's criticism of how the design of the PowerPoint software is to blame for the Challenger disaster. I saw Edward Tufte speak about information design a few years ago and one of the points … Continue reading The shape of WordPress shapes the web
WordPress commit
This weekend, a whole new set of committers were announced at the first ever WordCamp US. I was among those #blessed with commit. What the heck is commit? For those of you who don't hang around making Internet all day, commit is just a term for the ability to send code somewhere. In this case, it … Continue reading WordPress commit
WordPress Dark Admin concept
I spent a couple evenings a week or so working on an updated design for WordPress. I just wanted to see where I could go with it. There's no current plan to implement it (other than maybe spinning up another MP6 and fiddling with things). It's far from feature complete, but I think it's at a … Continue reading WordPress Dark Admin concept
Adios Vagrant, hello again MAMP (Pro)
I've been using VVV (Varying Vagrant Vagrants) for a bit over a year now with a few helper scripts for WordPress development primarily, but alas it's time to end our relationship. The upkeep time isn't worth it. It's caused my computer to crash on a few occasions now. I'm not saying it's bad by any … Continue reading Adios Vagrant, hello again MAMP (Pro)
Editing the editor
Years don’t belong in event names
We've all seen it. A bunch of us have done it. We add the current year to the name of the event. Usually something like this: WordCamp Denver 2015 #wcden15 This seems cool and is a pretty common convention convention (wordplay!). It is, however, totally silly. Pro/con time of using years: Pros Indicates what year … Continue reading Years don’t belong in event names
Pressed it
Clip it, edit it, publish it. Get familiar with the new and improved Press This. From the Tools menu, add Press This to your browser bookmark bar or your mobile device home screen. Once installed you can share your content with lightning speed. Sharing your favorite videos, images, and content has never been this fast … Continue reading Pressed it
My WordPress dev setup
Sam Hotchkiss just posted this: What's your WordPress development setup? I got a bit carried away with the response, so here it is as its own blog post. First things first, I primarily work on a 13" retina MacBook Pro. It's perfect. I connect to an external monitor only when doing print work or checking 1x images/icons. … Continue reading My WordPress dev setup
It looks like Press this is getting some… well… press
While Press This is a tool that makes it easy to share snippets of content on the web, it should not be used to re purpose entire articles or share full-size copyrighted images. As Voltaire once said, “great power comes with great responsibility.” Source: Press This Bookmarklet Generates Concerns of Copyright Infringement