FlackRabbit
I wrote a little piece on making your blog look good on the iPhone for FlackRabbit, my friend Margie Newman’s blog. FlackRabbit is filled with useful thoughts on social media and PR. She’s a...
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WordPress DC: Introduction to Themes and Theme Development with Thad Allender
This month’s meeting of WordPress DC was an introduction to themes and theme development. WordPress DC is a monthly meetup group of WP developers, designers and bloggers. The meeting was held at...
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WordPress as a Platform for Journalism
Ben Balter at Fathom Creative DESCRIPTION March 8, 2011: Personal Branding and Lessons from Journalism, with local WordPress enthusiasts Ben Balter and Greg Linch. Greg and Ben will be sharing best...
View ArticleThe Software is Wrong, Not the People
It was a small moment at the WordPress DC Meetup. One of the creators of WordPress, Matt Mullenweg, was in town. He had come to this monthly meeting at Fathom Creative to learn what the local community...
View Article“The Happiest Man in Washington” Published in eFiction Magazine
My short story, “The Happiest Man in Washington” has been published in eFiction Magazine. You can read it below. If you roll over the pages, you’ll see backward and forward arrows. Click on the page...
View Article“Software is Wrong, Not the People” Republished by Design Firm
My post, The Software is Wrong, Not the People, is the most popular thing I’ve ever written. It’s something I wrote after hearing Matt Mullenweg of WordPress discuss his philosophy toward software...
View ArticleUsability Testing – Kill Your Darlings
Last night was another interesting monthly WordPressDC Meetup. This time, the topic was on, “Users: Understanding and making features for them.” Evan Solomon gave a really interesting presentation on...
View ArticleFree Yourself from the Tyranny of Sharepoint
Sharepoint is a plague upon the American workforce. This ubiquitous piece of collaboration software has taught millions of people that Intranets are destined to be places where you can’t find anything....
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How to Lead a Fascinating Life but Make No Money: My Year in Writing
The more interesting the work, the less it pays – that’s the rule I uncovered in 2012. It’s the reason why technical writers are paid well (you want to write a help guide for Sharepoint?) while film...
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Migrating WordPress: Yea, There’s a Plugin for That
How difficult is it to migrate a WordPress site? It’s not. Russell Heimlich managed to explain import/export from a WordPress site plus how WP content is organized, potential problems you might run...
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Defeat Writer’s Block the WordPress Way
If you’re a writer, that first blank page can be daunting. The blinking cursor awaits. What do you have to say? Do you really have what it takes to write a whole book? Yet, the same writer, when put in...
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Matt Mullenweg Is a Very Dangerous Man
Matt Mullenweg is a very dangerous man. At the inaugural WordPress for Government and Enterprise meetup on May 6, the co-founder of WordPress & founder & CEO of Automattic, discussed the...
View ArticleThe Cynic’s Guide to Government Contracting
There’s an interesting post by Ben Balter on why government doesn’t use open source. It’s a good read, in which Balter presents all the reasons why government doesn’t use open-source software for its...
View ArticleFrom the Cold Room to the Cloud: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Back in the day (the 90s), the servers were kept in the Cold Room. This was a floor devoted to rows of black boxes on racks that served up our web pages. They would sit there, seemingly inert, until...
View ArticleSeven Principles for a Web Team
I’ve worked on a lot of web teams. I’ve written and edited web content, collaborated with designers and developers on new sites and been responsible for the management of existing sites in government...
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Don’t Fear the Gutenberg
What is Gutenberg? A new publishing experience for WordPress: get ready to make your words, pictures, and layout look as good on screen as they do in your imagination, without any code. Named after...
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WordPressDC: Create a Home Page That Gets You Clients
Before social media and SEO, the home page was all about words. Content, we called it, and content was king. The home page with the best words won. At least they did for a few brief years in the 90s,...
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