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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 into during migration, solutions to those problems and … Continue reading
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 reviewers are paid … Continue reading
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Free 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. It doesn’t have to be this way, despite what … Continue reading
Usability 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 usability testing for wordpress.com. His slides don’t really do justice to … Continue reading
“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 development. In short: if users are confused by … Continue reading
“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 and it will become a … Continue reading
The 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 wanted in the … Continue reading
WordPress as a Platform for Journalism
My notes from the March 8, 2011 WordPress DC Meetup on WordPress as a tool for journalism. Continue reading
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 Fathom Creative, in a beautiful second floor space … Continue reading
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 communications professional who really gets the … Continue reading