Friends don’t let friends have janky web sites
You know the kind of site I'm talking about right? If it were a home, there'd be a car (on blocks) in the front yard. If it were an outfit, it's the one that ensures you won't stand next to your friend when they're wearing it. So why do you let your friends have sites like these?
Misleading Fonts & the Results
Almost every week I'm involved in creating a deck (PowerPoint set of slides) of some sort. Because I'm regularly cleaning up slides designed by others, it's not surprising that one of the first things I do is clean up the fonts. Normally, however, I don't explain why I'm doing what I'm doing. Here's why.
Higgs Boson: 5 ways it’s related to WordPress
It’s likely you’ve heard about the recent buzz and potential announcement related to the Higgs Boson. Well, what you haven’t heard is how it’s related to WordPress. You can only get that here. So here they are – 5 ways they’re related
Hierarchy of WordPress Hosting Decisions
How do you make a decision about where to host your WordPress site? If it's just about the money, you can always go for WordPress.com - where things start at $0. But over time you may decide it's right to move. So what's next? And does your site only move once?
Your Outbound Marketing Sucks!
I've visited more than once. We've seen each other a few times. But let's be clear - we're not friends or family. I have no loyalty to you. So let's get one things straight: me getting a lot of emails from you doesn't constitute a relationship.
A WordPress Real Estate Solution: A Single Theme, A Single Multisite
We created a real estate offering that not only uses WordPress, but uses a single theme and a single WordPress multisite instance.
WordPress And Appcelerator: Innovation without the Cash
I just recently spoke at a WordCamp (San Diego) on how a small business or start up could use WordPress for more than just a blog or web site, and referenced one particular case of product innovation but didn’t get ...
Membership Site Troubles? Three WordPress Solutions
At least three times a month I’m on the phone with someone who thinks they need a membership site but doesn’t have the time to make it work. I don’t know if it’s that they’re looking to develop the world’s ...
Excitement: No need for Goals
I have recently noticed something – and maybe you have to. It’s related to the work I do on the evenings and weekends which is different than the work I do during the day. During the day I manage creatives ...
Sticky Teaching
In early March I’ll be presenting some material to teachers who volunteer at North Coast Church. Coaching those who present information—in or outside the church—always comes back to what we now know about the brain. So I decided to create ...