A Hack a Day Keeps the Boredom at Bay
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I do a lot of fancy work with WordPress that, at times, has me pulling my hair out in frustration with the lack of (or uselessness of) certain hooks in WordPress core. At the same time, I never hack core.
Eric Mann
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Hitting a Stride
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Seeing athletes who’ve trained for a half decade just to put on a few minute (or in rare cases an hour) long performance is breathtaking. To see hours and hours of effort over weeks, months, and years culminate to a brief moment in front of the camera is awe-inspiring.
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Why I Write
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I have no less than 5 unfinished novels in my Dropbox. They’re all fun stories, and if you ever want to hear what they’re about I’ll tell you. But you’ll likely never see them on Amazon. Why, then, do I bother to write?
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Daily Dogfooding
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I am appalled by the number of people who work with WordPress for a living but don’t use it outside of work.
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Just Beneath the Surface
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When I work with new software developers, more often than not I find myself urging patience over expedience.
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Inbox: How do I remove jQuery
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A message in my inbox this week asked for help removing jQuery from the front-end of a site. In this particular case, jQuery wasn’t being used and just slowed down the page.
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WordPress Core Proposal: Code of Ethics
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The WordPress community has been abuzz recently about codes of conduct and behavioral standards – particularly at WordCamps. It’s been an interesting conversation, filled with passionate arguments on both sides. Not much progress has been seen at all, though.
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Priorities and Stereotypes
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The last thing I ever expected to see in the Church was the singling out and mocking of a specific group of people. Even if that group was only football fans.
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Customer-Centric Development: Lesson 10
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In just about every position I’ve had, the first rule taught during the on-boarding process is that “it’s not my job” is a forbidden phrase. If a customer asks you for something outside of your job description, your responsibility is to pass along that request to whomever is responsible.