• Daily Dogfooding

    I am appalled by the number of people who work with WordPress for a living but don’t use it outside of work.

  • Just Beneath the Surface

    When I work with new software developers, more often than not I find myself urging patience over expedience.

  • Inbox: How do I remove jQuery

    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.

  • WordPress Core Proposal: Code of Ethics

    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.

  • Priorities and Stereotypes

    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.

  • Customer-Centric Development: Lesson 11

    Today, my list of 10 lessons in customer-centric development goes all the way to 11!

  • Customer-Centric Development: Lesson 10

    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.

  • Customer-Centric Development: Lesson 9

    As a business professional, you’re often on-stage more than you know.

  • Customer-Centric Development: Lesson 8

    We’ve all promised deadlines once upon a time that seemed reasonable only to have them fall through.

  • Customer-Centric Development: Lesson 7

    We’ve all done it. A client has asked how much more work is left on the project and, with excitement, we’ve exclaimed “I’m 90% of the way there!”