All of My Blog Posts
Why I Should Never Be The One Asking For Money (It’s not the reason you’d think…)
Yesterday a client emailed requesting a new feature on their website. Today one of my project managers emailed the client, clearly-outlining the scope and pricing for us to build that new feature. The quoted price was very fair and reflected our current hourly rate multiplied by the expected hours we’ll invest building the feature. BUT…
Wins, Losses, & Learnings No-Coding My First Stand-Alone, Fully-Functioning (non-WordPress) AI App
Quick No Code Win to report: I’ve been dabbling for over a year now, and I finally created my first fully-functioning no code app – A single instance Evite clone for an actual event I’m planning. Here is my tooling: I’m not looking to turn this into a SASS service or anything, but it was…
The Most Over-Engineered Water Fountain Ever in All of Time and Space and Bevery Hills
I discovered the most over-engineered water fountain ever in all of time and space and Beverly Hills. And it’s in my co-working space!
How to Negotiate a Better Deal with Your Lender on Your Home Loan Mortgage
I invested the better part of the last 3 days trying to figure out which of three mortgage banks had the best offer. Here’s a simple method to getting the best loan deal that I discovered through my troubles: Once you have the Lending Estimate in hand from a few competing banks, you can then…
Why We Need WordPress Now More Than Ever
There was a time when the world was more stable. When business was trending upwards. When jobs were plentiful. During those times we felt like the future would be built with unknown and unstable technologies – Ghost, Next.js, Directus, Svelte, Hugo, Gatsby, Netlify CMS, Webflow, etc. But now the world is not stable. There are…
The Power of Being Inflexible
Inflexibility cuts both ways. There’s stupid inflexibility and smart inflexibility. Stupid inflexibility is when you are 1 day beyond the “return by” window, and Amazon will not let you return it. Smart inflexibility is when your client asks you for something that will require an entirely new workflow to deliver, and you say, “no”.
A Special Integrity
Today I received the most touching of compliments – I know it sounds fartsniffy, but stick with me for a minute – It was a LinkedIn recommendation from a former employee. I work hard every day to leave the world a better place than when I found it. Among the biggest impacts I have in…
Matt Mullenweg vs. WP Engine – How NOT to run a community-based project
Over the past week, Matt Mullenweg (the guy who has final say over everything on the WordPress project – wordpress.com, wordpress.org, WordPress software, etc.) undertook a “scorched earth” (his words) offensive attack on a competing business, WP Engine. I have zero insider knowledge, but a lot of the context for the attack has been made…
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Some EOS Level 10 (L10) meeting templates I use in the real world. These templates have helped me to become a better, wrangle conversations, and run meetings effectively.
Simple Guide to Custom CSS in WordPress
Using the WordPress Customizer for CSS Adding Custom CSS Using the WordPress Customizer Custom CSS lets you change how your website looks without diving into the theme's core files. For WordPress users, there's a handy way to add these styles directly from your dashboard using the WordPress Customizer. Let's explore how to do this step-by-step.…