Month: August 2019
Freelance Friday 067 – August 23
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It was a short week this week, really only about 2.5 days of work. I had Monday off to go do a big run in the mountains, and then my wife is leaving in a few short hours (I write this Thursday) to race near Mt Rainer. That means I’m on kid patrol after lunch…
iPadOS Shortcuts for Publishing with Statamic
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After 10 years I’ve moved my site from WordPress to Statamic. I’ve got a post/video coming on **why** I made the change but today is not the day you get to read that. Today I’m sharing two iPadOS 13 Shortcuts I put together to automate my publishing workflow so that I don’t mess up my…
I Promise I Don’t Check Social Media That Much
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[Mike Schmitz over at The Sweet Setup about a distraction free phone](https://thesweetsetup.com/the-distraction-free-phone/). > Looking back, it’s safe to say no one really knew what that “internet communications device” piece would morph into. At the time, there were no third-party apps and the App Store wouldn’t appear for another year after the original iPhone was released.…
Matt Howie’s Tips for Working From Home
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I’ve worked remote or from home since 2009 which puts me at 10 years working from home. Most of that time my office was a shared space with my bedroom. For 2 years I rented an office in town that was just mine and for the last 10 months I’ve had a mostly dedicated[^1] room…
Adding an Edit Link to the Frontend of a Statamic Theme
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As I’ve moved to Statamic from WordPress, one of the things I’ve missed is the WordPress Admin Bar. For those unfamiliar, in a standard WordPress setup when you’re logged in viewing a blog post you can edit, a direct edit link show up in the header of the site. You don’t need to navigate to…
Ryan Says: This Is My Working Sandbox of Thought and Personal Development
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[Ryan wrote about Automattic’s purchase of Tumblr](https://ryandsullivan.com/automattic-bought-tumblr-and-thats-a-good-thing/). Here is the main point that stuck out to me. > GeoCities is always a running joke around the internet, but I’d love to see us return to a place where “this is my working sandbox of thought and personal development” is more widely accepted. This is what…
Chris on His Move Away From WordPress to Hugo
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[My friend Chris talked about his move off of WordPress after 10 years](https://chriswiegman.com/2019/08/its-time-for-a-new-site/). > Simple fact is, I still love WordPress and make my living with it but it simply isn’t the best tool for every job. Since the release of WordPress 5.0 I’ve found actually writing content in WordPress to be a tedious and…
Freelance Friday 066 – August 16
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Lot’s of coding was done this week, and a bit of running, and a few chapters were edited in my upcoming book called The Freelancer’s Guide to Marketing. I don’t have an ETA yet, but I’m making progress weekly so maybe early in the school year. If you have marketing questions you want to make…
Stein Valley – Quest For 10 #3
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We’re a one car family, which means despite my best planning I don’t always have access to our car on a Monday. That was the case this Monday. My wife had skate camp to teach which meant she needed the car to get my oldest daughter and herself there and back. That means no Monday…
The Gig Economy Is More About Reduction of Worker Rights Than Almost Anything Else
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From [Invisible Women](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1419729071/?tag=strugwithfait-20): > Zero-hour contracts, short-term contracts, employment through an agency, these have all been enticingly rebranded the ‘gig economy’ by Silicon Valley, as if they are of benefit to workers. But the gig economy is in fact often no more than a way for employers to get around basic employee rights. Casual contracts…
