Category: Random
So Why Do Others Write?
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I wrote recently about why I write but others must have different motivations. Well I asked so here are some quotes about why others write. because if I didn’t the daemons in my head would crawl out my eyes instead of my fingers. @poorstruggler Writing publicly keeps me accountable to myself, it keeps me on…
Why Standard Theme?
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Yes my site has a new look, and no I didn’t build it from scratch even though I can. I purchased the Standard Theme from 8bit. Why did I purchase a theme despite the fact that I make a living building custom WordPress themes? That Mechanic We’ve all heard the story about a mechanic with…
Knowing those that came before you
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Watching Star Trek yesterday I was struck with the thought of my grandchildren getting to really know me. In Sub Rosa Dr. Crusher’s grandmother dies and Beverly gets to read her journal. Out of that journal she really gets to see a side of her grandmother that she didn’t know before. Yes a personal journal…
Week in WordPress Episode 0
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Enjoy my amazing insights and sound issues on the first episode (well it’s called 0 here) of Week in WordPress. You can see what else Matt and Slocum are doing on their blog. I assume that show notes will end up on the post for the episode.
Why I Write
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Why do I write? What prompts me to sit in front of a screen and put words on a page? What is it that causes me to agonize over word choice or sentence structure? Who am I really? Do people really want to read what I have to write? It’s not like I’m anyone famous.…
It just isn’t a Priority
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But do you have an hour to outline a table of contents? Could you write 500 words today? How about emailing five bloggers that might be interested in reviewing your book this week?
Programming and Extending Grace
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We’ve all heard about the 10,000 hours it takes to get good at something. Maybe it’s 10k blog posts or 10k lines of code for you. The point is that you aren’t great till you’ve been doing it a long time and produced a bunch of terrible work. A great article takes this idea of…
Google+ Redesign Whiners
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I’ve been prompted by some discussions on Google+ about the recent design change to write this post. First off, I don’t mind the change at all. Really it’s pretty similar to the iPad version, which is the spot I have most interacted with Google+. It’s not a big change for me. More importantly, people hate…
Schwalbe – Ultremo DD Review
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I’ve already taken a look at the Giant PSL-2 and today we’re going to take a look at the Schwalbe Ultremo DD. This review comes after 4000km on the DD’s, which is enough that I wore the a flat strip on to the back tire. Performance Most ‘flat protect’ tires have a pretty harsh feel.…
Ghost the Blogging Platform
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Well Ghost is up on Kickstarter and I’m pretty excited about it. I think that WordPress is just too much for regular old ‘blogging’ and Ghost looks great. I’ve got a few personal concerns though. I run a WordPress consulting business seems I really should be eating my own dog food when it comes to…
