How Tony Perez of Sucuri Sets Up His Own Security
there have been a lot of posts about various wordPress security issues over the last couple of weeks, some of them giving good security advice and a lot of others giving not so hot advice. Here’s a...
View ArticleStop Making Things Pretty And Start Designing
I saw on Twitter last week that the next WordSesh is being planned. So I want to share some of my favorite talks from previous events. The first one I’m sharing is on design. This talk by Michelle...
View ArticleKeep Up With WordCamp San Francisco 2014 Speakers With A Handy Twitter List
Lists are a Twitter feature that lets you group accounts into a curated stream so you can look at only the timelines you’re interested in at the moment. There are several lists related to wordPress,...
View ArticleHow To Build Your Brand With A Blog
The second day of WordCamp San Francisco was focused on two things: Blogging and contributing to WordPress. As part of the blogging track, Chris Lema gave a talk on how to build your brand with a blog....
View ArticleA Non-Tech Wrap-up Of WordCamp San Francisco
I was talking to my Mom while I was at WordCamp San Francisco, trying to explain what WordCamp and WordPress are in non-technical terms. Sometimes it’s hard to remember that not everybody’s a nerd....
View ArticleWordSesh 3 Starts December 20th
The third annual WordSesh will take place on December 20th, 2014 at UTC+0. Organized by Scott Basgaard, WordSesh is like a virtual WordCamp except there is one session per hour for 24 hours. Also as...
View ArticleLightning Talk: Champion Purpose-Driven Design In Client Work
This talk was given as part of a series of lightning talks at WordCamp San Francisco. Lightning talks were grouped in threes, and dealt with a particular topic, with each presenter spending five...
View ArticleFour Steps To Create Value And Start Pricing
This talk was given at WordCamp DFW by Kirk Bowman of The Art of Value. It puts forward a ton of practical steps to help you move from hourly billing (which creates a conflict between you and your...
View ArticleKnow Thyself
Once, there was a woman whose utterances could change the destiny of nations. She was not just consulted by leaders of various Greek city states, but also by king Amasis of Egypt, Solon of Athens and...
View ArticlePress Publish. It Could Change Your Life.
This lightning talk was given at WordCamp San Francisco last year. I’m sharing it because I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who’s a raging perfectionist, and I also know that I’ve had some ideas or...
View ArticleIntroducing: Ask Me Anything
Lots of people have lots of questions about WordPress. Sometimes, the answer is quick, and only requires a little bit of direction to get you on the right path. Enter: Ask Me Anything Ask Me Anything...
View ArticleHow to Share your Work Without Fear
This talk was given as part of the first day of Loopconf, but I think it has wider applications. It’s about sharing your code, but it also deals with Impostor Syndrome, confidence, learning, and why...
View ArticleAsk Me Anything First Question: Site Design Best Practices
In the first live edition of "Ask Me Anything", going forward, to be referred to as "WPAMA", Michael from Evansville Indiana asks Amanda how to prevent crowding and overlapping of text, proper use of...
View ArticleBuilding a Responsible Web
This talk, once again from Loopconf, is required watching not only for WordPress developers, but anyone who develops for, or writes content for, the modern web. A responsive web is a responsible web,...
View ArticleHow to Create Content that Builds your Business and Attracts New Clients
In this talk, Jennifer Bourn of Bourn Creative, breaks down the process she uses to plan and create content for the Bourn Creative blog. She shows you how to create content that attracts clients, and...
View ArticleWellness Is Half Of Productivity
This post is in response to this one, and you should go read it first before reading the rest of this one. We’ve probably all heard a phrase that goes something along these lines. Keep your personal...
View ArticleThe Web Profession Needs To Get Its Act Together Or We’re In Deep Trouble
Digital legislation is confusing and outdated—Heather Burns shows how professionalizing the web industry can help. Source: The Perfect Storm in Digital Law This entire article is worth a thoughtful...
View ArticleWhat To Expect From PHP 7
If you missed PHP UK this year, they’ve graciously made all of the talks available on their YouTube channel for our enjoyment. Since PHP 7 is shiny and new, it unsurprisingly got a lot of coverage. If...
View ArticleJust Because They Say It’s Accessible Doesn’t Make It So
Adrian Roselli has written what I think is an excellent post on how to test a vendor’s claims of what I like to refer to as a11yworthiness. Back in the bad old days, before the WordPress Accessibility...
View ArticleCustom UI Elements Are Bad For Accessibility. Here’s Why
If you’re building a product for the web that has a user interface as a feature, (and let’s face it, most of them do), you may be tempted to build your own custom UI elements. Don’t do that. For one...
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