How to improve your User Experience using Jetpack. A “how to” post describing eight Jetpack features you can use to deliver a better user experience on your WordPress site or blog.
Category Archives: Simplicity
Interview: How Paul Jarvis works with Jetpack
Originally posted on Jetpack: WordPress Security, Performance, and Growth:
We got in touch with one of our users Paul Jarvis to find out what he thinks of the Jetpack plugin – how it has helped him and what he’d like to see in a new version. Paul is a freelance web designer/developer as well as…
Top 5 Best Practices when using Jetpack on client websites
Originally posted on Jetpack: WordPress Security, Performance, and Growth:
If you’re creating WordPress websites for clients, Jetpack is for you. Jetpack easily adds a great number of features to your client’s websites without the need for a dozen different plugins, reducing the technical debt that you or your client will need to maintain over time.…
Git and GitHub Tutorials
I’ve not used Git or GitHub much in the past except for checking out stuff. I’ve been getting up to speed on how it all works and found the following tutorials extremely useful: The Simple Guide to Git This is great if you’re either already familiar with Git and/or are comfortable with command line apps. …
Cupcakes. No Cupcakes.
Great sign I saw outside the Cassia Cupcakery this afternoon.
Yesterday I was conned in the most marvellous way
I’m in downtown Vancouver heading back to my hotel at around 9pm. Walking down Seymour St a guy is walking in the opposite direction and catches my eye from a distance. As we pass each other he slows down, does a small double-take and says something like “Hey, where are you from?” The guy looks …
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Wee hummingbirds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGj943QV6UI Never knew hummingbirds lived in Canada, but apparently they do. Some live here all year round and some migrate up from Mexico for Spring and Summer.
Good post about working out your consultancy rates
Good post about working out your consultancy ratesIt’s always a bit tricky working out your hourly consulting rate if you’re just starting out. Bart’s post is a really good starting point!
Farewell Red Gate. Hello Automattic.
About 4 and a half years ago I was offered a job at a company I’d never heard of called Red Gate. I took it and soon found out that I’d been lucky enough to join a company that’s literally one of the best software companies to work for in the UK. As a bonus, Red …