It’s really disheartening to read stories like this coming out of the WordPress community, but kudos to Sarah for speaking out about it. We all need to be more aware of these issues and look for ways to prevent things like this from happening in the future.
The Right Way to Customize a WordPress Plugin
Video: I presented on this topic at WordCamp Dayton 2014. It’s very common for developers to customize and extend existing plugins to fit their own needs, which is one of the great advantages of using open-source software. They often do it by making their changes directly to the plugin, though, which creates a security vulnerability […]
The Importance of Taking Time Off Work
Seth Bannon’s article on taking vacations is a great reminder of how important it is to take time off, and that you should never feel guilty for it. I didn’t take enough time off last year, even though I could have, so I’m going to try and plan out some more time in advance this year.
The Ten Commandments of Egoless Programming
The Ten Commandments of Egoless Programming are very insightful, and worth revisiting from time to time.
New RSS Feed for WordCamp Announcements
WordCamp.org now has an RSS feed that announces when new WordCamps are scheduled.
Programmatically Sign-on a WordPress User
I came across a post on WP Recipes about programmatically logging users in, but it seemed like a flawed approach because it duplicated parts of Core’s internals rather than using the API. So, I can up with my own version:
FireFox Resizes When Switching Monitors
My normal setup is to plug my Macbook into two external monitors, and leave the clamshell itself closed. and then when I travel I disconnect it and just use the built-in monitor. Lately I’ve been running into a problem when I open up Firefox on the Macbook, after disconnecting from the external monitors. Everything is […]