Check out Mark Jaquith’s post on the PROTECT IP Act for a basic rundown on why it’s bad and what you can do to help stop it.
Deflating the Hype Behind Cloud Computing
In a lot of ways I’m leery of the recent trends towards converting traditional products that you buy once and own into services that you have to lease every month, and hosting data with centralized corporate networks instead of locally, so I appreciate Mark Maunder’s post on his experiences collocating his company’s hardware instead of using the […]
Different Approaches to Building a Theme-based Site
Mark Root-Wiley wrote a great article on the pros and cons of using premium themes, writing child themes and writing themes from scratch. It’s discussed in the context of WordPress themes, but most of it is applicable to other CMSs as well. I think it’s a good introduction to give clients when discussing which method […]
Differences between query_posts(), get_posts() and WP_Query
This WordPress Answers page explains the differences between the query_post() and get_posts() functions, and their relation to the WP_Query class. They both use WP_Query internally, but should be used in different contexts. Using them in the wrong context could lead to bugs that are hard to track down.
What Really Motivates Us
Dan Pink’s talk at RSA presents some really interesting ideas about what really motivates people to work. Contrary to popular opinion among management, mainstream studies reveal that people don’t really care about making more money, as long as they have enough to meet their basic needs. What really drives us is mastering our craft, having autonomy […]
Re-Abolish Slavery Ribbon
I just released a new WordPress plugin into the repository that raises awareness about modern-day slavery by adding a “Re-Abolish Slavery” ribbon to WordPress sites. It’s running on this site, so you can see a live example by looking in the upper-right hand corner. The ribbon links to the Not For Sale campaign, which is […]
Preventing Sites From Opening New Tabs/Windows
UPDATE: There’s now a Chrome extension called TheOne which does this, so you don’t need to create your own user script. I wrote earlier about why it’s wrong for websites to force links to open in a new tab or window, but it’ll probably be at least a few years before the majority of […]