Reading Time: < 1 minWith this post, I’ve gone 100 days in a row with a blog post. My last run at this (starting back in December of 2016) lasted around 50 days. As I mentioned early on, I tried to shift my mindset from talking about stuff to talking about ideas, in the hopes that it wouldn’t run […]
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Why Seth Godin doesn’t tweet
Reading Time: 2 minSeth Godin doesn’t use Twitter. He has a Twitter account for his blog, but it’s just for his team to share his latest posts. He’s made it clear before that he doesn’t have a problem with Twitter, and thinks some people make great use of it. In terms of his time and his focus, it’s […]
The new WordPress.com site building service
Reading Time: < 1 minA few weeks ago, WordPress.com (not to be confused with the free downloadable software at WordPress.org) announced that they were going to be offering a site building service. This has concerned a lot of folks in the industry (“they’re going to steal our business”), but I think the concern is overblown. In fact, this is […]
The WordPress Community
Reading Time: < 1 minThere’s something unique about the community of people that work with WordPress, and I absolutely love it. When explaining our Meetup to people, I generally say something like “We stand up and give away all of our secrets to our competition, and they stand up and give theirs away too“. We all leave the meeting […]
Seriously, start your own blog
Reading Time: < 1 minWhile I’d love to see some kind of open-source, distributed social network start up, nothing is on the immediate horizon. However, we already have the tools in place to mostly do it ourselves. Here’s some thoughts about how we could make a better social network by starting our own blogs.
Write of Passage, Start your Blog
Reading Time: < 1 minI recently listened to David Perell’s full Write of Passage podcast. It’s 21 episodes, but each one is only a minute or two so you can knock out the whole thing in under an hour. He has some great insights and inspiration to get you going. He has a full “school” you can join that […]
WordPress Editorial Calendar plugin
Reading Time: 2 minI’ve not talked much about specific gadgets or plugins lately, but I’m finding tremendous value from the (free!) WordPress Editorial Calendar plugin. While I publish a new post every day on this blog, I write them in batches as I have time. As a result, I generally have 5-10 posts ready to go that are […]
Take back your content
Reading Time: 3 minAs of the time of this writing, many people (primarily conservatives) are looking to leave Facebook and move their account over to Parler, the “free speech social network”. I’ve seen quite a few friends “leave” Facebook for Parler, but then they keep posting new stuff on Facebook. Interpret that how you will. Parler may or […]
What Google’s Latest Changes Mean for Your Site
Reading Time: < 1 minBelow are the slides from my talk at WordCamp Atlanta this afternoon. If you want to keep up with this stuff from Google going forward, you can use the email subscription box on the right or subscribe to the podcast here: You can download the slides in this PDF or browse them here: Googles Latest […]
My first real post with Gutenberg
Reading Time: 3 minIf you do much work in the WordPress world, you have likely heard about the new “Gutenberg” editor that is coming to WordPress in the coming months. It’s a drastic change to how you work with posts and pages, and it should be a great thing. If you’re not familiar with it, this Meetup recap […]