Reading Time: < 1 minThe idea of a “postmortem” is something we try to do after every major project. We look back at how things went, be glad about what went well, and work on things to improve for the next one. The key to a solid postmortem, and to leading a solid team, is to focus on the […]
The Sunday Summary: Be a voter, lots of WordPress drama, random posts, and doing great things for the first time
Reading Time: < 1 minIn an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, November 4: Do you know why your side might lose?“It’s bad to have an opinion you’re proud of if you can’t state the arguments for the other side […]
People who do great things are doing them for the first time
Reading Time: < 1 minHaving a fresh perspective on an existing system can be a great thing. With GreenMellen, I attribute part of our success to the fact that Ali and I never worked for another agency before starting ours, so we weren’t saddled with bad practices and messy ideas. Related, this is why we love that fact that […]
What are libraries for?
Reading Time: < 1 minWhat is the purpose of a library? Really, what is it? There are two ways to look at it: While the two are similar in practice, the philosophy behind each is very different. In Seth Godin’s famous “Stop Stealing Dreams” article (which you should think of a free two-hour book, not just a super long […]
Random posts
Reading Time: 3 minI’ve been slowly migrating my notes from Obsidian to Tana, and part of that involves essentially visiting every blog post on here again (inside of my notes) to get things properly tagged. It’ll be wildly useful when I’m done, but it’s rather tedious right now. However, I’m getting a lot of value out of seeing […]
The WordPress drama shows why WordPress remains the best choice
Reading Time: 2 minOver the last few months, the WordPress community has been a bit of a mess. The short version of the “mess” is that Matt Mullenweg (the man behind WordPress) is not happy with WP Engine (a major host of WordPress sites) and it’s causing a lot of fallout. My friend Aaron has a great timeline […]
Be a voter
Reading Time: < 1 minIf you haven’t yet, I hope you vote today. Perhaps more importantly, I hope you encourage others to do the same. When you do, the words that you use matter. Asking someone to vote is a great thing, but encouraging them to “be a voter” has been found to be 15% more effective. In his […]
Do you know why your side might lose?
Reading Time: < 1 minAt the time of publishing this post, the 2024 United States election is tomorrow and it’s very unclear who will win. I suspect that the losing side will be full of “how could that have possibly happened?” kinds of questions, and that’s not a good thing. I know who I’m voting for, and I’m 100% […]
The Sunday Summary: Crazy goals, big fires, hamster wheels, and fence posts
Reading Time: 2 minIn an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, October 28: Four years of daily bloggingA few thoughts on having done this for four years straight. Tue, October 29: The joy of crazy goalsIt’s unlikely they’ll keep […]
Counting fence posts
Reading Time: 2 minThere are some simple math problems that can stump a lot of people, like the “bat and a ball” question that I shared a few years ago. This is a related problem: This kind of issue comes up quite a bit. For another example, suppose you want to deposit four checks at the bank, but […]