Almost exactly a year ago, I shared my tool and process for moving a Flickr-hosted photo collection to a WordPress-powered photo website. That tool has been used by a few folks now and I'm so glad it was helpful. The thing that I hadn't done yet, but now have and detail in this follow-up post, … Continue reading Flickr to WordPress Part 2: replacing old image references
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Yesterday I gave a talk at php[world] 2019 about "Tips and Tools for Gluing Together the Open Web." Below are the slides, text and links from my talk. Where applicable, the slide images link to relevant websites and code. A few months ago, I was helping a local non-profit organization with their new website. We … Continue reading Slides and links from my php[world] talk
Daniel Quinn died over a year ago, but it doesn't feel too late to offer up some remembrances and tributes to the many ways he made a difference in my life, and the lives of so many others. Quinn's novel Ishmael, and the lifetime of study, contemplation, research and thinking that led up to it, … Continue reading Remembering Daniel Quinn
I know, I know. It's the end of March and it feels a little late to be reflecting on a calendar year that has been retired for three months now. But I've gotten in the habit of doing this - see 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011 - and there is part of me that needs … Continue reading 2018 Year in Review
As an advanced publishing tool, WordPress typically defaults to displaying information about the author behind a given post or page on a WordPress site. But sometimes you want to build a website that has a more "singular" editorial identity, and that doesn't appear to be authored and managed by multiple people, even if it is. … Continue reading Hiding authors and users in WordPress
At various times in my professional life I have been someone who builds software, someone who leads other people who build software, someone who sells and translates the power of custom software to clients, someone who supports the work of people who build software, and someone who tests software as a user. Each role has … Continue reading How I build software
Someone recently asked me for ideas about how they could get more involved in their local community. I like thinking about this question and coming up with suggestions. It may seem like the most consequential decisions and conversations about our future happen at the national or global levels. But when it comes to actions that … Continue reading 6 ways to get more involved in your local community
As a follow-up to my post on what I've learned over the years about hiring people, this is a similar list of what I've learned about training and onboarding people as you welcome them into your organization. Many organizations reduce training to a pretty simple process ("here's the training manual, here's your trainer, go"), but I find … Continue reading On training people
My friend Carol Hunter died this past Sunday morning at the age of 68, of cancer. I wrote to her recently about how much her teaching and life have meant to me: I think the third term of Humanities during my first year at Earlham was the most time we ever spent together, gathering in … Continue reading Tired of Cancer
As an Indiana resident and voter, it's tempting to be embarrassed at the headlines of "Trump wins Indiana" blanketing the national news today. Indeed, I find almost everything about his candidacy, personality and public statements to be deeply problematic on numerous levels. But Mr. Trump's success in the primary and his win here in Indiana … Continue reading The Trump we asked for