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Matty, Y U NO BLOG THIS WEEK?
Greetings, Wally watchers… long time no chat. You may have been popping in here this week and thinking, “why isn’t he blogging every day, after he said he’d aim to do a post a day for the whole year?”....
View ArticleIs DrawSomething a new approach to gathering Big Data?
Data is fast becoming the hot commodity in today’s society. What do we know about our customers? How can we use our customer’s habits and trends to make our product better? While this concept is not...
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Writing and the lack of writing
Folks, I’d like to open this post with a question: do you ever find yourself typing too much? Too many words for what you’re trying to say/think/communicate? I do. A lot. Over the years, through all...
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Default post thumbnails in WordPress
There is regular discussion within the WordPress user community on certain common encounters developers have when creating themes and plugins. One such discussion is around post thumbnails 1 and, more...
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One-up your web development skills for free with these online services
As a developer in an industry where trends and languages grow and evolve at pace, it is virtually impossible to keep track of all the latest happenings. Thus, developers tend to specialise in certain...
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Test your knowledge of WordPress with “The WordPress Test”
So… you think you know WordPress, huh? Well, why not test your skills and see where you rank on the world’s stage? Presenting… the WordPress test! I blogged the other day about using Smarterer and Code...
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Set a custom rewrite rule for author archives in WordPress
In the comments of my post on custom rewrite rules in WordPress, I received a query regarding creating author profile URLs using a rewrite convention of “/profile“. The WordPress author archives are a...
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Achieve any goal (and track your progress) with Lift
Lets face it, we all have those tasks in life that we with we did more often- “I should really blog more”, is one of mine (hence this blog post). Sometimes, we have surges of motivation in which we...
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A note to The Parlotones, as they jet off to America
Earlier today, Rolling Stone South Africa published an article reporting that South African rock band, The Parlotones (or, as Gareth Cliff calls them, The Par-lot-ones), are moving to Los Angeles,...
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Shifting the WordPress Mindset
I presented at WordCamp Cape Town 2012 yesterday on the topic of “Shifting the WordPress Mindset”. The objective of the presentation was to take a retrospective look at WordPress’ history and...
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On goal setting and comfort zones
I’m a “lists” person. Give me a to-do list any day and I’ll make quick work of getting it from A to Z. Having a to-do list helps me feel like I’m in-check and on top of whatever I’m working on. More so...
View ArticleLearning to Fly
I firmly believe that anything is possible and that we should rethink the concept of “the impossible”. Sometimes, the end goal may just take a few steps longer than others, to achieve. Contrasted to...
View ArticleRethinking Email
Almost 2 years ago, I blogged about how email is broken and that we’re all using it incorrectly. Mostly, I was referring to the sending of unnecessarily large files over email, not so much about the...
View ArticleCharacteristics of a Sustainable WordPress Product
A few weeks back, I gave a presentation at WordSesh 2013 where in I discussed the characteristics of a sustainable WordPress product. The key factors I touched on are the product’s ability to perform...
View ArticleJFDI
Just Effing Do It! What a wonderful statement, that is. When you find yourself hesitating on a task… hey man, JFDI. If you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place… hey, JFDI to the rescue. While this...
View ArticleForming a writing habit
I’ve always enjoyed writing. I’ve also always enjoyed blogging, and have tried regularly to form a blogging habit. Over the past few months, I’ve managed to break several bad habits (eg: checking my...
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Hacking Myself
For those who have known me for some time, there are a few realisations which are pretty evident; one of which being that I’ve always been a “big guy”. Call it what you like; a “strong build”, a “wide...
View ArticleNo-one needs your product
This is often a tough pill to swallow, particularly for product people. Having put hours, days, weeks and/or months into an idea which you believe in with every fibre of your being, only to realise...
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What bands and musicians can learn from software companies
“Release early, release often” is what they say in the software game, if you’re applying a LEAN approach. Having a product in the market, and receiving customer feedback, is better than having nothing...
View ArticleHow to develop the best WordPress products
WordPress is about freedom. This is one of the many reasons for the platform’s success, as well as creating an interesting new paradigm. Developers have a very low barrier to entry, which means that...
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