When Siobhan McKeown put out a call for testimonies for a new book she’s writing on remote work, I immediately raised my hand. Not that I doubted she would get an overwhelming response, but because I think Siobhan is pretty fantastic and because I thought I could contribute something unique to her research. In the…
Okay, maybe a little more than six months, because I’ve been staring at a blank page for the last few weeks, trying to decant everything that has happened since January 1, since declaring my sabbatical year. The short version is that I’m exactly where I want to be. I finished my final client project (albeit…
“Jenny, I’m really disappointed in you.” “Uh oh, what did I do now?” “I signed up for your newsletter, and I still haven’t received anything!” Fair enough! I’m calling it Making Connections, an at least monthly newsletter experiment, and the first one will go out on May 1st (no backing out now). If you haven’t…
When we talk about multilingual websites, we tend to focus on technique. As WordPress developers we ask, “Which of the multilingual plugins has the best approach? How can we improve on them?” Clients start by asking, “Can you make my website multilingual? How do I translate my content?” Whichever side of the process we’re on,…
Buried deep in the bowels of Twitter.com is a really neat tool for doing advanced searches. You just have to know where to look. Because for some odd reason, Twitter doesn’t make it easy to find. When I learned that someone who I consider pretty web-savvy didn’t know about the advanced search, I figured I’d…
I recently had the honor (and challenge!) of leading the team that organized the largest French WordPress event to date: WordCamp Paris 2016. There have already been lots of great reviews about the WordCamp; about the 32 talks, the change in venue and the networking opportunities. For me, the event itself was like slaving over a meal all day…
Growing up, “slack” was synonymous with a complete lack of productivity or being a downright loser. These days, it’s the exact opposite. Before I go into the Where and the Why, let’s briefly look at What. What is this Slack you speak of? When I first heard about Slack, I thought, “Oh great, one more…
On Monday I sent out my first newsletter and have received a lot of great feedback and encouragement to continue. It was a pre-newsletter really, because in it I mention that it’s new, that it’s the first time I’ve opened up a mailing list to the public, and that I admittedly have no idea what…
I wish all of you the very best this new year has to offer: health, happiness, love, prosperity. 2015 was a difficult year for me and for many people I’ve spoken with. It was a year full of challenges and hard times. But that also means that it was a year full of GROWTH, and…
This is something I’ve been wanting to do for a while now: test for some basic CSS to create a comprehensive list of what TCPDF, my preferred method for generating PDFs on the web, does and doesn’t take into account. It took prepping for my talk at WPTech to finally get me to sit down…
