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See The WP Weekly Awards? Today the WP Weekly awards announced their winners on several categories. And this blog came in second place – the Silver medal, if you will. Remember this ad from Avis? It's how I felt taking ...
Using Gutenberg Daily
We're deep into this Gutenberg phase of WordPress. It's hard to believe it's been three years since its introduction. It's come a long way and I know – I've been using Gutenberg daily on this blog. Here are the five ...
Content Collaboration in WordPress
Gutenberg Has Given Us Many Things Three years ago when Gutenberg first showed up, many people worried about it and about adoption. Was it ready to roll into WordPress? Many people were unsure (including me). But what was clear, even ...
Having Difficult Conversations
Difficult Conversations Aren't About The Words I don't know about you, but difficult conversations make me sweat. They stress me out. And yet over the years I've navigated enough of them to know three things: They're going to happen. They're ...
Melissa Lema is Amazing
Hey, it's my blog, right? So if I want to tell you how amazing my wife is, I get to do that. And you can skip today's post, but I suggest you don't because there's a lesson in here for ...
Perseverance Creates Luck
Steve Martin, in his Masterclass course on comedy says, “When it's your turn to be picked, you have to be within pointing distance.” If we're friends or you've read my posts, you've likely heard me say, “All things being equal, ...
The Six Best WordPress Popup Plugins
Everyone Hates WordPress Popup Plugins, But They Work We hate WordPress popup plugins. But mostly because they're implemented poorly. Not because something that slides into our peripheral view is a horrible idea. If a popup shows up at the right ...
Thinking About Learning All Wrong
In the Lema house, we have a high value for learning and education My wife was a teacher in school districts for almost two decades and then spent time home schooling our two kids until they got to high school. ...
Running Shared Hosting? Then You Need This…
Is Your WordPress Site on Shared Hosting? If you're running a WordPress site on shared hosting, you likely think I'm going to tell you that it's time to move to Managed Hosting like the kind we offer at Nexcess. But ...
Publishing & Sharing Product Roadmaps
Have You Heard Me Talk About Product Roadmaps? Maybe you've been in a conversation with me where I've said I'll never publish a product roadmap. I was in a meeting today where I made the statement again. And you might ...