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Protecting yourself against WordPress plugin collisions
WordPress plugin collisions aren't fun What do you do when you have a stable website and then you want to install a new plugin? How do you know that it will all work? That the plugins won't destroy each other? It's not supposed to be that way. They're all running on top of WordPress...
I don't hire for culture and neither should you
The research is in. Employees perform more effectively--and this is a highly correlated finding--when they have someone at work that they call a best friend. In fact, Gallup found that having a best friend at work meant more than just employee engagement, it was also highly correlated with: employee retention customer metrics productivity profitability Don't...
Has Website AI Arrived?
If you haven't heard of website artificial intelligence, the concept is not hard to grasp. Instead of a designer or developer building your website, software creates it. And it does so by leveraging all sorts of logic rules and best practices. Some might argue that these logic rules and best practices are what help great...
There is no such thing as 100% uptime
I work for a software company where we develop websites and web applications for large companies. So the question of uptime is one I get a lot. And the notion is that if we work hard enough, test out the hosting companies enough, talk to enough people, and generally get smarter, we can find and...
Do one thing well
I like products with \"all the things.\" For months before the first iPhone was released, I was sure that I wasn't going to get one. The rumors, and there were several, were constantly uninspiring. There was not going to be an easy way to have a favorites list It wasn't going to work with my...
Folks to Watch in 2016
We're just a day or two away from 2016, so I thought I would round up my predictions and some of the folks that I'm keeping a close eye on in 2016. The WordPress ecosystem continues to evolve Here's what I can tell you. Nothing is standing still. When I was a kid I would...
Rainmaker Marketing Automation: Giving prospects a tiny nudge
This is a post in a series on Rainmaker--the platform created by the folks formerly known as Copyblogger. My family took another cruise! I was just on a cruise last week--spending an entire week in the Caribbean with my family. It was nothing short of amazing and incredible. We'd been on the same exact boat almost...
The Best Thing about WordPress
Today I turn 45. The day after Thanksgiving. And I'm thankful for many things... WordPress powers 25% of the web If you missed it, the new data is out, and WordPress--the open-source software that makes it easy to build websites and blogs--powers 25% of the web. That's pretty awesome if you've been a part of...
A new WordPress desktop client, and it's open source!
My Hope: A Windows Client for WordPress In late October I purchased Microsoft's new Surface Book. When I tell you it's awesome, I'm not lying. It's absolutely fantastic. Soon after that, I realized the one app that was missing - a simple way to author blog posts on Windows. On Mac, I've been pretty darn...
High Performers understand sunk cost
The leading cause of death among humans is human decision making. Early in my professional career, I had the opportunity to work with Dr. Ralph Keeney, now research professor emeritus at Duke's business school. He's a world-renowned researcher, author, and professor of decision science. He's easily one of the smartest men I've ever had the privilege...
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