Category: Site Info

  • WordPress 💖 Emoji

    WordPress 💖 Emoji

    The latest stable version of WordPress, and all those precede it, do not support emoji. The default database character set used simply isn’t compatible with it. Emoji are the next generation of emoticons. They’re the little pictographs like ????????. Quite frankly, I love them. Can’t get enough of them. I’m happy to say that work…

  • Switching to Dvorak

    Been thinking of doing this for awhile.

  • The Month of Blogging

    For the month of April, fellow Automattician Justin Shreve challenged the company to make a point to publish some blog post every day of the month, seven days a week. The challenge was extremely hard, frankly. Some posts, like this one, were posted simply to follow the letter of the rule, not the spirit. Life…

  • NaBloPoMo: What The Hell Does That Mean?

    NaBloPoMo: What The Hell Does That Mean?

    The kick off post for the 2013 National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) including tips from WordPress.com on how to be inspired to write.

  • And We’re Live!

    This weekend, I migrated this site from Nexcess (on a reseller account that I own) to WP Engine. First, I still love Nexcess. They have served—and continue to serve—me extremely well. I’ve been with Nexcess since 2006 with zero problems, issues or complaints. I’m maintaining my account with them. They’re still hosting everything not at…

  • Servant Leadership Begins at Home

    This site’s theme for 2012 (and beyond?) is Servant Leadership Begins at Home. Servant Leadership, as a term, is most connected to the work of Robert Greenleaf, beginning with his book Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness. The underlying idea is that the most effective form of leadership is in the form…