Nielsen Norman Group on Dealing with “Bad” Design Ideas
The Nielsen Norman Group article on handling design feedback is jam-packed with great information.
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It’s Time to Ditch WordCamp Tracks (and What to Do Instead)
The idea of conference tracks is enticing and well-intentioned, but it doesn’t work very well for many WordCamp attendees and is counter productive in many ways. Here’s why WordCamp Seattle 2017 didn’t have tracks and what we did instead.
Thoughts on Starting Codeacademy’s Learn JavaScript Course
This is post 1 of 2 in the series “Learning JavaScript” One of the hardest things as a freelancer is keeping your skills up. This year, I’m trying to invest time getting better at the JavaScript programming language. While I’ve tinkered with JavaScript for years, I’ve never been comfortable with it and have usually turned … Continue reading “Thoughts on Starting Codeacademy’s Learn JavaScript Course”
WordCamp Speaker Diversity, Blind Reviews, & Selection Criteria
Using a blind review process for WordCamp 2017 resulted in a focused initial review of speakers and a diverse final speaker lineup that reflected the demographics of the heavily recruited applicant pool.
More Code Contributed to WordPress 4.9!
Two versions of WordPress in a row have had my code in it! How cool is that! Best yet, the latest bug fix came straight out of a client project, proving once again that nonprofits and open source mix wonderfully.
Generating a WordCamp Application Review Form in Google Forms
This is post 1 of 3 in the series “WordCamp Organizing” The WordCamp Speaker team worked really hard to generate a large pool of applicants and applications for WordCamp Seattle 2017, so processing them was going to be a headache! Our website’s infrastructure had some really fabulous tools to accept applications and automatically set up … Continue reading “Generating a WordCamp Application Review Form in Google Forms”
Solving array_merge Argument #2 on load.php line 63 on SiteGround
How I fixed a nasty technical error message about line 63 of /wp-includes/load.php for my client’s SiteGround-hosted website.
Nonprofit Web for All from SeaTech4Good Speed Geek 2017
I had a great time “speed geeking” with 30 folks. In 5 minutes, I introduce them to web accessibility, showed examples of assistive technology and accessibility problems, and gave them a quick intro to the tota11y accessibility testing tool!
“A 5 minute change.”
Even when making a change to a website is fast, the startup and wrapup work adds a significant amount of time. Here’s why.
New Actionable Research on Newsletters [link]
New findings from email newsletter research show importance of writing content that recipients find relevant even though people are less attached to newsletters than they used to be.
First Reactions to Gutenberg, the Future of WordPress
The future text editor for WordPress is in early stages but ready for a lot of intensive testing. Here are my thoughts on the latest version, written in the new editor, of course.
Contributions in WordPress 4.7 and 4.8
After years of using WordPress, I finally made small contributions to the last two versions.
Emoji Are Fascinating
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So. Many. Upcoming. Events!
There are great events coming up this month, June, September, and November. Get them on your calendar, learn more about the web, and come hang out with me!
“Resilient Web Design” by Jeremy Keith
There’s nothing like reading a short book about web design on a plane! I just finished reading Jeremy Keith’s fantastic web book Resilient Web Design. It is itself a website, and it’s built so that supported-browsers can store it offline once you’ve visited any page on the site! How resilient! The primary point of the book … Continue reading ““Resilient Web Design” by Jeremy Keith”
My #17NTC Takeaway: Intentionality
My first trip to the Nonprofit Technology Conference left me with a powerful charge to intentionally question assumptions in order to build technology I want to use and a society in which I want to live.