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Hacking and Phishing and Phish

Anyone who uses a computer will benefit from understanding the difference between hacking and phishing. Importantly, the steps you take to protect yourself from each are different.

Nice to… “e-meet” you?

A terrible phrase that does the job. What’s better?

Importing Tags Instead of Categories with the WordPress RSS Importer Plugin

The official WordPress RSS Importer plugin is pretty crude and has some limitations. I ran into a few of those and solved them, specifically turning RSS categories into WordPress Tags.

WordPress 5.0 contains a massive change to content editing. Without working through a systematic review of what’s been built, I don’t know how anyone can be sure that it is ready for release. The project needs more time and public validation that it’s ready.

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.

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.

Emoji Are Fascinating

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The 2016 #WADOReplyallpocolypse

I was on a rather amusing reply all thread last week. Let me share my favorite replies with you!

Emoji Are In [link]

Oxford Dictionaries had a bold choice for their “word” of the year.

Eight WordPress Tips You Wish Someone Had Shown You Sooner [Animated] [gallery]

Quick and easy tips for making WordPress a little easier to use. Watch these once and then you’ll be racing to the admin to try them out.

Quick WordPress Tip: Get Yer Pritty Lil’ Face in the Dashboard

Every time I log into any WordPress, even a brand new copy, I get a personalized picture in the admin bar. Here’s how you can get that too!

Seeking WordCamp Speakers & Attendees (That Means YOU!)

WordCamp Seattle is coming up and you might be a good speaker, even if you don’t think so.

Applying User Experience to Real Life [link]

An article came through my feeds yesterday that really struck a chord for a bunch of reasons. It’s hard not to just paste the whole piece here. In “Shut Up and Listen.”, a fellow Seattlite tied together a whole bunch of related strands into great essay. His jumping off point was the recent Black Lives Matter protest which … Continue reading “Applying User Experience to Real Life [link]”

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