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Freelancing since 2001. I ♥ #WordPress, #PHP, #CLI, #Mac, #writing, and a lot of other things.

#devnotes – WordPress Shortcodes GUI, IT work

WordPress Shortcodes are a quick and easy way for me to extend the capabilities of the WordPress editor for my clients. All I have to do is write…

Better Error Pages

Here’s a tool for building nice looking 404 and 500-level error pages for your site: Better Error Pages. Build free 404, 500-level, and maintenance pages in 60 seconds….

Bruce Feiler: Agile programming — for your family  – TED.com

I was a little skeptical as I started watching Bruce Feiler’s talk Agile programming — for your family. However, I found that there is a lot of truth…

Introbar

IntroBar is a nice little web service that lets you build content bars that appear at the top of your site depending on your visitor’s referrer (i.e. the…

PENXO – 2mm lead holder pencil — Kickstarter

Penxo is a very cool, very minimal 2mm lead holder pencil available on Kickstarter. Penxo is a minimalist 2mm lead holder with no springs, buttons, or mechanical parts….

VersionPress 1.0 Walkthrough – VersionPress Blog

Borek Bernard wrote a post today that gives a thorough overview of how VersionPress works. If you haven’t heard, VersionPress is a WordPress plugin that provides full version…

Shady Characters

If you’re a fan of typography, you’ll like Keith Houston’s Shady Characters blog. Get the back story on your favorite marks of punctuation. Keith Houston’s blog about the…

StackHive – Quick Responsive Development In The Browser

We keep seeing more and more of these frontend development tools. StackHive looks to be a nice one. Quick Responsive Front-End Development In The Browser.StackHive is the most…

{placebear} – bear-themed placeholders

I’ve always loved using placehold.it for quickly grabbing placeholders for insertion into my designs. Now there’s {placebear} for inserting bear-themed placeholders in your work. Giving credit where credit…

App Press

App Press is an application for building your own apps. Its Photoshop-like interface lets you focus on your app’s design first, adding complexity as you go. Plus, their team is available…

Pivot Multipurpose HTML Template

Pivot + Variant by Medium Rare is a combination HTML Template plus HTML page builder available on Themeforest. I tried out their in-browser page builder demo, and I…

CheatSheet – Know your shortcuts

The key to being a “power user” is knowing your keyboard shortcuts. CheatSheet for Mac OS X helps you learn them by giving you a list of all…

Powerwall – Tesla Motors

In my book, Elon Musk gives that Dos Equis guy a run for his money as the Most Interesting Man in the World. This week he announced his…

Montage – Effortless Photo Books, Made with Love.

Given all the photos we’re taking with our smart phones, many of us are going to want to have some tangible reminders created. I love the look of…

Mystery House – 99% Invisible

I was familiar with the story of the Winchester Mystery House before I listened to this week’s 99% Invisible podcast. As I listened, I was thinking it was simply…

Ghost 2 Year Anniversary: How we Spent the Kickstarter Funding

Ghost, the upstart, Node.js powered, streamlined blogging platform, is now 2 years old if you’re counting from the launch of their Kickstarter. To celebrate, they’ve published a post…