I’m giving two talks in the next two months: a workshop on WordPress theme development and a talk about telling your site’s story with words and pictures based on my experience as a cartoonist. Do pop by and have a look if you’re in Raleigh!
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I’ll be speaking about Security at WordCamp Raleigh in May
I’ll be giving a talk on Simple Steps to WordPress Security at WordCamp Raleigh on Saturday, May 1st, from 11am to 12pm. Come, join me, and we shall make the Internet a safer, less hackable space!
Read More...Redesigning Web Comics: organizing the content
WordPress 3.1 introduces “custom post formats,” which are easy to confuse with “custom content types”. Which is the best to use to organize web comics? I weight the pros and cons and sketch out two content structures to make sense of it all.
Read More...Redesigning Web Comics, Prologue
I’ve been wanting to get back to drawing web comics for some time now. But first I need to build and design a new site to put them on. This is the first in a series of posts chronicling building my web comics site, from concept, to reader surveys, to design and completion.
Read More...lovemysmartcar.com: How viral media can be deterred with social media
When I fell in love with my new smart car, I knew I had to create a blog all about the experience of owning one of these beauties. Little did I realize that lovemysmartcar.com would prove instrumental in dousing the flames of a viral if not inflammatory photograph. This site is a case in point for how social media can be used to deter viral bad press.
Read More...14 basic plugins no WordPress blog should be without
These are basic plugins that I can’t imagine installing Wordpress without, plugins which improve performance, secure, or otherwise basically improve Wordpress’s work functionality. I thought I would list them here, because in my searches for top 10 plugins, I have not found a list quite like this. Consider it a basic 14.
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