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Get Things Done: An Interview with iThemes

November 29, 2016 / Tom

Now and then, I’m asked how I get things done or what are the preferred methods I use.

It’s not as if I’m some authority on the subject – I’m not (and even those who tend to miss a few things, in my opinion). Admittedly, I like to talk about this kind of stuff, but that’s just it:

It’s about being able to manage responsibilities effectively.

Frankly, I think that a lot of the prescriptive strategies aren’t tailored for specific personalities. But that’s for another post.

But this whole “responsibility management” and ideas for how to get things done is not something that’ relegated to one person. There are people who I’ve met in and out of this industry who I try to talk with on a regular basis about the same type of things.

I want to be able to learn from them so I can shortcut making the same mistakes in my life and career.

WordCamp US 2016, Post Status Publish, and Instagram

November 28, 2016 / Tom / 0 Comments

This post is going to be weird:

It’s a deviation from my normal content, it’s going to cover WordCamp US 2016, an event prior to that, and social media.

I said it was weird. But hang with me.

I’m not an avid user of Instagram in that I don’t really, you know, post pictures or anything like that. At least not right now.

I have, however, been using the story feature a little bit (much like Snapchat but without the absolutely terrible UI and pathetic stories shared by “news” outlets).

It’s also fun to follow along with those who do share photos and stories. I just don’t have that much to share given that I work out of my house, live in my house, and generally hang around my house during the week.

WordPress Deals for Black Friday 2016

November 25, 2016 / Tom / 0 Comments

This is that day of the year where everyone is offering deals for different products and services at a discount. It’s a pretty sweet deal, isn’t it?

It’s also one of those times where a lot of people try to build up affiliate links to make some extra cash along with promoting said products and services. I don’t necessarily think there’s anything wrong with that, but it’s not my style.

So I thought I’d try something new for this Black Friday: Earlier this week, I asked anyone and everyone I knew to share the sales they had going on, so I’ve listed what I’ve found below.

None of the links are affiliate links – they are just responses (or tweets) or emails I’ve received over the past week.

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 24, 2016 / Tom

We’re celebrating Thanksgiving in the United States today. If you’re doing the same, Happy Thanksgiving!

Meghan did an awesome job with the table – if was left to me, there’d be no photo. :)

If not, I hope your day is going well and that maybe you’ve still got a thing or two or nine for which to be thankful. 🙂

Buffering WordPress Content with PHP

November 23, 2016 / Tom / 0 Comments

I know: If you’ve been working with WordPress for any amount of time creating themes or plugins, then you’re probably familiar with filters. Even if you’re not really sure how they work, you’ve likely worked with something like the_content.

And by that, you’ve likely written a line of code that looks like this:

It’s enough to work with, too. Usually, this is used whenever you want to modify the content before sending it to the browser to render.

But I recently had to work with it in a somewhat unusual way that required the usual of this filter, a template file, and PHP’s output buffer such that I was buffering WordPress content.