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Sharing Project Files on OS X

January 5, 2016 / Tom / 0 Comments

If you’re used to working on OS X or a Linux-based distribution and you need to share project files with a peer, it’s not always as easy as being able to drop a file in Dropbox or send a single file via email.

Case in point: Whenever I work on screencasts or demo videos for client files, I use Screenflow in order to capture video and audio. But because of the way I setup screencasting, I use a separate user account on my machine.

This means that I need to share project projects between the account used for screencasting and the account I use for everything else.

Want a Pressware Shirt?

January 4, 2016 / Tom

In all of the time I’ve worked for myself, I’ve only attempted to print a Pressware shirt once. Even then, I placed an order for about 20 or so (and they were mainly used to give to friends and family).

Pressware Shirts

For 2016, I’d love to change that so for the first time, I’m holding a TeeSpring Campaign where I’m having some shirts printed up. At the time of this writing, the minimum order has already been fulfilled (which is really humbling); however, I wanted to let everyone know about this.

The only goal isn’t just to have some shirts made, though. It’s to help promote you, your work, or whatever cause you’d like mentioned here on this blog.

Happy New Year 2016

January 1, 2016 / Tom

I don’t know if you stumbled across this post my accident, via Twitter, or via RSS, but whatever the case: Happy New Year!

Usually, it’s a good time to write about the previous year, what we’re looking to do in the year to come, and talk about some of what we’ve learned in the past year and how we hope to apply it moving forward.

This is not that post.

Must Read WordPress Articles 2

December 31, 2015 / Tom

About a week ago, I shared a round up of posts that I thought made for some good reading during the downtime the holidays inevitably bring.

Pocket

I also mentioned that I have a tendency to throw things into Pocket and leave them there until I have time to read them on my own. Whenever I come across a handful of really good WordPress articles, I’ve been saving them until I have enough to share here on the site.

My Plans For 2016 (What Are Yours?)

December 30, 2015 / Tom / 0 Comments

This time of year, people usually do a sort of retrospective on their blog, their podcast, or whatever form of media they use most. And they are a lot of fun to read.

I’ve never really done that, though. Instead, I’ve often talked about what I hope to accomplish over the next year or so.

But last year, while working on some things, I decided that I wanted to continue to focus my efforts on WordPress and really work at learning as much as possible. It would help me grow my business, there are plenty of tangential technologies around it to keep my sharp on certain things, and it’s what I’m happiest doing. There’s almost no downside.

Anyway, I’m not one of those who subscribes to New Year’s Resolutions because I figure now is as good as time as any to start a new habit.

But when you’ve read the books you set out to read, finished the planned workouts, and achieved other goals you listed a little while ago, why not start over with a few more?

The thing is, it’s super hard to account for a variable amount of stuff that will inevitably show up over the next year that may disrupt your goals. And if you get too legalistic about said goals, then the things that come up may end up being far more frustrating than the positive experiences they could be.

With that said, I thought I might share a little bit about my plans for 2016. Specifically, what I hope to do and then maybe do a check-in every quarter or so to see how they are going.

If nothing else, it’ll be neat to review what I’ve set out to read and what I’ve accomplished.