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Two Takeaways Regarding LoopConf

December 10, 2014 / Tom / 0 Comments

Over the past few months, one of the larger items of discussion within the WordPress community is that of LoopConf.

LoopConf

It’s a pretty big deal because it’s the first conference of its size to be focused specifically on WordPress developers – a niché conference, if you will – but perhaps the largest point of discussion around the conference has been the point of pricing.

Interestingly enough, at the same time all of this is happening, the community has also been talking about hosting specialized conferences that cater towards specific areas of WordPress. Whereas WordCamps tend to hit bloggers, beginners, businesses, developers, and designers, some have been talking about conferences that focus specifically on one to maybe two of these types of audiences.

So LoopConf comes around and basically does both: It provides a conference that’s a proof-of-concept for the idea of specialized conferences, and it shows us how the pricing of a conference affects the attendance.

It’s really the perfect time to be hosting this type of event.

Until Someone Asks Your Opinion

December 9, 2014 / Tom / 0 Comments

Anyone who spends a lot of time online blogging, tweeting, publicly sharing projects, or at least one of the above has likely, at some point, been asked for advice.

If not, it’s only a matter of time. There’s something about placing your thoughts, opinions, and projects – no matter how good or bad they may be – that gives you some level of credence with whom you interact.

Sure, sometimes you get negative feedback or negative criticism – that’s to be expected – and some times, others give positive feedback or confirmation and though that may not always be expected, it’s always appreciated.

Perhaps the best form of feedback, though, comes in the form of having someone either ask your opinion on something or how you would achieve something in a given programming environment.

There’s something awesome about that (and something a little scary about it, as well).

When You Export All WordPress Data…

December 8, 2014 / Tom / 0 Comments

TL;DR: Exporting a lot of data? Don't forget the "posts_per_page" argument.

If you’ve ever done any work for yourself or for others in WordPress where you’re responsible for importing a lot of data in a specific format (such as a CSV), then the odds that you’ve had to also work on writing an export tool for the same data are pretty high.

I mean, it makes sense, right? Get the original data into the new, WordPress-based system, do work in the new system, export the data so its portable for others.

But how is this information usually structured?

My Suite of Apps: Pastebot

December 5, 2014 / Tom / 0 Comments

One of the most convenient features of Yosemite and iOS is Continuity which supports Handoff. The whole idea behind it is that you can be using an application on your desktop and then pickup where you left off on your iOS device.

For example, say I was looking up directions in Maps on my desktop and then needed to head to my car into order to reach my destination. Handoff allows me to open up Maps on my phone and have it display exactly what I was viewing on my desktop.

Convenient, sure, but this post isn’t meant to be a commercial for all things OS X / iOS. Instead, it’s meant to highlight an application that helps cover a shortcoming of the seamless integration between the devices.

Namely, Pastebot.

Comparing Programming Languages and Tools

December 4, 2014 / Tom / 0 Comments

Since the Dev Practices posts are scheduled so far out, sometimes I forget which ones are added and which ones are running on what day. It makes it all the more fun to run the site, but I digress.

One ran the other day that, although I thought was funny, was more “funny because it’s true” and less “funny, haha” or “funny, weird.”

tools-v-tools

How many of you have found yourself in some type of conversation that escalated into an argument about comparing programming languages and tools and who’s set is better when all you were initially trying to do was to share what things you enjoy using in your day-to-day?