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Personal opinions and how-to’s that I’ve written both here and as contributions to other blogs.

If You’re Looking To Guest Post, Do It Here

November 22, 2013 / Tom

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Periodically, I’ll receive emails from others who are have stumbled into a problem with WordPress, and they aren’t sure how to solve it; however, before I can reply, I end up hearing from them again.

They end up sharing something like:

Nevermind! I figured it out. In case you’re curious, here’s the code that I used…

I love it when that happens, but who doesn’t, right?

And from there, I normally like to take a look at the code, ask any questions, and/or make any suggestions (if there are any to make).

This past week, someone sent me something that they had done that was really cool, and they mentioned that I could share it on my blog, if I wanted.

Instead, I asked:

Word up.

Filing this away for future reference unless you’d want to do the first guest post I’ve ever had . . . . . . . :)

No pressure.

He obliged, but this was interesting, because I’d been toying with extended guest posting for sometime.

My Day-To-Day: Pocket

November 22, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

As much as I enjoy RSS (and the constant improvements to Feedly), it’s evident that the way in which we are sharing their content is changing.

After all, RSS is primarily meant for syndication, right?

But I think that more we are using social networks to share their content, and then discuss their content more than we once did. Honestly, I’m not really a fan of fragmenting discussions across a variety of networks, but that’s content for another post.

Anyway, as much as I still enjoy using RSS, following links from Twitter, or things shared on other sites and networks, I’ve been a little bit frustrated with the whole experience of trying to keep up with the content I want to read, and then having a solution for going back to reference it.

Am I Using Sass in WordPress? Yes and No.

November 20, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

After talking about my post-Standard plans yesterday, I received several questions – some on Twitter, some via email – about my use of LESS rather than Sass since Sass is going into WordPress core.

@tommcfarlin Any thoughts on switching to Sass since its going into core?

— Tom Harrigan (@TomHarrigan) November 19, 2013

It’s a good question, to be sure, and it’s one I’ve thought about since this ticket in Trac. Since I’ve been using LESS for over a year in various projects, I’ve had to decide how I want to move forward with development of those projects and future projects, as well.

Moving Away From RSS? Subscribe By Email!

November 19, 2013 / Tom

I think that the way in which we subscribe to our favorite sites is changing – that is to say that although I think RSS is here to stay and there are some really good apps available for it, not everyone is using that particular format as much as they once did.

It’s evident that some people are now relying more on services like Twitter, Pocket, and even email digests of weekly news.

And though I considered doing that for this site (and it was split about 50/50), I ultimately decided it would be easier just give readers the option to opt-in by email.

The Paralyzing Fear of Committing To Open Source Code

November 15, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

One of the things that I think scares people off from committing to open source projects is the fear of “I don’t know where to start.”

Sure, there are other reasons as well:

“I can’t make the IRC/chat/AOL/whatever meetings.”
“I don’t understand half of what the others are talking about.”
“I only know how to work with [any given language].”
“I don’t think that I have enough experience.”
…and so on.

Honestly, you can rationalize your way out of anything that you’re afraid to do with a reason for which most people can’t fault you.

But if you’re even mildly interested in committing to an open source project – or, more specifically – helping out with WordPress, then I highly urge you do so.