As much as it sounds like something Peyton Manning would say before hiking the ball, in fact I’m referencing the blue version of the new default twenty thirteen theme that Otto made as a child theme to the standard orange.
It was just over three months ago that I redesigned Post Status, re-focused the site’s purpose, and partnered with The Theme Foundry. Today, I’d like to share that The Theme Foundry has opted to continue the relationship for another quarter. I’m very happy, because they are a great company, with great people, that make great…
Technical debt is something every developer comes to experience in some form. Luca Rossi has a thoughtful piece on defining technical debt and agrees with its definition as “a disagreement between business needs and how the software has been written.” These are the two biggest offenders: Wrong Design — what we built was wrong from…
Troy Dean, of Video User Manuals, has a new interview up on his CommPress business podcast that features Cristian Antohe. Cristian is a consultant, and also the curator of wpMail.me, a great WordPress newsletter. The interview has quite a few interesting nuggets, like how he said this Smashing post ended up helping wpMail.me get 1000 new subscribers.
Most WordPress websites probably use phpMyAdmin (via hosting providers), so it’s nice to see that they successfully completed a security audit as part of Mozilla’s Secure Open Source Fund. This fund is new to me, and looks like a great initiative.
Ian Stewart talks about being a communication leader by using the elements of art and visual design: Just like I can use these elements to create visual harmony and an effective design or piece of art, I can use these same elements to be a better leader in design.
I recently ran across this excellent slide deck from K. Adam White on evolving your JavaScript with BackBone.js. It’s a really great deck that I highly recommend you fully digest. It’s simple enough for people not yet well versed in such things but want to learn, but also has plenty of meaty content for those…
