I don’t usually get personal and sentimental on my blog, but today I’m feeling exceptionally poetic. Maybe it’s the rain or the holidays or the fact that I only slept four hours last night. Maybe it’s because the year is drawing to a close. It’s one of those days that I want to freeze and Read More
Well, folks. I didn’t think I’d see this day coming, although I probably should have: For $4,500/year, College Publisher will host and maintain a WordPress install for college publications. This is good news and bad news. But first, a little background. College Publisher is the platform that hundreds of college publications throughout the United States Read More
Today my friend Denya guessed that she must have sent and received 400 emails related to a project she manages for the annual SF Chronicle wine competition. “There has to be an app for that,” we thought. Sure enough, there’s a Google Chrome extension called Graph Your Inbox that lets you search for trends and Read More
My latest 10,000 Words post outlines the latest news design trends in the Google Chrome app store, many of which I believe could be pointing at a future of news design. Notably, I point to: Grid layouts Keyboard shortcuts Full screen glory Multi-column text display Multi-paneled layouts Big, beautiful video and imagery In-browser notifications Offline Read More
This weekend I received an email from an eager young lady, Elizabeth Krupka, at Cabrini College who asked me how I set myself apart in college. (I asked her to post her question on Kommons so I could publicly respond). The phrasing of her question (“How did you set yourself apart from everyone while in Read More
You know those late nights of surfing the interwebs that land you at a random page with a random link and the next thing you know you’re filling up a form or signing up for an account? I did that last week and it actually paid off. I absent-mindedly applied to join the Pilot Program Read More
It’s no secret that the tech scene in Los Angeles is lacking. But know what that means for those of us in tech? An amazing opportunity to lead a wave of technology evangelism in the city of angels. I have a personal theory –influenced partially by conversations with local entrepreneurs and people in media — Read More
After a personal IM conversation with my good friend Greg Linch, in which we were talking about keeping track of our personal data, I started thinking about what kinds of substances I’m putting into and on my body in my day-to-day routine. Then I realized that, just in putting on my face every morning, my routine creams and lotions are ridiculous. I shocked myself after listing them out. I put a lot of crap on my face every day.
This afternoon I did a terrible, terrible thing. I upgraded to WordPress 3.0.2 without backing up anything. There were two key things I did not realize. Which totally screwed me over: When editing your child themes in wp-admin (not via FTP, not locally), the directory on the right also lists files from the parent theme. Read More