No, I will not sign your NDA

I’m the first point of contact for our small business. As such, I’m the one who reads all of the contact form submissions. Here is part of a form submission I received recently: Before I talk to you about my project, I need you to sign an NDA. What I think they really mean is: [...]

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2011 NHL Hockey Playoff Predictions

As a fan of the LA Kings, this has been a really entertaining season to watch. The Western Conference has basically been in ‘playoff mode’ for the past few months. For a while there were something like 8 teams separated by less than 10 points. Completely nerve-wracking as a fan. But also, completely awesome! With [...]

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New Plugin: Wheel-o-Meals

Meals

During a call with a potential client this week, I realized his WordPress-based project was going to need a custom post type with a few custom taxonomies attached. While I have already worked on several projects with custom post types, amazingly enough, I haven’t had to work with custom taxonomies yet. So it was time [...]

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Please stop using ‘Uncategorized’

rename-category

You spend time building your site. You spend time researching your topic. You spend time writing your post. Then, you get lazy… Instead of adding your post to a specific category, you just leave it on the default and it shows up as “Uncategorized.” Ugh. It may just be me, but I find that really [...]

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10 business blogging tips

Earlier today I took part in a panel discussion at an IABCLV (International Association of Business Communicators/Las Vegas) luncheon. My portion of the presentation was focused on blogging for your business. After the event I was asked if my list of tips would be available online. Hey now, that’s not a bad idea! I wanted [...]

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WordCamp Phoenix 2011 recap

Ice Sculpture

A little more than a year ago I had the opportunity to speak at WordCamp Phoenix. That turned in to one crazy weekend as I ended up speaking at WordCamp New York that same weekend. I was really bummed not to have been able to stick around in Phoenix longer as the event was HUGE! [...]

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