Lately I have been thinking a lot about how to make myself less and less the center of my company. Mainly because I feel that I can become the bottleneck. Also because it’s hard to scale. I have taken some steps by hiring a couple project managers, and that is definitely a step in the…
Holy crap we did it. 9 months after we started, we finally released a major update for one of our plugins this week. On one hand, I am very excited (and proud) about the work we did. But the first thought that comes to mind is, “what took so long?” I know the answer. I…
Last week was dominated by my plans to attend Pressnomics 2. A conference centered around the business side of WordPress. What does that mean? Well, it’s less about using WordPress and more about building a business around it. I spent the first part of the week preparing to be gone for 5 days. I then…
Planning for WordCamp Vegas 2013 is in full swing. This will be our 5th year in a row doing WordCamp here in Vegas and I think it’s going to be our biggest event to date! I can’t tell you how happy I am to have a team helping out. So. Many. Moving. Parts! Even though…
A long time client asked for some help. Like I do with a lot of projects, I first try to see if there’s something off the shelf that would scratch the itch. Unfortunately, the request was JUST custom enough that even a really good existing plugin would still need to be tweaked. Since I’d probably…
Last year I was at a meetup in Downtown Vegas and we were brainstorming ideas to help out the Vegas community. I took the opportunity to talk about an event that my partner Justin had taken part in a couple times in Minneapolis. The idea of running a similar event here in Vegas was an…
Well, here we are. It’s a Monday afternoon after a WordCamp weekend. I’m mostly caught up on my emails and it’s the time of day where my mind starts to wonder back to all the great things that took place over the weekend. This time it was WordCamp Orange County. There were some great sessions,…
I spent the better part of 10 years working in an office. I spent the next 3 years working from home. Both have their benefits and drawbacks, of course. As much as enjoy working from home (the commute is awesome), I have been having a pretty big issue with creating a work/life split. My home…
Software like Adium and Pidgeon are so darn handy. They let you hook up your Google Chat, Yahoo! IM, AIM, MSN and other instant messengers along with access to tons of IRC channels, too. Man, what a great invention. Instant access to everybody I’ve ever exchanged email with (thanks gchat) all at the click of…
A few months back I was absolutely humbled when I received an invite to a fairly exclusive event; The WordPress Community Summit. This was to be the first of its kind, invite only meetup/conference with about 100 people from the WordPress community in attendance. People from all over the globe were planning to attend. We…
