Do website owners need a “drivers license”, or should websites be more “self-driving”?
Surely many of the things that I set up on new WordPress sites with plugins and settings tweaks are solved problems now. So why do I have to add them myself?
Creativity, curiosity, and code
Surely many of the things that I set up on new WordPress sites with plugins and settings tweaks are solved problems now. So why do I have to add them myself?
I’ve been contributing to some discussions that have been happening this week about the new WordPress “Gutenberg” editor. Hopefully constructively. And I think its useful to note where I come from when thinking about Gutenberg. Firstly, there’s my own context. Mostly as a user of WordPress (I’m using it right now!) but also as a […]
I don’t know if this is interesting, but maybe it gives some insight into the breadth of my work in a given week.
Some things on the internet are inexplicably hard. e.g. Bloom + MailChimp + Groups + GDPR fields ?♂️
As a developer, I think I'm coming around to the idea of the new WordPress Gutenberg editor. Here's my updated thoughts and reflections.
Gutenberg will be great for new projects going forward, but I've yet to be convinced that enabling it for all sites when they update to WordPress 5.0 is a good idea. So my plan is not to.
I just wanted to write - and, I'm sad and sorry to say - Gutenberg got in the way and I just wanted to turn it off.
This year's event was supremely well-run, full of quality content, and just what I needed as I head into a busy-looking year. Thank you to all involved.
I'm speaking again at this year's WordCamp London. Find out more about my talk on screencasts for user training.
Perhaps I should be a teacher after all? The whys and hows of my first forays into technical developer screencasts.