WordPress: Useful Links
Visual Editor A Complete Guide to the WordPress Visual Post Editor
WordPress: Tips and Tricks
This will be an ongoing post with short reminders and links about developing in WordPress. I may add, edit or remove items at any time. If you notice broken links, outdated information, mistakes, anything that could be better, please let me know in the comments. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— WP-ADMIN When adding/editing Categories, how do I s how […]
Configuring MacJournal as WordPress Front End
MacJournal is a surprisingly versatile desktop app. One of its tricks is be a fast, fuss-free front end for blogging. Setting MacJournal up as a front-end to my WordPress blog was easy as pie, thanks to this article
Figures of Speech = Design Patterns for Writing
Programmers have design patterns. Writers have figures of speech. Found this chart today, created by Curtis Niebold, The Visual Communication Guy, and it looks like a great resource for anyone doing more than casual writing. Probably a good thing to review from time, to keep ourselves aware of the time-tested, reusable solutions at our disposal […]
Dieter Rams: Ten Principles For Good Design
Good design: Is innovative — The possibilities for progression are not, by any means, exhausted. Technological development is always offering new opportunities for original designs. But imaginative design always develops in tandem with improving technology, and can never be an end in itself. Makes a product useful — A product is bought to be used. […]
How to Be a Great Software Developer
What are the marks of a great programmer? Knowing a lot of languages? Working fast? Coding complex functionality from scratch rather than using something already written? Code that’s so concise there’s not much left for the minified to do? Peter Nixey tackles the question (How to Be a Great Software Developer) and comes up with […]