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Empathy: The Secret Ingredient in WordPress Work, Development, and Success

Today at the first inaugural WordCamp Maine, I presented a talk with the title “Empathy: The Secret Ingredient in WordPress Development, Work, and Success.” Below, my slides, along with notes and additional info. I’d love to hear your feedback or ideas — please leave them in the comments or on Twitter! Talk: Notes: Slide 3:…
Do I need a new washing machine? How can you tell, and why it matters to web development.

Appliances like washing machines — even though they now come in purple and red, and sing pleasing tunes when our clothes are clean — are still pretty invisible, and boring, to most people. We want them to work, relentlessly, while being easy to learn, easy to use, and generally remaining as quiet as possible. Now,…
“If do right…No can defend.” – Miyagi

“If do right… No can defend.” – Mr. Miyagi
Top 10 favorite comics

The Sunday comics are a big deal in our house, and while we love the overall experience of reading the entire comics, a discussion about our favorites quickly turned into three of us building our own “Top 10 favorites” list. Here’s my list — this isn’t exhaustive, as it only represents the comics available in our…
New: Zoom Shots focuses in on makers, their work, and their process

When my friend, author Chris Godsoe, offered up review copies of his new book pre://d.o.mai.n (available on Amazon.com and BN.com today!), I jumped at the chance to get an advance peek at the book and support an author. At the same time, I figured it might be a good chance to tweak my always-in-progress site,…
Techonomy Detroit 2013
Apple picking 2013
Peanuts before bed
Homemade salsa

Made by Heidi, tomatoes by our neighbor Lisa
Snack break

While bike riding and exploring the woods