Category: Random Opinions
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We must let the new growth of learning have some sunlight and wind along with their shade and rain!
My friend Josepha said this in response to concerns about the backlash that the WordPress 6.4 release team could face when faced with a hard decision. Like most hard decisions, it was one that didn’t have any absolute right or an absolute wrong answer. But as the West Wing taught us, there are very few…
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Random Thoughts on…WordPress Annual Survey
I am currently taking the Annual WordPress Survey and encourage you to as well. Here are my random thoughts on the survey as I take it:
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Rambling about social media
With Twitter getting worse and worse every day, I’m trying to look at my relationship with social media. I’ve long been a doom scroller, a sharer, and a curator. While poke wars, top 8, and nascar style share buttons are a thing of my past, they are a part of the history that has shaped…
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Random Thoughts on… Travel and WordCamps
While looking at the list of WordCamps that I’ve spoken at, it got me thinking about travel and going to WordCamps away from home. Here are some random thoughts on that matter. In General, I think it’s best for local camps (i.e. not specialized events like WordCamp for Publishers or regional camps like WordCamp US)…
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Why I love Captioning for Conferences
If #srccon was Happy Days, the transcribers would be the Fonz. Total breakout characters. All conferences should have them. — Aaron Jorbin (@aaronjorbin) July 26, 2014 I had been to conferences with live transcription before, but SRCCON 2014 was my first time seeing them at a mainstream conference. The transcription services even inspired a battle…
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Random Thoughts on…WordPress?
I wasn't sure how to title this one. I went to the WordPress NYC "Help Desk" meet-up on Wednesday and learned a lot about things users of WordPress are struggling with. So I guess in some ways it is random thoughts on me learning more. The biggest thing people struggle with is themes they…
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Random Thoughts on my email norms
Over the years, I’ve sent a few thousand emails. Less than some, more than others and I’ve developed a handful of normative behaviors in the process that others may find useful. My default on a group conversation is to always reply all. Communication is oxygen and I figure it is best to error on the…
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Random thoughts on one month of daily publishing
On December 9th I published Random Thoughts on Selecting Speakers for conferences. I didn’t realize it then, but I was on my way to a streak of daily publishing. Here are some random thoughts and stats about the experience: Always Press Publish, which I thought was going to be a throwaway New Years Eve post ended…
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Tim Raines deserves to be in the Hall of Fame
“This is probably the first year that I really, really feel like I have a chance,” said Raines, who played for the Chicago White Sox from 1991-95. “I was 23 votes away last year. Up until that point I thought about it, when people asked me about it, and the only thing I wanted to…
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The Rise Of Community Lead Media – And Demise Of Social Networks
Social media is broken for most of us. The myth of it being a democratic or meritocratic system isn’t holding up to scrutiny. We’re learning that it’s not the place to start thoughtful discussions, vet new ideas, or find complex solutions to niche problems. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a wondrous place for serendipitous snark between…