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Top 5 DOs and DON’Ts When Selecting an Online Password

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February 21, 2014

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In a day and age when the Target and Michael’s credit card fraud incidents are happening, you would think that we would all be on high alert when it comes to protecting our personal information. And yet, let’s take a look at Splashdata.com’s list of the 25 worst passwords of 2013: Seems like far too many people still go the “Spaceballs” approach to security, using the number an idiot might have as a combination on his luggage. You really don’t need to do much phishing here to guess most of this list. So how should you pick your WordPress password and avoid […]

Managing a Distributed Team: Is It for You?

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February 21, 2014

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It’s certainly not uncommon in the WordPress ecosystem for team members to work remotely, but is it right for you? And, if so, which rookie mistakes should you try to avoid? In this post I’ll share some of my experiences working on, and managing, a distributed team. From an outsider’s perspective, the novelty of having a virtual (non)office is probably one of the most talked about characteristics of companies like Automattic. However, even in 2014, I get the sense that much of the business world still has hangups about this concept. Many people still seem to believe that if you can’t walk […]

Episode 33: Dreless in Sea.tt.le

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February 20, 2014

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Show Notes Host Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder of WordPress and the founder of Automattic and Audrey Capital. Matt can be found on Twitter @PhotoMatt and online at Ma.tt. What They’re Sippin’ On: Brad: Pyramid Hefeweizen Dre: Maker’s Mark Matt: Hint Watermelon Water Pressing Topics: Matt takes the role of CEO. He is excited about the day-to-day aspects of running the company, growing it from 200 to 2,000 employees. Matt led development for version 3.8. He said it was fun to work with new people. Last year, Matt purchased WP Tavern because Jeff had incredible knowledge about WordPress, and it allowed […]

On Fonts and Web Typefaces

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February 20, 2014

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Gone are the days when designers had to rely entirely on web-safe fonts and web typography meant simply a combination of Verdana and Georgia. Nowadays, with the advent of various web-optimized font formats, as well as the ever-popular Google Web Fonts, the task of picking the ideal typeface for your web design projects can indeed be difficult and confusing. In this article, we’ll be discussing some of the simplest measures to take while picking the ideal web font for your design projects. Introduction Web typefaces serve two major purposes: To set the tone To guide users through the content With […]

WordPress Slider Plugin Roundup: 8 Ways to Deck Out Your Website

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February 19, 2014

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Lately, people have been falling in love with image sliders. They are everywhere. And nowhere else are they more pervasive than they are in WordPress. In fact, WordPress has as many as 690 image sliders to choose from! Now, testing this overwhelming number of image sliders one-by-one would be quite a daunting task. And being the busy person that I’m sure you are, you probably don’t have the time to do all of this yourself. So, in order to help you out, we decided to put together a roundup of some of the most popular and powerful WordPress image slider […]

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