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WooThemes Has Raised Their Prices

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August 1, 2013

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You want to blame someone? Blame Steve Jobs. Seriously – here’s why. He created a computing ecosystem that suggested tens of thousands of dollars in software development costs could be recouped at $.99 per transaction. That’s not a model. There’s no feedback loop to that model. In the end, some companies are wildly successful because more and more people make one-time decisions, while other companies just fail and disappear. But this isn’t a post about Steve Jobs. I just thought that if you wanted to get to the bottom of all this, we should look to him – as he’s […]

Finely Tuned Consultant: Alex King

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August 1, 2013

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I love to build things. I love creating something that delights the people that use it. I believe in thinking critically and being intentional. I humor my compulsive trait by letting it drive me to make things better. Alex King has been around WordPress since the earliest days. He’s one of the original contributors to WordPress, beginning his career in Silicon Valley. Now in Denver, he continues to be a leader in the community, developing themes and plugins that are some of the most innovative and powerful on the market. His team at Crowd Favorite is top notch, leading the way both […]

Matt is on Reddit Right Now

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July 31, 2013

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Here’s a sample, below. To catch it live, go to www.reddit.com/r/IAmA right now! vegasgeek – “Of all the WordCamp’s you’ve been to around the globe, what was the most unusual location for the event itself and, separately, the after party?” photomatt – “Oh by far and away the strangest location was Davao in the Philippines. I can’t find any pictures at the moment, but my talk was essentially at a restaurant with a swimming pool courtyard — the audience was on the other side of the pool from me, and the food buffet was behind me so when the Q&A got slow […]

It Seems the World is Flat

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July 31, 2013

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Start a conversation with any web designer today and you will no doubt find yourself entering, at least for a short time, an over-excited echo room extolling the virtues of flat design. And if you were to do a web search today of the term “flat design” you’ll see a lot more of the same. What was last year’s new hotness has essentially become this year’s de facto standard design trend for websites and mobile apps. But it’s not new. It’s not even that cool. Flat design is essentially taking design elements down to their most basic nature. It is […]

Finely Tuned Consultant: Noel Tock

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July 31, 2013

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International WordPress consultant Noel Tuck created happytables, an optimized web solution for restaurants. Meet Noel Tock, international WordPress consultant. Noel is Swiss, currently living in Zurich, and is one of the more active European developers in the WordPress Community. He solves problems that SMBs and the non-profit sector have, and created happytables, a full restaurant solution that provides an optimized web solution for restaurants. Happytables has seen substantial growth in 2012, and Noel sees the platform growing very quickly in the next year. I’m not a developer or a designer, but I’m definitely a WordPress consultant. You might say that I’m a […]

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