We had a post recently that shared how web designers should learn to code but I personally believe that in our economy and time that everyone should learn to write a little more code. Why? Just as Code.org is trying to share via Steve Jobs, it teaches you how to think.
You don’t always get a 1099-MISC from Automattic, now do you? Last year was the first year where we started selling our flagship product on WordPress.com and it was a great first year and we hope to make this year even better. It’s hard to imagine that we were partner #5 with Automattic, especially now that it’s grown much, much bigger. We’ve learned a lot about what it takes to be successful in a commercial theme marketplace like WordPress.com and what works and what doesn’t and at some point I’d love to share some of those learnings.
One of the first rules in the rulebook of Web design is think about “the fold“. For any design newbies out there “the fold” is the visible part of the webpage that someone sees when they first load a webpage. It’s kind of like the webpage equivalent of an iceberg. “The fold” is everything above the water, even if there is lots of content hidden bellow. In the past this was a vital element of your webpage design that you had to think long and hard about. If you put the wrong thing here then the chances are no one would look […]
I don’t know many bloggers who started blogging because their writing aspirations can be accomplished by merely publishing their thoughts on a website they built by themselves. A large majority of them, especially now, likely wanted to write a book (or two). They have dreams of seeing their words printed in book form, and doing book signings at Barnes & Noble one day. But the process of pursuing publishing can seem pretty overwhelming. And honestly, it is. Book publishers are requiring writers to have a large platform, and to leverage that platform to sell the book. They get dozens (if […]
Building a startup is hard work and it takes a seriously-large gut to stomach the ups and downs, the twists and turns, and incredible highs and the even lower lows. The 3-man team consisting of Orman Clark , Gilbert Pellegrom and Mark Southard are doing just that with their latest startup Dunked, an online portfolio service that’s gotten a bit of press since they announced in a little while back. Many of you will be familiar with their previous work at places like ThemeZilla and PremiumPixels – Orman was the 3rd Elite Author over at Envato which means he sold over $1,000,000 in products via their marketplace and is […]
Love this video from WordCamp Norway: Some quotables:
The market for WordPress managed hosting continues to grow and thrive and it’s clear that it’s not only can be a profitable market but that there’s plenty of room for niche-based approaches. Such one I just got wind of is ChurchPr.es, a solution specifically targeting the church and non-profit sector of WordPress users and organizations although it seems to have been cooking since late October of last year. A project by Dallas Bass, a self-professed coffee addict (aren’t we all?), he announced it late yesterday: https://twitter.com/ThisIsDallas/status/306134618485161984 The pricing so far listed is as follows:
A small update to iOS version was released today that fixes a few issues that were raised fairly quickly since the last release, just three days ago. Make sure to update and give it a whirl – see if you have any issues on this one as well. Thanks team for responding so quickly! Get it here. As you were.
Today’s creative office workspace is featuring our own technical editor, Tom McFarlin. Here’s what he had to share – are you up next? Submit yours! You can see others so far here.
I’m so enamored by iOS that I’ll admit I can get blinders at times with some of the other technologies and implementations, even the ones that are apparently getting more play time than iOS itself. And some recent stats provided by Pingdom are blowing my mind this morning – for example, it seems that Android is up everywhere and is clearly dominating in nearly every comparison. I knew of this fact because it’s repeated enough in my own back-channel but to see it conclusively is pretty fresh. Check out this compilation of facts related to Android:
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