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There are some that may feel like WordPress (eventually) may be headed toward the deadpool: Trying to describe how code works on a platform that has the kind of fundamental logic that WordPress does is like trying to teach a language that doesn’t have an alphabet. I would discourage anyone from learning it until they’re more au fait with a platform that operates on better principles. Basically, WordPress isn’t a platform suited to anyone except those unlucky enough to have somehow become WordPress developers. There’s already a heavy discussion on Hacker News that’s riddled with some great arguments, some well-crafted […]

I recently came across a new website that offers interesting reviews of popular web hosts.  The reason I think it’s interesting is because the website doesn’t use personal opinions about the hosting companies.  In fact, it claims to be a no-nonsense guide to the best web hosting. The website actually uses data from a variety of sources to determine what the  best web hosting company is out there.  Mind you, it really only covers shared hosting services, so there aren’t any WordPress managed hosting providers listed explicitly.

I’m sure you’ve all heard about the travel blogger who jets around the world in first class, writes little reviews, make explicitve loads of money and basically is on a constant holiday. For the most part it’s a big con with only a few select bloggers having that much financial security and even then they write a ton to finance it as well but digital nomadism is much more common. Perhaps I feel more connected to this idea having spent the last 3 years living in foreign countries and suddenly realising that I’ve been to over 10th of all the […]

The other day I sent an email to the guys behind Gravity Forms. I was wondering about leveraging all my Gravity Forms for more than just data collection. The way I saw things, I was collecting demographic data (first name, last name, position title) in forms on my site. But I was also collecting behavioral data on my site (pages viewed, length of time on each page, enter and exit pages). So my email was simple: shouldn’t I be able to connect them?