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  • The first rule of functions…

    The first rule of functions is that they should be small. The second rule of functions is that they should be smaller than that. Functions should not be 100 lines long. Functions should hardly ever be 20 lines long. What Constitutes Clean Code in WordPress? – @tommcfarlin (original quote from Clean Code by Bob Martin)

  • The agony and the ecstasy of Automattic’s Jetpack

    The agony and the ecstasy of Automattic’s Jetpack

    In a discussion on Twitter with the Internet’s @SiobhanPMcKeown (if you don’t know who Siobhan is, you don’t read many WordPress blogs) & @Krogsgard about WordPress themes with lots of options, I mentioned that I’ve been thinking about ways to justify removing options from Museum Core in favor of using plugins to accomplish those same things.  Case…

  • (via Weighthacker These foods will make you more productive and…

    (via Weighthacker These foods will make you more productive and boost your morale)

  • The about.me WordPress widget in the wild

    Well, it’s a good thing I prettied up my site recently.  Because I started using the About.me widget shortly after they launched it, I got featured on their blog. The about.me WordPress widget in the wild | About.me Blog.

  • Timed Screenshot Alfred Extension

    I was shocked — SHOCKED, I tell you!!! — to learn today that Skitch (the once-amazing screen-capture and image sharing app that is almost worth ditching Windows for Mac just to be able to use) no longer lets you do timed screenshots. What??? I was so upset, I had to do some digging and learned…

  • Search Engine Optimized breadcrumbs

    I had a need to build some search engine optimized breadcrumbs for a project I’m working on right now.  I didn’t want to just use Yoast’s breadcrumbs, because I’m using Twitter Bootstrap, and I wanted to make use of the built-in breadcrumbs support, so I did a Google, found something, tweaked it and am using…

  • Use Alfred to set up a WordPress theme based on _s and Twitter Bootstrap

    I said a long time ago that I would never use another theme framework now that I have Museum Core.  Well, unfortunately for me, WordCamp SLC — particularly the presentations of Jake Spurlock, George Ortiz and Patrick Cox, as well as working on the theme which was based on _s — changed my mind on…

  • Building plugin-like functionality into WordPress themes: to be, or not to be?

    Building plugin-like functionality into WordPress themes: to be, or not to be?

    There’s been a lot of talk in the WordPress world about whether or not theme developers should build plugin-like functionality into WordPress themes.  After my presentation at WordCamp SLC 2012, it was actually something I was asked about.  Seeing how it was a topic of discussion on wpmail.me via ManageWP, I thought I’d throw my 2…

  • Hey girl… @whyisjake @ #wcslc

  • The quest for the perfect playlist generator, part two

    In the last installment, I attempted to make various playlist generators read my mind by feeding it Yes but meaning mid-80s, post-prog synth-heavy rock & new wave with limited success.  For my second experiment, I picked “I’m Afraid of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe” by Murder by Death (which ended up being just a Murder…