I was lucky to meet a reporter at WordCamp SF who asked me to answer a few questions. Here is the result.
Author: Heather Hogan
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Basement Remodel
I have/had a passion for home improvement. I’ve burned out a bit lately what with the epic and expensive basement remodel we’ve finally “completed” (ok, there’s still some trim work left to finish and paint). When we looked at this house we were immediately smitten with the full size somewhat finished basement and started to conjure up visions of what it could be. Indeed it was a storage area, wine cellar, music venue, extra bedroom, and party room. (more…)
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A Sense of Place: Road Trip PNW July 2013
I take a lot of photos of a lot of things. Recently I’ve been interested in photos that capture a feeling for a place and/or time – especially in travel or in the mundane everyday. In this case, here are a few collages of places I visited on our big vacation.
William B. Ide Adobe in Red Bluff, CA
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MailChimp Redesign
Look at this beautiful-ness! I do miss the giant monkey a little but wow. So much white space, big type, full screen, minimalist design and content!!! Beautifully responsive- check out the features page where the images go off-screen (similar to WordPress theme twenty thirteen). Lovely.
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One of the biggest lessons
One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned is that you’re really only as good as your next project.
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Reminder That Live Music Can be Awesome.
I’ve been reminded that Live Music Can be Awesome. We loved Northwest String Summit so we are now going to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass.
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Moving a WordPress Site Content to a New Installation
About a year and a half ago I started fresh with a new personal/professional website. I installed WP on a subfolder called dev on my server. I worked on the site and got it to a good place to launch. I called my web host to get some help with that as I usually do. There were some issues… I’ve done this before with other web hosts and the easiest way I’ve done is to go into the WP settings?General and change the URL of the site to wherever you’re going to move it, then on the server, move those files. Some of your image links will be broken but there is a find & replace type plugin to repair that. (more…)
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Geeking Out at WordCamp SF 2013
I love to talk tech. Every time I finish a meetup or conference my brain is full of ideas and excitement around all that I have learned and those amazing people who do all that they do. So here is a quick run down of notable talks and my takeaways:(more…)
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PNW Road Trip 2013: Bend, OR
Friday, July 12th
Ah Bend!
We arrived around 11 am and the house was not ready early so we had to kill a few hours around town. We swung by Old Mill District to trade out a broken camp chair at REI and to check out the scene there. Its a very nice looking mall, but its still a mall. We meandered over to Pioneer Park and did a bit of a river walk past a weir on the Deschutes, saw a boy fishing, felt the icy water, and enjoyed the scenery. Then we had a picnic at one of the tables- not ideally placed on a strip between the road and the parking lot without a view of the river, but the kids could run and play and they were contained and away from any drowning danger.
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PNW Road Trip 2013: Day 2
We made a quick exit from California and headed for Klamath Falls. Although it was described as a “butt scab” we found the downtown very quaint and interesting with nice old buildings, a view of the lake, and some open businesses. The place seems like its in recovery after the recession. We were looking for a Mexican food joint I found on yelp, but it no longer existed at the address I had. Justin saved the day and found a brewery a few blocks away: Klamath Basin Brewing Company in the Creamery building. (more…) -
PNW Road Trip: Day 1
Day 1. Wednesday, July 10th 2013
We managed to escape town at 11 am with the car not as packed as on our last trip; there’s room to breathe. First potty break was at our fav old haunt, Granzellas in Williams – they have clean bathrooms and an amazing taxidermy collection including 3 polar bears. Novella spent $3 of the $4 she got from Gma and Gpa on a Hello Kitty Pez dispenser which she truly and deeply adores. We made it as far as Red Bluff when B demanded another break, but we were ready for a snack break. I found a State Park with good reviews not too far up the highway.
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Fresh Designs, It’s Been Too Long
Hey, I actually took a break from proposals and internal projects and go to design something today! We are working with other teams on this website to support a General Plan Update. Lou did an awesome logo with bright, fun colors and he kicked off the look and feel with a flier which I took some design inspiration from. Also, Jacob started a theme on a WordPress site so I had a good idea what plugins and assets we’d be using.
Here are the versions, we’ll see what the client picks!
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A Standing Desk for Healthy Working
Update: I pulled the trigger and now spend much of my day standing while I work. I love it! Im glad I invested in a bar-chair though for those times when sitting is better.
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How To Upgrade WordPress on an Older Website
A client for whom I built a site years and years ago contacted me recently (as they do every 4 to 6 months) and asked for some help with a link to a PDF and some formatting issues. I had been helping them with these little things for a while now without charging them because they were few and far between and not a big deal. But this time I realized that they are pretty out of date on their WordPress version and that perhaps I should get them on a yearly retainer so that I can get paid for my time. (more…)
