I was recently interviewed by Matt Medeiros of The Matt Report, a "WordPress business podcast for entrepreneurs, startups, and freelancers". I was honored, as the previous 51 episodes of his podcast have featured some extraordinarily successful and talented people. Cliff Seal joins us to talk about … [Read more...] about Interview on the Matt Report
"This won't help anyone else yet. It's not ready." For me, this sentiment is the number one thing standing in my way of being helpful. It occurs to me how odd that thought really is when I get a glimpse of it from the right perspective. Really—if something is helpful for me right now, isn't it … [Read more...] about Coding in the Open
[row] [span width=6] [/span] [span width=6] Thanks for your time, WordCamp Birmingham! I enjoyed trading stories of success and failure, and finding ways to be brave and vet new ideas. Feel free to continue to give me your feedback—this was my first time giving this talk, and I want to … [Read more...] about Fearless: Adopting Brave Experimentation: WordCamp Birmingham 2013
[row] [span width=6] [/span] [span width=5] Thanks for hanging out first thing in the morning, WordCamp Chicago! If you're looking for the sources of the data in my presentation, click the links inside the actual slides. You didn't think I'd use data without telling you where to read more, did … [Read more...] about No One Cares About Your Content (Yet): WordCamp Chicago 2013
[row] [span width=6] [/span] [span width=5 class="pull-right"] [/span] [/row] We had a good time, didn't we, WordCamp Miami? There was plenty of information to fit into a small bit of time. With the video and the slides, you go back and take those notes that I told you not to take. :) My slides … [Read more...] about No One Cares About Your Content (Yet): WordCamp Miami 2013
[row] [span width=6 class="pull-left"] [/span] Based on the feedback so far, I think walking through the Transients API was helpful to some folks! I've loved digging into it and making code both intelligently performant and readable. As usual, the article on the WordPress Codex is the best point … [Read more...] about Speed Things Up with Transients: WordCamp Atlanta 2013
[row] [span width=6 class="pull-left"] http://wordpress.tv/2013/02/09/cliff-seal-content-strategy-no-one-cares-about-your-content-yet/ [/span] Thanks for the warm welcome, WordCamp Phoenix! Apparently, this part of the country has absolutely no trouble showing up at 8am—the room was packed. … [Read more...] about No One Cares About Your Content (Yet): WordCamp Phoenix 2013
I've started writing for WP Daily, a new blog all about WordPress, created by 8Bit. This latest one is all about how I got involved in the WordPress community recently: Here’s what I did to get involved this year, in order. I hope it compels you to give what you can, and not worry about what you … [Read more...] about From WP Daily: “How I Got More Involved in the Community in 2012”
