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Finding a newsletter workflow for WordPress
You’d think that creating an email newsletter in WordPress would be easier in 2023.
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Human and non-Human Writing
There are different types of writing, writing for humans and writing for robots. Guess which one the robots are good at.
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Stuffed full of the feed
Is 2023 the year the “feed” finally wins the war against self-selected content?
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Blog Posts vs Articles
What’s the difference between a blog post and an article?
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What’s the point of Twitter?
I’m reevaluating my relationship with Twitter and with social media in general.
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There’s too much code
With AI tools like Github Copilot on the rise, I have some concern about the sheer amount of code we’re dealing with in our jobs today.
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“Normal” width websites in the block editor
What is going on with max-widths and alignments in the block editor? Is there a method behind this madness?
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Recreating the Quick Draft dashboard widget using the WordPress Data Layer
Thanks to this great course on Learn WordPress, I’ve recently been inspired by the potential of the WordPress Data Layer. The best way I can describe the data layer is to imagine having a complete UI framework of WordPress components- then combining that with a complete React.js/Redux JavaScript framework hand-tailored to the WordPress REST API.…
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WordPress’ Secret World of JavaScript
A recent course about the WordPress Data Layer may have changed my mind about the potential of JavaScript in WordPress.
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Writing a tiny full site editing plugin
One of my largest issues with the full site editing user experience is the difficulty in transitioning from the backend to the frontend of your website. If you’re in the site editor, there’s no admin bar, no single click to get back to the front of your website. It requires multiple full-page reloads. I find…