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You have probably seen the yellow and red notices on the top of the wp-admin area, either when updating a page, catching an error on a form, or a plugin po

Quite often I run into instances where I need to change the display name of a top level menu item in the WordPress wp-admin backend. Sometimes this is to c

Grant Landram and I had the pleasure of representing freshmuse this weekend by attending the 2012 Vancouver, BC WordCamp as speakers. Grant and I bookended

WP_Query is a magical object in WordPress. WP_Query allows you to quickly and easily build a query for any type of object in the database, however that pow

A friend recently ran into some issues setting up a new WordPress website. It was a big hairy ordeal that could have been avoided by keeping in mind a few

As any of you with personal contact with me may have noticed, I have been a bit preoccupied with the idea of building my own boats. Obsessed may be a more

  As I was yet again emptying the lint from my dryer lint trap I started wondering what the lint is and were does it come from? Every load that I wash

I will be talking about Interacting with External APIs. A blurb about my talk follows: There is a lot of talk these days about taping into the resources av

This is part VI of a multipart series titled How to get a developer job in Seattle, or Anywhere. Introduction Part II – Build a resume Part III &#821

This is part V of a multipart series titled How to get a developer job in Seattle, or Anywhere. Introduction Part II – Build a resume Part III &#8211

I am sitting in first class ( surprise upgrade! ) drinking a 12 year Glenlivet Scotch ( oh the free perks! ) and using the in-flight Gogo wireless service

There is a lot of talk these days about tapping into the resources available through external APIs such as Twitter, Facebook, etc, but what is an API and h