Had a great time meeting everyone at WordCamp Miami yesterday. Mark Jaquith’s Tips and Tricks presentation was pretty interesting. Watch the video after it’s posted if you haven’t seen it yet. Enjoyed hanging out with Scott Basgaard again. Met a number of great new people. Got several great photography tips from Travis Ballard and Carlos Miller. Of course riding in Blanca Stella’s car with Steve Mortiboy and Aaron Brazell driving to different bars in Miami was crazy.

Overall, I had a great time. and I’m looking forward to coming back down next year.

The January Meetup was cancelled due to snow, and even though it snowed again last night we weren’t going to let that keep us from this month’s meetup.  Craig Tuller of StudioPress gave and excellent presentation on theme news, customization, tweak hints, and development.

I don’t normally do negative posts about another person or company, but I feel this needs to get out there.  A few hours ago I received an email from MediaTemple, where I host several of my clients.  It was an automated message informing me that: read more…

Lately, there has been talk about WordPress Plugin and Theme developers not receiving enough credit and appreciation for their work, if any at all.  While this may be true, I want to make sure we acknowledge those who do express their appreciation and gratitude through Paypal donations, sending a gift on my Amazon wishlist, or even just sending a message of thanks on Twitter. read more…

I don’t have some crazy linkbait title bashing some plugin, developer, or Automattic employee/executive, but you’re here so I guess you still found the post somehow.

Lately, there has been a lot of talk about a variety of issues related to the commercialization and GPLness of plugins, themes, and Automattic.  Some of these discussions have been overlapping and conflicting.  Most of them are crap, and it’s getting harder and harder to weed through all the crap to find the legitimate stuff.

It’s been made clear before, but I’ll say it one last time, read more…

Check out the new Foreman Field football stadium facility at Old Dominion University.  The ODU stadium is still a construction zone.  The game day building in the Southern Endzone is new.  In the next several years both stands will be replaced as they  are the original stands from the early 1900s.  ODU last played there 60 years ago! read more…

The new version of All in One SEO Pack now has increased support for using WordPress as a Content Management System.  There are also various bug fixes and security updates.  Make sure you stay up to date with the ONLY All in One SEO Pack.

Pictures from the May Raleigh WordPress Meetup. read more…

Today we received our shipment of WordPress gear for our next event. I’ll be there speaking on a variety of topics. Seats are limited so make sure to reserve your spot today! read more…

I checked my mail today and found a relatively large, padded envelope. I opened it to find a signed copy of the latest album, Crazy Water, from Stan Crawford. read more…