January 20, 2009
January 14, 2009
We’ve opened up registration for WordCamp Chicago, a Midwest WordPress Educational event open to passionate fans in the WordPress community. We are lining up some really talented people who will present a variety of interesting and diverse topics related to our favorite WordPress platform!. Below is a list of confirmed speakers for WordCamp Chicago, so far:
Matt Mullenweg, founder of our favorite blog/CMS platform, WordPress
Mark Ghosh, owner/blogger of a great WordPress resource site,…
January 7, 2009
As announced on my Amazon Blog – I have a release date for the 2nd Edition of WordPress For Dummies from my editor, finally!
February 17, 2009 is the date that it will be available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and in a local bookstore near you.
Last time, when the 1st Edition was released – I did a give away of autographed copies of the book. I’m thinking of doing the same this time…
January 2, 2009
I loved 2008…and I hated it.
Professionally, it was really a phenomenal year. E.Webscapes did 409 projects in 2008 – that’s more than a project a day. It’s almost exactly double what we did in 2007 – and the profit margins tripled. I also finished another book in 2008 and have another (different) one in the works for 2009 (more about that another day!) I would have to say that professionally speaking, 2008 was my…
December 18, 2008
As this week is winding down, I’m feeling like I’ve finally come in from the rain (or the snow, since I’m in Wisconsin). Work has been crazy nuts over the past two weeks and I’ve been pushing myself harder than usual to meet deadlines and get things done. Some of it goes rather smoothly, while other bits are somewhat of a struggle, but at the end of the day – it comes together nicely.
Speaking…
December 18, 2008
I was interviewed by Grant Friendman of Colorburned – he has it up on his site this morning. I talk design, tools, WordPress, blogs and life experiences that lead me to the career I’m enjoying now. Thanks, Grant!
read more »December 10, 2008
It’s out! The much anticipated 2.7 release of WordPress is officially released into the wild.
Just want to give a quick and very heartfelt thanks to Matt for this statement on the WordPress Blog announcement of 2.7:
The Future
Those of you following along at home might have noticed this was our second major redesign of WordPress this year. Whoa nelly! While that wasn’t ideal, and I especially sympathize with those of you creating books…
December 8, 2008
Not sure if WordPress and the Dummies folks over at Wiley appreciate the bastardization of their logos in such a manner – – but I need to celebrate the completion of WordPress For Dummies 2nd Ed. somehow!
Send your own ElfYourself eCards
The *writing* of it is done – it does still need to go through a bit of copyediting, proofreading and printing. The actual release date is still tenative – – but I will…
read more »November 28, 2008
November 22, 2008
I’m scheduled to appear on the WordPress Weekly show on Fri. 11/28 – starting at 8pm and goes until… well, until we’re done. We’ll be talking WordPress For Dummies and WordPress 2.7. Check out Jeff’s WordPress Weekly information page to find out how you can listen in..and even call-in and participate!
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