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December 16, 2014

Minimal Genesis: New WordPress Theme

I’m happy to announce my first ever WordPress theme which is modeled after a previous design of this site.

December 3, 2014

Twitter Cards for One-Click Newsletter Signups

Last week I moved my Laravel Newsletter off a self hosted newsletter application and over to Campaign Monitor.

December 1, 2014

30 Day Blogging Challenge

Last month I took a 30 day blogging challenge. The goal was simple, write a new post every weekday for a month. Sounds easy right.

November 26, 2014

11 Tips To Better Phone Photos

I’m still very much a beginner photographer but looking to improve. This post on creating better phone photos has a lot of inspiration:

November 25, 2014

JavaScript Helper for Triggering Stripe Failures

Lately I’ve had to integrate Stripe a few times and I keep having to visit their test card page over and over to copy and paste failed cards.

November 21, 2014

Laravel News Interview

I had several people ask me to do an interview in my Artisan files series and it just so happens I had an empty slot this week so I was happy to oblige.

November 20, 2014

The Simplest Way To Use Laravel Blade And AngularJS Together

By default AngularJS and Blade conflict with the way variables are called. Both use a double curly bracket {{ var }} syntax.

November 19, 2014

Ulysses III Themes

In my post yesterday about Ulysses III I posted a screenshot of my customized theme.

November 18, 2014

Ulysses III - An IDE for your writing

I’m fascinated by writing apps. So much in fact that I believe I have purchased every one that has ever been made.

November 17, 2014

Tips for Writing Technical Blog Posts

As a developer one of the best ways of giving back, beyond releasing code, is by writing about your experiences.

November 16, 2014

Yitzchok Willroth at php[world]

I had been waiting all day for this talk and at 2:50 p.m. I rushed into a room filled with six long tables.

November 12, 2014

Make your tutorials pop by avoiding dry pedantry

Just because you’re dealing with a scholarly discipline that’s usually reported in a style of dry pedantry is no reason why you shouldn’t write in good fre...

November 11, 2014

Bootstrapper to 9-5er

I got my start in tech almost two decades ago. Back then the landscape was much different, but I feel in love, and made it my career choice.

November 10, 2014

PhpStorm Tip - Keymap Abbreviations

I made the switch to PhpStorm back in January and every week I learn new tips and tricks to help me use the IDE.

November 7, 2014

Verizon iPhone Trade-In Ripoff

About a month ago my two year Verizon wireless contract ended and they had a special trade-in offer.

November 6, 2014

Left Lane Drivers

Dear left lane drivers,

November 5, 2014

CodeIgniter Announces an Interim Council

Now that CodeIgniter development has been taking over by BCIT a lot of people are wondering what will happen with the framework.

November 4, 2014

Ripples on the Pond – The Quiet Revolution

This is an epic post about the state of our industry written by Elizabeth Naramore.

November 3, 2014

Full Stack Radio - Episode 2

I had the pleasure of being on the latest Full Stack Radio podcast with my friend Adam Wathan.

October 24, 2014

Nobody is watching the World Series

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