Author Archives: Matthew Bye
Life Outside the Garden Walls – Permanently Delete Facebook
It’s been about a year since I decided to permanently delete Facebook from my online world. I’ve had no interaction whatsoever with the site for a long time. You know what? Life outside Facebook’s garden wall is just fine! There … Continue reading
What you don’t know about the Internet
I almost trashed this post before hitting publish but decided it could be useful to someone, so I said “what the heck?” just put it out there. Do you know what the internet is? What kind of stupid question is … Continue reading
Seth Godin Talks Typography and Web Fonts
If Seth Godin talks about something then it’s probably important. In a blog post today, Godin emphasized how crucial typography is to conveying a message. We ignore it at our peril. Agree. Now I can’t say that I am a … Continue reading
Wordcamp SF 2011 Sunday
My main takeaway from day three, including Matt’s “State of the Word” address is that WordPress remains a great platform all kinds of web development and business building. “WordPress is like a dial tone” – Matt Mullenweg That quote sums … Continue reading
WCSF 2011 Observations and Impressions from Saturday
On the front end, using CSS for design and even animation is really gaining some good momentum. On the back end, it’s good to see programmers thinking about unit testing and putting it into practice. My overall impression is that … Continue reading
WordCamp SF 2011 Friday Update
The first day of WordCamp SF 2011 was awesome! Great people and excellent presentations were the order of the day. On the technical side, Mark Jaquith’s talk on Coding, Scaling, and Deploys was a home run. This was followed by deep … Continue reading
WordCamp SF 2011
WordCamp SF 2011 is happening Friday through Sunday, August 12-14. It will be three days of WordPress fun , merriment, and community. I look forward to meeting WordPress movers-and-shakers and connecting with other humans in the WordPress-O-Sphere. I’m fired up … Continue reading
Are You “Unemployable” ?
First, a little disclaimer. I have job. But, when I agreed to this job, I vowed to myself that it would be my last. You probably guessed that when I say unemployable, I am not referring to your inability to … Continue reading