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I gave talks/workshops at WordCamp Toronto 2017, WordCamp Baltimore 2017, WordCamp Europe 2018, and WordCamp for Publishers 2018 on the importance of sketching, wireframes, and prototypes. You can watch these online at WordPress.TV. In this talk I shared simple steps to create sketches and wireframes that you can

While I'm busy building my life, working, learning, planning, and all around staying busy, I often catch glimpses of something far more important that's quickly passing me by. My son is 4 years old, and right now one of the highlights of his day, especially since

As a teenager I tried running. Any attempts quickly ended in a fit of coughing with my lungs feeling ripped out. Finally around 19 a friend took me running for 2 miles. He kept us at a medium jogging pace, and at the end I didn't feel like

Push-ups Can you do a push-up? Whether it’s from the knees or strict I’m sure you can. Go on, try one now. That was pretty easy right? Do you think you could do one more tomorrow when you wake up? Earlier this year I was reading “Tools of

These two apps, Relax Melodies and Noisli, perfectly illustrate why a simpler, more focused, solution will often win out over one that tries to do everything. For the past few years I've used Relax Melodies, the main function I use is the white noise sound. At one point

Last year I made the decision to switch to the iPhone 7 Plus. This phone is huge. To say it can be used one handed is a bit of an exaggeration. All of my phones prior were smaller and easier to carry around. Below are my pros/cons of owning

Lately I've been thinking about how I'm spending my time. There are periods of time every week where I find myself consuming content. That could be a TV show or movie, a book, Reddit, social media, news, tech blogs, etc. In all of this I'

For the past few months I've been following the progress of project Gutenberg with WordPress. I'm really excited about how it's coming together, and how this spells a new future for folks who make content. For years I've helped people build websites,

This is a 3 part mini-review of the new iPad Pro 10.5". Read part 1 and part 2. After spending several days with the 10.5” iPad Pro, I decided to return it for the new 12.9” model. Here’s my reasons: Most of my working time