A few weeks ago I had lunch with a woman who was just plain interest in coding. I answered a bunch of her questions and the conversation turned to running your own business. I've gotten a fair amount of email in the past from students asking about running their own business out of school. (You …
Editorial Calendar Plugin for Better Blogging
Ever find something that, every time you use it, you think "Wow, this is just awesome." I think that every time I sit on my new couch (not having a college dorm futon after 30, is awesome, amiright?). Right up there with the new sofa, is the Editorial Calendar plugin for WordPress. The concept is …
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Custom WordPress Site or Out-of-the-Box Theme?
Lots of people know that they want a WordPress site because they are easy to update and great for SEO. However there are many different kinds of WordPress sites. You can have an out-of-the-box site with WordPress or a fully-custom designed and built site. I wrote a little bit about the difference between the two …
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Client Case Study | Karen Hutton
Sometimes you get a client that you want to invent new projects for, just so that you can keep working together. That has been the case for me, working with Karen Hutton: Photographer. Light-Bender. Purveyor of Awesomeness. (All true, by the way.) I've so enjoyed working with her but, in our first chat, I could …
How to Get Over Launch Paralysis
Today, I want to talk about something a little different: Launch paralysis. What is launch paralysis? Good question! Essentially, it's a term (that I made up) to describe what happens right before launch day. To explain further, I'll tell you about when I relaunched my website, earlier this fall. I had a bit of downtime …
Volunteering at Ladies Learning Code: CSS Fundamentals for Beginners
In a few weeks, I'm going to be a mentor instructor for Ladies Learning Code: CSS Fundamentals for Beginners. You should come learn to code! I think that it's really important for everyone to know just a little bit of code and I'm really excited to help out with the event. If you're nervous, don't …
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The Best Productivity Tip I Know
I have been largely silent on my blog and social media outlets lately! The reason is simple: I've been busy! June was my heaviest teaching month so far, and I'm working on a couple of exciting projects too. That means that I've had to be as productive as I can be. I've turned to an …
Founders Collective
Two Saturdays ago, I had the pleasure of being invited to attend the first Founders Collective. The organizer, Meredith Powell, asked me to design a logo for the event in exchange for a ticket (the logo didn't end up getting used because there wasn't quite enough time to refine it). I really wasn't sure what …
Kate Moore Hermes 