Product Management, Productivity and Personal musings
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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One of my own personal pet peeves is seeing editor markup in blog posts. (Editor markup is stuff like using two hyphens instead of an em dash.) I know, it shouldn't matter and I'm persnickety, but I think that using actual special characters, adds a really nice level of polish that a lot of people …
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I thought that I'd start a new series about better blogging, to share a few of the things that WordPress can do to make your blog posts better. If you're a stickler for formatting like I am, there are some things in the WordPress WYSIWYG editor that will give your posts greater clarity and style. …
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"What is the difference between a web designer and a graphic designer (and a front-end developer)?" is the subtext of a bevy of questions I get asked about my work. Most people seem to think that all graphic designers can code and all web designers can do layout. Most creative titles mean slightly different things …
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So, you want a website, a new business card or a rad logo for your business. You've found a designer, that comes highly recommended and you've scheduled a meeting with said designer. How do you prepare for that first meeting, especially when you've never worked with a designer before? In my experience, most designers are …
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Kate Moore Hermes 