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  • So Long, DesignFrame!

    Looking back from 2026: I wrote this when DesignFrame closed. The years since have been spent building plugins and doing custom WooCommerce work. Most of my focus now is on Siren, an affiliate plugin for WooCommerce, with the occasional freelance project when something interesting comes through. The original post is below. Welp, I finally did it. 9 years of running my own little WordPress agency has finally come to a close. I have officially shut down the website, and have helped move my remaining clients onto their own platform. I’d be lying if I said that this goodbye is more…

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  • Our Camping Rig Coming into 2023

    Our Camping Rig Coming into 2023

    A deep look at our current camper, and how it compares to our previous camper.

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  • 2023, Looking Forward
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    2023, Looking Forward

    Earlier this year, Kate published our 2022 looking back post on our travel focused blog. We reflected on our travels and what the past year was like. Now that we’re coming in to the new year, I can’t help but find myself setting my sights on the big themes of this year for me and my family. In our travels, I always find that I want to stop, and slow down through the holidays. We spend a lot of time resting, and unapologetically working on projects, staying in the camper, and just in-general doing less. The past few years this…

  • Hosting a Minecraft Server for My Kid and His Friends

    Back in 2013, I ran a Minecraft server with my (at the time, teenage) nephew, Alex Gray. It actually grew to a pretty good size, hosting a couple-hundred players. We had a few mods installed, and had a lot of fun making dungeon-crawling playing areas, marketplaces, and all kinds of fun things. We ended up stopping eventually, as neither of us were really experienced enough in maintaining any server at all, and it all kind-of hit critical mass. Fast-forward ten (omg, it’s ten) years, and he’s now a grown ass adult working as a programmer and I’ve since switched careers…

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    Looking For Help With ActivityPub (Resolved)

    One thing about the REST-based Mastodon instance mentioned here, is that I’d like it to eventually be replaced with an ActivityPub implementation, but honestly I don’t know much about how to actually integrate with that (yet!). Instead of doing that, I’m going to build a REST based data source specifically for Mastodon, since it suits my personal immediate needs. But, I think it should be possible to basically “follow” an ActivityPub-based account and convert those actions into models. In theory, this would make it possible to import any ActivityPub-based account into whatever platform you’re using. My thinking is that your…

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  • Pay it Forward

    3.5 years ago, was broke as hell, living in my mother-in-law’s house with my wife and son, hating most of it. I was overworked, underpaid, and downright desperate to be out of the situation I found myself in. I lived in that house for 3 years, and most of that time I was still unable to make ends meet. But I knew I loved what I was doing. I also knew that it would give me the flexibility that I wanted. That flexibility was how I got in this mess, so it god damn better well be worth it! I…

  • When Twitter Loses, WordPress Wins

    I believe that the Fediverse is poised to transform WordPress and usher in a new golden era for the platform.

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  • Your Site As a Central Hub

    I believe we’re on the cusp of turning our personal websites into complete representations of our online presence. This post goes over how I think this can be accomplished.

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  • How to Find Your People on Mastodon

    This post talks about how I have discover people on the fediverse, and cultivate the content curated so that I can find more people I want to meet.

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  • Adiungo – A Content Ownership Manifesto

    First off, let’s get this out of the way – Adiungo is pronounced “Ah-DOON-Go”, and the closest translation to English is “add”, but it also is used to “join, harness, attach, and incorporate”. I felt that these words accurately describe the goal of this project. The purpose of Adiungo is to help people take control of their online identity, and archive all of their online content on their website automatically. It is intended to be a curator of sorts – something that will automatically ensure that whenever you do something online, that information is collected, and stored in a single…

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Founder of Novatorius & creator of Siren Affiliates. WordPress engineer and partnership advocate helping businesses grow with flexible incentive programs.

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