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How To Move From Twitter to Mastodon
Learn how I made the switch from Mastodon to Twitter, preserving as much of my online identity, and connections as possible.
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Why The Fediverse Excites Me
Once upon a time, the internet was ruled by a combination of people’s individual blogs, and instant messenger. The most-reliable way to get access to a person’s content was actually through their own personal website. If someone wanted to connect with people online, they would publish blog content on their site. Sometimes content was pretty long, but generally speaking it was shorter – a few sentences, and a most a few paragraphs. A blog post almost felt like a status update that you’d see on Facebook, or in these days, a Twitter thread. This content was generally consumed by people…
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Second Summer, Here I Come
Musings about our return to a little spot in Hill Country, Texas.
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Living The Life That Working in Tech Can Allow
This episode is like no other we’ve ever put out, because it’s not really about WordPress, more about a lifestyle that working with WordPress might allow you to have. Alex is on the podcast today to talk about the decisions that he’s made to be a digital nomad. Now, when I think about the phrase digital nomad, it conjures up images of people who are constantly on the move. Moving from place to place, never settling anywhere. This is not quite how Alex has things set up. Alex, his wife, his two kids, his two cats and his dog all…
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How WordPress Pro Alex Standiford Runs an Agency, Teaches Plugin Development, and Homesteads Debt Free From His RV
Learn how WordPress pro Alex Standiford runs an agency, teaches plugin development, and homesteads debt free from his RV in this episode of the LMScast podcast hosted by Chris Badgett from LifterLMS. Alex is coming to us from his new homestead in New Mexico. He’s the creator of a WordPress plugin development course at wpdev.academy. Alex has been around the WordPress community for a long time, and he’s also an expert at AffiliateWP. Alex currently lives in his camper off grid, and he runs off of about 250 Watts of solar power. So it’s not enough to do much more…
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How Fast Should You Travel When Full-Time?
I know a couple who, during their 2-year long full-time stint in their camper, stopped and was very happy to be out of their camper for good. They mentioned how much they missed having more-space, and dealing with harsh cold winters, as well as their struggles they had with some issues with leaks in their camper. When I asked them how often they moved, they said “Twice a year”. This kinda shocked me. I can’t imagine living in a camper, and only moving two times a year. The single best thing a camper is its mobility, and these people chose…
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The Path to a Career in WordPress Development
Looking to get into WordPress, but don’t know where to start? This guide will walk you through everything you need to learn.
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Coding Optional – Part 3: Get started making Blocks quickly with code
Are you ready to get started making Blocks on your clients’ websites? You can do this without being a coding expert. Join Alex in this 3 part series as he walks you through different ways to approach creating WordPress blocks. We’ll start with why you should consider creating and using Blocks compared to the Classic Editor and help you get started quickly creating Blocks without code. You’ll benefit by attending each session, but it is not mandatory. Each week will require signing up for that session. We’ll cover
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How Session Storage Can Improve Site Performance
Session storage can make your website faster, and reduce server load. Learn how to use JavaScript’s sessionStorage as a caching system.
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Coding Optional – Part 2: Get started making Blocks quickly with plugins
Are you ready to get started making Blocks on your clients’ websites? You can do this without being a coding expert. Join Alex in this 3 part series as he walks you through different ways to approach creating WordPress blocks. We’ll start with why you should consider creating and using Blocks compared to the Classic Editor and help you get started quickly creating Blocks without code. You’ll benefit by attending each session, but it is not mandatory. Each week will require signing up for that session. We’ll cover
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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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