Communicating effectively in the workplace is necessary, but not always easy. Here are some tools and steps you can take to help close the gaps: 1. Follow-Up on Company Meetings and Projects Many offices start their week off with company meetings to get their team on the same page heading into the week, but what’s…
Category: WordPress and Business Strategy
Thinking About Accessibility of Your Content
Recently WordCamp, Portland, ME had a great Accessibility Panel with Jesse Friedman, Peter Jewett, John Brandt. The panel discussed meeting accessibility standards, what it took and why it was important. They also brought up the point that “no one is disabled, we are all just temporarily abled“. What you can do today you might not be able…
Optimizing Images for WordPress
The Problem Image quality vs. performance is a constant tradeoff that developers have faced since the early web. We all want beautiful large imagery that creates immersive multimedia experiences for our website users, but this comes at a significant cost. Not only do heavy image files lead to a slow/disjointed user experience leading to lower user…
What’s a WordCamp and Why Should I Go?
For the last 4 years, I have worked as an organizer for WordCamp Portland, ME, a local gathering for WordPress users of all skill levels looking to network and learn more about the popular web publishing platform. Each year, we host local and national speakers for two days of discussion around important topics for developers,…