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Daily News in Bite-Sized Chunks: Pat’s Papers

If you’re like me and you hate sifting through the daily news for the good stuff, well, do I have a site for you!

Pat’s Papers is a site run by New York-based news anchor Pat Kiernan, with the tag line of “Smartly selected US newspaper stories.” Pat and his staff sift through the day’s…

School’s In! ‘Managing the Blogosphere’ at UBC Continuing Studies

I’m teaching a class for the next month in the Continuing Studies program at UBC.  The class is called “Managing the Blogosphere,” and it makes me feel like a grey beard, because I’ve only taught one session so far but it was laden with phrases like:

• Back when I started blogging, we didn’t…

An Add-On Twofer: Deeploy Helper and Hop Inject

Last week, we released a long-awaited update to our Deeploy Helper module.  Deeploy Helper has been quite a hit; it’s a regular member of the “Favorite Add-Ons” list on devot-ee.com.  But even a good add-on can be improved.  In Deeploy Helper version 1.1.0, we added support for the photo…

New Pens from Saul Good Gift Co

In preparation for the EE Roadshow, Travis asked me to look into giving pens away as promotional items at the event. I hate the idea of contributing more “stuff” to the world, especially things as disposable as pens. But a well-timed article about an ethical gift company I came across in Read More...

The ExpressionEngine Roadshow: A Summary

I just got back from Seattle, from the big event I organized called the ExpressionEngine Roadshow. We had 80 attendees, from 20 states and provinces, 14 speakers, 2 parties, and 1 heck of a good time. I was told once by a wise man not to point out one’s own flaws: other people either…