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Bonjour! The web is a great library of babel. Remain teachable. Espresso and ambient music.

“You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what’s a life, anyway? We’re born, we live a little while, we die. A spider’s life can’t help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone’s life can stand a little of that.”
― E. B. White, Charlotte’s Web

WordPress Origin Story

I started designing web pages in 1994 at a think tank in Palo Alto. I have had to learn and unlearn a myriad of techniques, tags, properties, syntax and bad habits over the years. When I came to really wanting to organize my extensive content on the filmmaker Chris Marker, WordPress saved the day, week, month, year, and decade. It has also been extremely helpful for my non-profit clients, who have a great deal of freedom in adding and managing their content, as well as building membership and donation functionality that is first class using plugins from companies such as Qgiv. I am constantly amazed by the growth and popularity of WP. The eco-system surrounding this CMS is absolutely enormous and thriving. I see it being used another decade from now. Current favorite host: Kinsta (NB: no affiliate relation), though Pantheon has its merits too.

Recent impact

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January 2021
Jan 31 Sun · 15:57
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Created a topic, Excellent Transactional Mail Options, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I now use Sendgrid via WP Mail and could not be happie…
Jan 31 Sun · 15:46
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Created a topic, A Fine Addition, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I very much appreciate this plugin, as it allows me an…
December 2020
Dec 25 Fri · 17:43
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Posted a reply to Smush is a Smash Hit, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Love is of the essence, in the digital and the analog worlds alike. Keep on…
Dec 24 Thu · 20:54
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Created a topic, Smush is a Smash Hit, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I use Smush aka Smushit on all the sites I create and …
Dec 21 Mon · 22:50
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Posted a reply to Icons not showing up in dropdown, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You said it was added to the queue. Bug is real, theme irrelevant. I was…
Dec 21 Mon · 19:07
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Posted a reply to Icons not showing up in dropdown, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I am having the same issue. My theme is Meks > Typology and it comes…
Dec 16 Wed · 23:35
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Posted a reply to Modified date not updating in YOAST Google Preview, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@wanderisle I'm curious about how you worked with a Meks theme to make this change.…
Dec 07 Mon · 19:53
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Posted a reply to How do you integrate with Ninja Forms, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't see an option in Settings for Ninja Forms. Am I missing it, or…
Dec 07 Mon · 18:40
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Posted a reply to Error occurred while API key validating. Error: Testing is failed. Please check, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Great, you are very welcome. Thanks to you as well.
Dec 07 Mon · 17:52
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Posted a reply to Error occurred while API key validating. Error: Testing is failed. Please check, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
By the way, you can spin up a WP sandbox account at Pantheon for free,…