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WP_Rewrite Isn’t As Scary As You Think–WordCamp Vancouver 2013 18 Aug 2013 | 04:20 am
I just finished my presentation at WordCamp Vancouver 2013 entitled “WP_Rewrite Isn’t As Scary As You Think.” My intent was to reduce the fear surrounding WP_Rewrite in the hope that more developers w...
Year in Review 6 Aug 2013 | 08:15 pm
I experienced two notable milestones last week. It’s been a year since I joined Automattic, and I’ve been without a permanent home for the same duration. During this year, I’ve visited a new country, ...
Travel stats, a bit past midyear 16 Jul 2013 | 03:00 am
I happened upon the stats in TripIt this morning. Laughing ensued. For the year, I’ve been gone from home (the Boston area, vaguely) 156 days. Today is day 196. Quick math says, I’ve been away from “...
Disable Jetpack’s Photon module in specific situations 13 Jul 2013 | 04:00 am
I receive a lot of interesting questions about the Photon module in Jetpack. Occasionally, users would like to disable Photon for certain requests, such as when a plugin or theme calls one of WordPres...
WP Revisions Control Released 2 Jul 2013 | 07:30 pm
Today I released my newest plugin, WP Revisons Control. Leveraging the updated Revisions experience in WordPress 3.6, my latest offering gives users control over how many revisions are stored for each...
What’s New in WordPress 3.6 25 Jun 2013 | 02:30 am
At tonight’s Boston WordPress meetup, I’ll discuss the changes coming in WordPress 3.6. The slides I’ll use are available at http://slides.ethitter.com/whats-new-wp-36/.
Using shortlinks with Jetpack Sharing 13 May 2013 | 09:00 pm
At present, Jetpack's Sharing module doesn't use shortlinks, but I've published a code snippet that changes that.
Updating all the plugins! 12 May 2013 | 07:30 pm
As part of checking that that the plugins I maintain are ready for WordPress 3.6, I took the opportunity to fix a number of bugs, patch a few content disclosure vulnerabilities, and refactor some thin...
WordPress 3.6 is coming. Are your plugins ready? 12 May 2013 | 07:32 am
WordPress 3.6 is coming. If you're a plugin author, are you ready?
Surviving My Nomadic Lifestyle 30 Apr 2013 | 10:38 pm
I spend a lot of time on the road, and my nomadic lifestyle often comes up in the context of "where are you from" inquiries. Having lived like this since July 2012, I've refined my approach to travel ...
