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Got to feel a lot like Tobias Fünke last week when at the last minute I got called in to do some acting on a new Sorenson Squeeze commercial. What do you think, should I take up acting/modeling full time?

Had a great WordPress Meetup tonight at SEO.com. I gave a short presentation about the WordPress loop, and how to integrate different content into theme templates. The WordPress Loop View more presentations from Jake Spurlock. During my presentation, I mentioned my secret weapon in WordPress theme design, and that is the WordPress Cheat Sheet. Great tool for designing, lots [...]

For the last year or so, I have been heavily invested into the WordPressMU platform. For those that are unaware, WordPressMU is similar to WordPress, but allows the creation and implementation of literally thousands of other blogs all under the same domain. This software is what powers blogging networks like WordPress.com, EduBlogs.org, and projects that [...]

Well, it has been a while, but we are going to hold another WordPress meetup in two weeks. For those that haven’t been before, the format is pretty simple: Show up Mingle Couple quick presentations Share problems Bask in a sense of childlike wonder about the intricacies of WordPress Go home a better individual then you were before. All corny jokes aside, [...]

Just wanted to invite everyone to the Utah Open Source Conference that is being held October 8-10th at the Miller Campus of the Salt Lake Community College in Sandy, Utah. I have been asked to present on BuddyPress, the robust social networking plugin for WordPressMU. The session that I am runnong is a Birds of [...]

This was originally posted on ClearSkys.net, but it seems that Barry is going to be shutting down the site. So, that it lives on, I am posting it here. Of note, this is the plugin that I had in mind when I designed that Daring Inspiration WordPress theme. Any visitors, or subscribers, to John Grubers’ Daring Fireball [...]

Just wanted to post my presentation from tonights event so that if any one wanted the slides, they would be available. These slides were largely borrowed from lead BuddyPress developer Andy Peatling. (Thanks!) Social Media Club of Salt Lake: All About WordPress View more presentations from Jake Spurlock. Social Media Club of Salt Lake City: All About WordPress [...]

Just wanted to pitch the Social Media Club of Salt Lake City’s September get together. Thom Allen, Joseph Scott and I will be presenting on WordPress, BuddyPress, and a host of other blogging tools and applications. From their site: Many of us are past the question: To blog, or not to blog. We know there’s value in [...]

FYI, I am headed into the semi remote backcountry of Yosemite California today. Going to be hiking this thing: I will be back on Monday, September 7th. See ya soon!

So, in the last few weeks, I have been doing a lot of WordPress theme development. When I see something cool on the web, I want to implement it a new a cool way. Skulls is basically the end result of some tinkering on the web. Here are some of the methods that I used [...]