The first block of code also generates the first "block moment" of the project, and the first doubts as to the design of the plugin itself.
4 June, 2010
Deciding that I want to learn new things, I lay out the plan for a basic podcasting plugin for WordPress and my goals to learn how to make WordPress stuff instead of just use it.
20 May, 2010
A narrative of the scariest experience of my life and the closest brush I've had with death.
6 March, 2010
Last night, I started playing the beginning of Heavy Rain. Based on what I’d read about the game so far, what I had expected was a new type of experience in games, one leaning more toward what director David Cage calls “interactive drama.” What I found was something more intense. (Mild spoilers for the first… [Read more…]
23 January, 2010
I’m part of this crew now. Yesterday was my first day as a full-time employee of Automattic. This is extremely exciting for me. I have been creating and working with Web stuff ever since I first learned about it back in high school. In the mid-90′s, I bought a book, taught myself HTML, and not… [Read more…]
15 January, 2010
As you read this, I have recently walked out of Concordia Publishing House for the last time as a full-time employee. Next week, I move on to another adventure. I have not made this decision easily or lightly, but at the call of an absolutely extraordinary opportunity, I have decided that this is the best… [Read more…]
7 January, 2010
Yesterday was my 30th birthday. To say that it was an exciting and momentous occasion in my life would be somewhat of an understatement. My birthday was like a carefully focused cone of chaos and change. I had a nice dinner with my family and best friend, received some amazingly thoughtful gifts, ate the delicious… [Read more…]
I'm from the St. Louis metro area, and engineer happiness at WordPress.com and help make WordPress.tv.
6 June, 2010
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