So you want to be a web developer, huh?
I get this question all the time: Hey man, how can I learn to do what you do? -Random citizen And I can probably guess why they are asking it too.
Essays
The problem with relative time calculations in bash date strings
Today I was writing a bash script that needed to reference a time in the past relative to the current UTC date. For instance, if today is March 31st, 2015 UTC, what month was it exactly one month ago? Answer: February However, I found it was less than trivial to actually get the correct answer […]
Parting ways with ChurchThemes.net and looking ahead toward a brighter future
Three years ago, in July 2011, I started a theme shop. It was an era where many people in smaller niches were yet to be discovered by developers as a force to be reckoned with. The “The Long Tail” principal hadn’t yet sunk in, at least not enough for churches to have viable WordPress theme options available to […]
I’ve been HEROized as The Solution!
Last night was a very memorable night for me as my friends at X-Team unveiled my inner superhero, dubbing me as The Solution! The Solution When Frankie Jarrett isn’t living his passion for working in WordPress or making music, he’s the problem solving hero known as, The Solution! He was born with the amazing cerebral […]
Joining X-Team
Not long ago I was contacted by Dave Rosen, the CEO of X-Team, who had stumbled across my blog (this one). He was looking for a WordPress guru who could help wrangle up their many projects on the technical/development side of things. After just three days of communicating back and forth (and one Skype call) […]
What’s the future of the WordPress iOS app?
I don’t launch the WordPress iOS application very often, and when I do it’s usually to do a quick typo fix on a post, page or comment. Sadly, there is no other reason to use it. Once, I heard Matt Mullenweg mention in a podcast interview (can’t remember where, sorry) that he really wasn’t happy […]