Monthly Archives: August 2014

Is this for real? – Salt Water Powered Car Gets European Approval bit.ly/1nfAYX5

Answer by @fairminder to When choosing a premium WordPress Theme how important is the framework behind the design? qr.ae/guUdR

Answer by @fairminder to It’s my first time to going to Boston and how can I feign that I often have been there? qr.ae/guI6i

Looks fun – This Guy Strapped His Camera To A Boat In Chicago. What He Captured Will Make Your Jaw Drop. – Movoto bit.ly/1ncBpkS

So bizarre that my FriendFeed is full of DJ Paisley, Dave Winer and Fred Wilson. Strange that I get an email update from FriendFeed even.

Nothing wrong with a little Paul Hardcastle on a sunny Saturday afternoon.

Chillin w the ducks. Contemplating my next move. Beautiful here in the sun. @ Winter Pond instagram.com/p/sVe-yARPgE/

Take that Google! – SSLSwitch – See who’s switched to SSL bit.ly/1B5bNP8

It”s tough to go against the grain, but worth thinking on – 3 ways the Ice Bucket Challenge came up short – Digiday bit.ly/1rFjcUo

Looks good – Bye, Google Maps. — Medium bit.ly/1n36yHs

lols – Awesome: Canada Just Confronted Russia In A Big Way That Obama Would Never Do bit.ly/1zQEmNI

#SMB35 TSA Pre, oven tweeting what’s coming out of the bakery oven, dominos pizza building online display – give value in the message.

#SMB35 loyalty programs mean you can’t keep me as a customer otherwise.

#SMB35 loyalty programs. Determine the customer benefit before hand. How does a brand show loyalty to the consumer? Not the reverse.

#SMB35 intersect analog and digital when you enter a car or hotel the AC or radio adjust to you based on data in your phone.

#SMB35 wanna be an awesome brand? Take friction out if my life. @ianfitzpatrick

#SMB35 does your shop have an “endless isle?”

#SMB35 where does digital and retail overlap, converge or blend?

#SMB35 big brands hide phone support numbers cuz call centers are expensive. Now marketers are saying, “clients are calling. Listen”

#smb35 confluence of online and IRL interactions are now common. Call in call center while looking at website.

Cheaper and Cheaper, killing business models – Cloud Storage Showdown: Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud + More Compared bit.ly/1p9lQK7

Red buckets. @ Boston Harbor walk instagram.com/p/sKiGoKRPn7/

Monster tour boat. @ Boston Harbor walk instagram.com/p/sKh86zxPno/

Court house on the water. @ John W. McCormack Federal Court House instagram.com/p/sKhzj4RPna/

#wcbos WordCamp contributor day held at WorkBar Cambridge. I’m working on Contributor Day and other documentation. swarmapp.com/fairminder/che…

#wcbos WordCamp Boston after party. Thanks @oomphinc for the food. (@ Catalyst Restaurant – @CatalystCam) swarmapp.com/fairminder/che…

#wcbos the latest point upgrade – 6 million updated in 12 hours. That means 99.97% got files copied successfully. About 100 sites failed.

#wcbos security and usability is not a zero sum choice.

#wcbos advanced custom fields ACF ver 5, best choice for custom field plugins.

#wcbos use BeanStalk rather than Git for version control due to implementation ease.

#wcbos WordCamp Boston at the beautiful MIT Media Lab, 6th floor. (@ MIT Media Lab) swarmapp.com/fairminder/che…

#wcbos Good uses for WP Multi-Site: as part of a corporate business package. For divisions of a co. Basically cookie cutter sites.

#wcbos Brute Protect WP security plugin.

#wcbos Chef and Puppet Labs mentioned also. Composer – Dependency Manager for PHP. Grunt – jacaScript task runner.

#wcbos Capistrano – remote server automation and deployment. Better than FTP. Don’t use FTP.

#wcbos Vagrant – create a replica of your production. Virtual machine.

#wcbos WP-CLI command line interface for WP.

#wcbos run Selenium HQ can run as a plugin in your browser.

#wcbos Mink – web acceptance testing.

#wcbos QUnit for JavaScript testing. Behest php framework for testing business expectations.