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    Good (and Bad) Design in Politics, Part 2

    The Great It’s one day before the most historic election anyone can remember, and the websites are getting traffic hits in the millions as the clock winds down.  The first post focused on the main candidates, but there are other policy groups, politicians, and lobby groups that have fantastic designs. Better Roads Now I love…

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    Awesome Starbucks Commercial: Vote, Drop by Starbucks, Get Free Coffee!

    I love this commercial.  I got chills watching it.  It doesn’t matter if you’re voting for Obama or McCain or anyone else – just go vote.

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    Creating a WordPress Theme from a .PSD file – Part 2 (Photoshop File to HTML)

    This is the 2nd part in a series on turning a design done in Photoshop into a WordPress theme.  I’m documenting taking a client’s theme from concept to functional site, showing a brief overview of the steps that I take. When last we met, I had just put the final touches on the WordPress design…

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    Creating a WordPress Theme from a .PSD File – Part 1 (Background)

    A lot of people ask me what process I use to design themes for WordPress, and my answer to that question is the same answer I give to people who ask my design process “in general”: I start with a Photoshop mockup and take it into HTML via Dreamweaver.  The only difference is that I…

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    Roll Call! NashMash Twitter Users, Speak Up!

    I’ve gotten a LOT… a BOATLOAD… a RIDONKULOUS amount of new users from the Nash Mash list (and still getting them).  Don’t worry if you get one of those autogenerated messages from me – I really do want to connect and meet any new people in the Nashville area.  But, since i’ve got you on…

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    Good Design in Politics, Part 1

    I’ve been following the elections with great care this year.  It’s probably one of the most contested, heated, angry, fun-to-watch-SNL again elections that history has seen.  At any rate, it’s good to see that both parties have embraced the Internet for campaigning, and have stepped into the 21st century as far as their websites go.…

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    BCN08 – Final Thoughts

    This weekend was BarCampNashville for those of you who didn’t know or aren’t from the lovely Music City.  I gotta say that the BarCamp volunteers pulled out all the stops this year.  We had the Sommet center as our backdrop, there were lots of speakers on a variety of topics, and even I got into…

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    Rules For BarCamp

    With BarCampNashville looming on the horizon (aka, tomorrow), it’s only fitting that today’s post be geared toward the *camp scene and what to expect.  Here are a few tips to remember tomorrow while you’re at the conference (and at future conferences thereafter): What To Bring: Business Cards: Hand them out like candy, and accept them…

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    WordPress MU: Promoting Posts from User Blogs

    A long point of contention with WordPress MU users is the inability to “promote” posts from the user pages to the main blog feed.  This causes a disjoint between the bloggers and the site administrators who want to share the content their users are creating.  Other content management systems have this feature built-in, but WordPress…

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    Help me with my Application for the Automattic WordPress Consultant List

    I submitted an application today to be added to the Automattic WordPress Consultant list (an extremely high honor in my book).  What they need, however, is a few references from people that I’ve come into contact with regarding my skill in WordPress. So, I’m asking a bit of a favor. Please leave, in the comments,…