Month: May 2016
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This Week in Web #21
I’m at php[tek] this week, and while I’ve been busy with talks, games, and community nights, there’s so much news to cover. I’m pumped on PHP and on the future of the internet! We Love Peter Thiel! (ed. note: can we make this read less lawsuity?) A few months ago I wrote about the outcome…
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This Week in Web #20
We’ve left the teens! This Week in Web is still a passion project, but it would mean the world to me if you share with one friend who you think might like this type of coverage. The Appalling State of Appeals for Chelsea Manning Chelsea Manning has been imprisoned for three years already of a…
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This Week in Web #19
Were we Expecting Exacting Balance from Facebook? As a company run by humans, biases should be assumed. Facebook is biased. It’s not purely a question of if tech companies are biased, but could any organization honestly be considered unbiased? Big news was made this week of how journalism works at Facebook in a few posts…
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Installing Vagrant, Virtual Box, VVV, & VV On Mac
I’ve been using Vagrant with VirtualBox for local development for over a year now, after introduction to the tools on top of Varying Vagrant Vagrants at a WordCamp. It’s become my default standard for starting new WordPress sites, and it’s more highly accessible than I realized at the time that I first tried it, though…
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Maintaining Personal Life, Community Involvement, & Networks
This post came at an opportune time, as I was invited to participate in Digital Orlando 2016 happening this week, to sit on a panel and discuss community engagement. Outside of work, I lead the WordPress Orlando user group, and am one of the organizers of WordCamp Orlando, having been involved with that organization for…
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This Week in Web #18
I’m very happy that the majority of this week’s content, whether I had seen it or not, was suggested by readers of the newsletter. I’ve had a lot of fun putting This Week in Web together for the past four months, and will continue to do so as long as readers find value in the…