Managing Pages in WordPress: A Wish List

I’m a big fan of WordPress. Sure it has it’s quirks, and no doubt there are probably better platforms out there, but overall it’s really a fantastic a publishing platform. Lately I’ve used WordPress for nearly every freelance site I launch, no matter how small. Out of the box I get clean urls, search functionality, a fairly flexible templating system, and an enormous community of developers behind it.

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Back from SXSWi: My favorite panels

Stephen, Jeremy, Jarek, and myself are back from SXSWi after 4 intense days of eating, drinking, and paneling.
 My favorites:

Field guide to design inspiration with Jason Santa Maria and Rob Weychert
Kath Sierra keynote
Stop Designing Products with Peter Merholz
Mobile Design with Brian Fling
Ajax Kung Fu Meets Accessibility Feng Shui with Jeremy Keith and Derek Featherstone
Bullet Tooth Web Design: Plan Your Web Site like Pulling […]

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My SXSWi Schedule

Saturday, March 10th

10:00am
Emerging Social and Technology Trends

11:30am
Getting to Consistency: Don’t Make Your Users Think

2:00pm
Kathy Sierra Opening Remarks

3:30pm
Stop Designing Products

4:05pm
Ruining the User Experience: When JavaScript and Ajax Go Bad

5:00pm
High Class and Low Class Web Design

Sunday, March 11th

10:00am
Designing for Convergent Devices

11:30am
Making Your Short Attention-Span Pay Big Dividends

2:00pm
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Mobile Web…but Were […]

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