I speak at a lot of conferences, on topics as diverse as configuration management, business and front-end development. Rather than try and “build my brand” as a single domain specialist, I’ve decided just to embrace being a full-stack speaker. My daily work finds me in all of these areas, I speak about what I’ve learned, … What does your audience need?
One of the things we have discovered while supporting Perch, is that many of the issues that come into support don’t have much to do with our software, and instead stem from development and deployment practices. Customers will develop sites in a way that doesn’t match the live environment, so on going live they are … Development environments, configuration management and deployment
The VAT MOSS issue continues to fill my inbox on a daily basis, with a cascade of nonsense occurring as we pass the first reporting deadline. However the voices of small businesses have been heard due to the amazing work from the EU VAT Action team. An exemption or threshold isn’t likely to help my … The impossibility of a “simple technical solution” to the VAT MOSS mess
In February I read with interest a blog post from Manuel Rego Casasnovas on the implementation of the CSS Grid Layout automatic placement feature. We have been able to use auto-placement for some time in the Blink implementation, and you can see examples on my Grid by Example site. The features shipped by Igalia in … Grid Layout automatic placement and packing modes
When creating examples for books, articles and presentations I like to find bits of text from public domain books rather than using Lorem Ipsum. I particularly like Victorian books about cats or hot air balloons. I thought the following excerpt from The Dominion of the Air: The Story of Aerial Navigation by John M. Bacon … An oar, a cat, a bottle of wine and a chicken leg
Spring has sprung, along with birds singing and a visit from the Easter Bunny those of us with the temerity to sell digital products to our European neighbours have the joy of our first VAT MOSS return. I have navigated this exciting process, and am documenting it here in case it is of help to … VATMOSS – the first quarter
With the Blink and Webkit implementation moving on at great pace, a number of updates to the specification, and Mozilla announcing an Intent to implement CSS Grid Layout, 2015 really is shaping up to be a good year for Grid. As part of my exploration I’ve been looking for good examples of grids in use … CSS Grid Layout – creating complex grids
On January 1st every year I like to do a “GTD Reset”. It’s a chance for me to make sure my GTD System is primed for another busy year, to assess how well the system is working for me, and drop some projects that didn’t get done last year. Collecting Even the most keen GTD-er … A GTD Reset
Over the past year I have sent 46 emails to my list of people who are interested in bootstrapping side projects and launching digital products. I try to be weekly, I’ve missed a few due to travel schedules. My aim is to filter all of the things that I read during the week, and bring … A Year in Links
As many of my friends are writing up their year, I thought I would put together some notes on mine. In numbers Posts to this blog: 39 Articles written for other publications: 16 Books published: 2 Perch releases: 25 Conferences spoken at: 14 Countries visited: 7 Miles run: 1384.5 Writing I was explaining to someone … Review of the Year 2014