A Political WordPress Theme
We just released our newest theme called Patriot, designed for political websites for politicians and groups
Customize Your WordPress Theme: 5 Ideas
I wrote a post on the iThemes blog titled 5 Easy Ideas for Customizing Your WordPress Theme … I give 5 areas with ideas to do with each.
Business Validation and Getting Mentioned in ‘For Dummies’ Book
I’ve often described business as a roller coaster ride. There are ups and downs. But mostly the ups have been big and enough to distract me from the downs. Last night, I got sent a photo of our business – iThemes – being mentinoed in the second edition of the WordPress for Dummies book, published
Fruits from Your Labor: Customer Testimonials
Entrepreneurship comes with its share of frustrations, heartaches and worries, but occasionally you get some great feedback from customers that make it all worthwhile, while also bolstering your confidence in what you set out to do. As an entrpreneur, you set out to do certain things, above making a profit. Things like building great products
Three Ways to Describe Social Media and Web Publishing
It’s interesting how there truly is nothing new under the sun. Over and over, I continue to see old products and services take on new skin … Here’s some thoughts … “Twitter is like Facebook Status” – by my buddy Brad Ulrich, on describing Twitter to other college students “Facebook Walls are like the old
Oklahoma City Storm Photos
OK, maybe they aren’t tornadoes … but wow, did this look scary!
Learn and Grow Days, Project Sabbaticals, or 20 Percent Time
I just read about Google’s 20 Percent Time corporate philosophy here that explains what that means: The 20 percent time is a well-known part of our philosophy here, enabling engineers to spend one day a week working on projects that aren’t necessarily in our job descriptions. I’ve been wanting to do this for our team
Why More Kids Don’t Grow Up to Be Web Designers
… Web browsers! … specifically Internet Explorer. … more specifically Internet Explorer 6. If you’re running IE 6 (or any for that matter), please upgrade to a better browser like Firefox. Seriously. Come out of the dark ages. Back to the original intent of this post … I think one of the primary reasons print
4 Reasons Darren Sproles Should Get a Blog (And Other Athletes)
I just read this ESPN article about NFL running back Darren Sproles … he’s getting ready to become a free agent and this part of the article stood out to me: Sproles, who has stuttered since childhood, knows his profile is growing, and a marketing team is working with him to get him acclimated to
Clear Your Head with a Drive
Today, on my way to pickup my buddy Brian Gardner for a couple days of snow skiing, I had about four hours of uninterrupted (no Internet, chat, email distractions) to think and clear my head. I used to do this a lot while I was in college … just start driving and exploring and think