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Reading the tea leaves
In tech, there tends to be a lot of data-driven decision-making. On the surface, that sounds great. After all, shouldn’t we all be making our decisions based on the data? Yes…sort of. Using data to inform a decision is a great idea. But, singular data points rarely tell the whole story. If, for example, traffic…
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Mastodon verification on WordPress the easy way
All you need to do is install the Gutenberg plugin, then edit the social icons block again. Click on the Mastodon icon, and you can find the Link Rel field under the Block section in the Advanced settings area.
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Progress update
Wow…it looks pretty dusty around here. Unfortunately, it’s been well over a year since my last update or meaningful work on the site. On the positive side, I have a very messy and poorly maintained Notion entry keeping track of ideas and grand plans for all of the things I want to build and write…
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Vision, vibes, and the road ahead
Vision It’s time to discuss vision. No, not the Marvel character (well, maybe in another post, he is pretty interesting). Instead, it’s time to lay out my overall vision for what mmcd.io will be. In my information architecture post, I was very focused on version 1.0 of the site, but the vision for the site…
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Information architecture: Bringing order to chaos
I’ll admit it: a big part of me keeps wanting to jump ahead to the visual design for this website. It’s getting tantalizingly close to that step, but I keep reminding myself that content is king. This is an old lesson, but one that bears repeating. With that in mind, it’s time to tackle an…
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Introducing mccd.io
In my last post, I questioned why naming stuff is so hard. I wrote an entire post elaborating on that topic in a multitude of ways…and then I picked the simplest possible name for this site. Gotta love plot twists, right? For those paying close attention, you might recall that I was supposed to have…
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Why is naming stuff so hard?
Ah, the eternal struggle of coming up with the perfect name—few tasks start with such optimism only to immediately become a frenzy of frustration. Unfortunately, there’s no established formula for picking a catchy, impactful name. Despite that, it’s relatively easy to recognize a clever name when you see it. Sometimes you just stumble into the…
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Hello world…again
2020 was tough. Monumentally tough. So tough that I still wonder if it ever actually ended. So, here’s the thing: the standard WordPress “Hello World!” post just isn’t going to cut it for an intro here. Dealing with all that’s been going in the world for the past year or so has led me down…