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  • So long, farewell… my New Year plugin resolution for 2018

    So long, farewell… my New Year plugin resolution for 2018

    I have had a lot of plugins. 19 as of yesterday. And managing to keep them maintained, let alone adding new features, can be difficult. With Gutenberg around the corner and the changes that will be needed as part of that, it's a burden that's now impossible. 

    Many have been around for many, many years and there are far better alternatives now available. Many have few users (less than 10 in some cases). So, with a heavy heart, I've decided to reduce that burden.

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  • One Year at Automattic!

    One Year at Automattic!

    Today marks my one year anniversary working at Automattic and, yes, it's been a hell of a year.

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  • Two for 2017

    Two for 2017

    Instead of the standard ‘year in review’ post, I thought I’d so something different and create a list of “twos” for 2017. These can be 2 good things, 2 bad things or a mixture. But just two.

    And, yeah, sorry it’s taken a while – thinking and writing up all these things has taken some serious time to do.

    And in no particular order…

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  • How not to do marketing… by Uber

    How not to do marketing… by Uber

    On the 30th December I received an email from Uber, whom I'm signed up to for their taxi service, promoting UberEats…

    Have your favourite food delivered to your door with UberEATS, the new food delivery app from Uber. Choose a meal from local restaurants and we’ll have it delivered to you at Uber speed. Now that's what we call a tasty evening.

    Sounded good. And they provided a link to download the app too, which I did. I use Just Eat and so I thought I'd give this a whirl as well.

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  • The books I read in 2017

    The books I read in 2017

    I'm not a prolific reader but I do like to have a read before settling down to sleep each night. As a result, here are the books that I read last year, in alphabetical order…

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