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Configuring a Local Apache/PHP/MySQL Dev Environment in OS X
Update: If you’re just getting started now, I strongly recommend looking into Vagrant instead of rolling your own environment like I describe. I still use the exact environment I detail below, but am leaning towards Vagrant soon. If you’re a WordPress developer, specifically check out Varying Vagrant Vagrants (VVV) by 10up. PREFACE These are…
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Thankfulness Changes a Person
The following are notes from a teaching I gave on Tuesday, Nov 20, 2012 to a group of some really cool college students. It’s been edited slightly to be readable and make sense here in print, but it’s still missing some of the finer bits (and discussion points) I expounded on during my teaching. It…
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Changes in the Wind, Part 3: Advice for Developers
Note: This is the third part of a three-part series. Part 1 discusses advice for leaders and part 2 is for designers (and everyone who works with designers). Read Part 1 (Leadership Advice) or Part 2 (Design Advice) For the developers in the audience, I want to take a moment to offer some general advice…
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Changes in the Wind, Part 2: Design Advice
Note: This is the second post in a three-part series. Part 1 discusses advice for leaders and Part 3 is for developers. Continuing along in my story as I transition away from my role as “Implementation Team Leader” for Delta Defense, I have for you today some maxims for better design. If you’re already a…
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In Which I Reveal Myself as a Professional Wedding Photographer
Here’s a fairly mixed bag of shots from some of the weddings and engagement sessions I have photographed over the past few years. I tried to pare it down as much as I could. It’s hard to create a brief overview from sampling of nearly 14,000 photos. Like what you see? Let’s talk!
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Changes in the Wind, Part 1: Leadership Advice
Note: This is the first part of a three part series. Part 2 is for designers, and Part 3 is for developers. After more than 18 months working as the “Implementation Team Manager” (a developer and project manager) with Delta Defense, LLC I have left to join WebDev Studios. I’m making this transition so I…
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Grand Rapids South-West Skyline, 24 stories up
View actual size Taken July 4th, 2012
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Brush up on your photoshop…
I’m a sucker for these kinds of awesome speed-design/painting videos.
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Why McDonalds Hamburgers Don’t Look Like They Do In The Pictures
(Source: Taxi)
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The Levitating Slinky
(Source: http://kottke.org)
From the Desk of Brian Richards
A collection of thoughts and Ideas from Brian Richards, creator of WPSessions.com