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From the Desk of Brian Richards

A collection of thoughts and Ideas from Brian Richards, creator of WPSessions.com

  • Weirdest Incident Yet…

    Here at the Richards Manor, we don’t get a lot of foot traffic. We’re a young married couple with no kids, surrounded by retirees, 10+ miles from our nearest friends. Despite this, however, our doorbell rings at a surprisingly regular rate. Not daily, mind, but almost certainly weekly. It’s a game I like to call…

  • The Future of Cell Networks

    Several years ago (3 or 4) I conjectured that we would soon see the day that cellphone networks would drop their complicated plan archetypes that melded limitations on voice and text and data (which are all just fundamentally data, by the way) in exchange for a simpler, singular [Plan]. Well, it sounds like that day…

  • Streaming media from a Drobo FS to PS3 or iPad or iPhone

    After months and months of grueling searches, annoying config files, and very little success, I’ve finally uncovered the solution to streaming media from my Drobo FS to other devices in my home (e.g. my Playstation 3 and my iPad). I’m posting the solution here in hopes of helping others in my situation, because I cannot…

  • Your service/product only matters if it actually h…

    Your service/product only matters if it actually helps someone. It can only do that if you convince them to use it. So, why should anyone care?

  • Back to UI Basics

    I want to take a moment to rant about something I really hate. I hope that this gets a lot of attention because I would really love to see this standard changed. Maybe (hopefully) you feel the same way… Has this ever happened to you? You’re reading through your Twitter timeline on your iPhone and…

  • Working from Home is Not for the Faint of Heart

    When I tell people what I do, and that I work from home, far too often I hear, “I wish I worked from home and could do whatever I want…” Well, today I’m here to set you straight. Working from home demands a vast amount of dedication and self-discipline. It isn’t the cakewalk that you’ve…

  • Somebody That I Used To Know

    I recently discovered the band Walk Off The Earth and all their amazing covers (not to mention their awesome original tracks). Definitely worth a thorough review!

  • Dropbox is the Best

    Continuing in the vein of apps that have “drop” in their name, I give you: Dropbox. (Seriously, you haven’t heard of this already?) Dropbox is a super-slick service that keeps all of your files synced across whatever computers you use, as well as making them accessible via their website, and iPhone app…so long as they’re…

  • We Build Awesome

    I must make a point to visit these guys soon. I just learned about The Geek Group, then I saw this video, then I saw they’re only 10mi from my house. Awesome.

  • Welcome to the world wide web, an interactive medi…

    Welcome to the world wide web, an interactive medium in which screen resolution statistics are trivial, browser viewports are variable, and scrolling behaviour is a standard.