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From the Desk of Brian Richards

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

Category: Development

  • 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…

  • 12 Resolutions for Programmers

  • Fixing Bugs -or- Why 5 minutes Sometimes Means 2 hours

    I’ll try to keep this brief, as I’m sure you all probably realized this already. Even so, it’s always a good reminder and will help keep developers and non-developers on speaking terms. I’ve got a simple analogy for you as to why some (many) things take longer to develop than developers initially estimate and, more…

  • Would You Pay for WordPress?

    Michael over at WPCandy.com has written an interesting and compelling article questioning what if Automattic began charging for WordPress? I feel that the short-answer is that the community of users would cease to thrive as many would look to other free alternatives. WordPress.com, their free public blogging site, would lose countless users to services like…

  • Curious about WordPress?

    For anyone who may be on the fence with this subject, I have some powerful literature for you: Should I Use WordPress To Create a Website? Hmm, still not convinced? Alright, here is a slightly more thorough article: Why Power Your Small Business with WordPress? In all seriousness, I have been involved in web design…