Category: Inspiration
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Why the Procreate app is the coolest thing ever
This post is not about WordPress, but about an awesome iPad painting and drawing app called Procreate. I’m telling you that upfront, so that if you’re only here to read the WordPress goodness, you can feel free to move on. No judgements!
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Why processes are important in my business
Without a doubt, I would say that my least favourite part of having my own freelance business is the admin. I absolutely LOVE to do the creative stuff: sketching out logo designs, or working with code to add functionality to a WordPress website. But when it comes to onboarding new clients, making checklists for projects,…
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How to trap the thoughts floating through your brain
Random ideas are always floating through my head. Does that happen to you, too? I like to trap them, to catch them in the moment so I can come back to them, build on them, and never forget them. Enter Evernote. Behind that cute little “elephants never forget” icon lies a powerful application into which…
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A new website for vegan cook and yogi, Karo Tak
I want to share with you a new website I developed for Karo Tak. Karo is a vegan cook, Jivamukti yoga teacher, and activist living in Portugal. Karo’s old website had a lot of information on it, and the design was cluttered and overwhelming. The website wasn’t structured in the most simple way, and it…
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How to create a website for charity
I want to share with you a website project I recently completed. Mahboba’s Promise, an Australian non-profit organisation dedicated to the women and children of Afghanistan, needed a new website. I’ve have been sponsoring an orphan through the organisation for several years, so I knew this was an effective extension of my involvement. No matter how much I sometimes struggle…
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Where does inspiration come from?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how creative people are inspired. And at the same time, how consciously I seek out inspiration in my own life. I may be a self-proclaimed SuperGeek, but I would actually describe myself more as a jack-of-all-trades. WordPress consulting is just one of these “trades.” Most of my other…
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When I got the $20,000 question wrong
I was too embarrassed to tell people, so only my closest friends and family knew I was going to be on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. I wasn’t sure I really wanted them to watch. I didn’t want them to know that literally, I was asked a $20,000 question. And I got it wrong.…