Stephanie Leary

Writer and WordPress consultant

  • Books
    • Content Strategy for WordPress (2015)
    • WordPress for Web Developers (2013)
    • Beginning WordPress 3 (2010)
  • Blog
    • Fascism Watch (2016-17)
    • Content Modeling for WordPress series
    • WordPress Hidden Gems series
  • Work
    • Portfolio
    • Services
    • WordPress Plugins
    • WordPress Themes
    • Presentations and Interviews
    • on GitHub →
  • About
    • Press Kit
  • Contact
    • Mailing List

AAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH

November 16, 2004 Stephanie Leary

Because what good is it to have such a self-centered, self-serving thing as a blog unless you can scream when you really need to?

I am dealing with deeply stupid people today.

AAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH.

Life

Comments

  1. the other stephanie says

    November 17, 2004 at 2:14 am

    Here’s an excerpt from an email I sent someone concerning a committee meeting I was at today. Strong exasperated language ahead.

    ————

    We had a big discussion because I wanted to implement a plan where I do a usability test of the website to actually /see/ the problems people are having with it, then recode the website according to the results, then do another usability test to see if I succeeded. OH DEAR GOD you would have thought I’d suggested building a new wing.

    —Isn’t that too much to do in the time alloted?

    (We have TWO FUCKING YEARS in this cycle)

    —Isn’t that too much for you to do on top of your normal job?

    (Maintaining and redesigning the webpage is SUPPOSED TO BE THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF MY NORMAL JOB)

    —Well, why don’t we just redo the website and then do a usablity test

    afterwards?

    (A – you don’t know what to fix if you don’t know what’s wrong and

    B – THAT EXACT PROCEDURE IS THE REASON WHY THE CURRENT WEBSITE IS SO FUCKED UP I AM TRYING TO FIX THAT!!)

    ———————————

  2. robin says

    November 17, 2004 at 2:28 am

    Relating. Oh lordy am I ever relating.

    I read “If Architects Had to Work Like Web Designers” off your sidebar the other day and realized (with great, wincing laughter) that it described my last two months of work exactly.

  3. Steph says

    November 17, 2004 at 3:07 am

    I’d just like to know in what plane of existence “afternoon installation” translates as “show up at 9:30 am and call you at work to find out why we can’t get in your house.”

    That was the fourth scream-worthy thing that happened this morning. The day went downhill rapidly from there. A new car battery was involved. Really, a root canal is about the only thing missing here.

    I shouldn’t say things like that—it isn’t midnight yet.

  4. Lisa Holcomb says

    November 17, 2004 at 4:25 am

    I just had to look up at both the clock and the calendar to see that this was all posted today. That was after checking the little blue potty timer (which sadly told me “0” for quite a while before I realized it wasn’t what I was looking for).

    I haven’t had decent sleep for days. Ben’s decided to be a small infant again and need food every couple hours (with a scream for a snuggle or two in between those feedings naturally).

    And now my modem got kicked offline. Quicken hates me. It’s told me for hours now that I have ~$2400 that I know I don’t have. The bank (for once) agrees with me. shakes head

    I went to 45 minutes of Bible study this morning and then left because I realized that a) we weren’t ever going to get off the topic of shops we think are nifty and b) I was supposed to be somewhere else entirely.

    Oh, and S&S emailed me to let me know what happened yesterday. A one line little thing.

    Yeah.

Latest WordPress Book

Content Strategy for WordPress

A short book for content strategists and managers on implementing a complete content strategy in WordPress: evaluation, analysis, content modeling, editing and workflows, and long-term planning and maintenance.

Read the sample chapter

Kindle Nook iBooks Kobo Smashwords

WordPress for Web Developers

WordPress for Web Developers (9781430258667)

This is a book for professional web designers and developers who already know HTML and CSS, and want to learn to build sites with WordPress. The book begins with a detailed tour of the administration screens and settings, then digs into server-side topics like performance and security. The second half of the book is devoted to development: learning to build WordPress themes and plugins.

This is the second, much-revised and updated edition of Beginning WordPress 3, with a more accurate title. Everything’s been updated for WordPress 3.6.

WordPress for Web Developers is out now. See what's inside...

The best WordPress features you’ve never noticed

  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Screen Options
  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Bulk Edit
  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Private Status
  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Dashboard Feed Readers
  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Options.php

Content Modeling for WordPress series

  • Content modeling for WordPress, part 1: analyze content
  • Content modeling for WordPress, part 2: functional and organizational requirements
  • Content modeling for WordPress, part 3: a sample content model

This is an excerpt from Content Strategy for WordPress.My latest books are Content Strategy for WordPress (2015) and WordPress for Web Developers (2013). Sign up to be notified when I have a new book for you.

Copyright © 2022 Stephanie Leary