Back in April, when I wrote a rebuttal to that silly post asking where the women of WordPress are, I got a huge response. Tons of women replied (mostly on Twitter) and said they'd felt overlooked, too. As we talked back and forth, we all agreed that we wanted to do... something. … [Read more...] about Announcing the Women of WordPress community site, womenofwp.org
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WordPress for Web Developers now available!
WordPress for Web Developers is out today! 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, and the chapters have been reorganized into three distinct sections that should be a … [Read more...] about WordPress for Web Developers now available!
Eighteen months
Yeah, here's to you, kid. (EIGHTEEN MONTHS? Holy crap.) … [Read more...] about Eighteen months
Speaking at WordCamp San Francisco
I'm excited to be speaking at WordCamp San Francisco this year! I'll be talking about Content Strategy for WordPress. I'm told I'm tentatively scheduled for Friday, but the whole schedule is still up in the air. WCSF. WHEE! … [Read more...] about Speaking at WordCamp San Francisco
Background noise vs. the stuff you deal with
Background noise: An offensive joke told by two men in front of you in line at the post office. “Bitch,” said about someone else. Loud phone calls on the street, as he hopes his fucking ex died or got fat. Women’s representation in any given movie. Hearing a woman’s spent too … [Read more...] about Background noise vs. the stuff you deal with
Movies about women: There are not any
In many, many parts of the country right now, if you want to go to see a movie in the theater and see a current movie about a woman — any story about any woman that isn't a documentary or a cartoon — you can't. You cannot. There are not any. You cannot take yourself to one, take … [Read more...] about Movies about women: There are not any
WordPress for Web Developers: 30% off this weekend
Look what's featured in Apress's weekend sale! Ebook only, I believe. The code is W3BD3V, good through Sunday. I'm guessing that what you'll get is the Alpha edition -- a PDF of the in-progress chapters, with the EPUB and Mobi editions appearing in your account in two … [Read more...] about WordPress for Web Developers: 30% off this weekend
Content Strategy for WordPress presentation
Here are slides from today's online WP Summit talk, Content Strategy for WordPress, on Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/stephanieleary/content-strategy-22808244 There are lots of presenter notes, but you might have to download the file to see them. If you missed out … [Read more...] about Content Strategy for WordPress presentation
“The Secret to Being Both a Writer and a Mother”
So when I see yet another bloody article that, right from the headline, demands women limit the number of children they have in order to succeed professionally – as though the universal introduction of equally distributed paid maternity and paternity leave, a collective cultural … [Read more...] about “The Secret to Being Both a Writer and a Mother”
What 100 days of writing looks like
I love this infographic from Jamie Todd Rubin: I don't track all the same things, but my graph would probably look very similar. (via Tobias Buckell) … [Read more...] about What 100 days of writing looks like
