Edward Caissie » Musings

Tagline Shuffle

Edward Caissie — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:55:29 +0000

A practice to create a habit, a habit to create a skill, a skill to replace a practice.

Although I have received many comments on the tagline above I wanted to shake things up but still maintain the flavor of the phrase.

I started turning over the words in my head and came up with the following:

practicing habitual skills

… and there you have it, a shuffled tagline.

Honesty

Edward Caissie — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:45:08 +0000

The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Pretension

Edward Caissie — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:15:09 +0000

It is worth noticing that those who assume an imposing demeanor and seek to pass themselves off for something beyond what they are, are not unfrequently as much underrated by some as overrated by others.
Richard Whately

Conspiracy Is Optimistic!

Edward Caissie — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:44:22 +0000

Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution!
Steve Jobs – Wired, February 1996

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I could not help but think: wow! I know I have been quoting a lot of Steve Jobs recently (I really like quotes from interesting people) which have been arriving in my inbox via a subscription to DailyLit’s “The Wisdom of (Steve) Jobs” Click on this link to DailyLit if you would like to receive these in your inbox.

Innovation

Edward Caissie — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:38:17 +0000

It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it.
Steve Jobs – Fortune, Nov. 9, 1998

Leading By Example …

Edward Caissie — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:27:52 +0000

Leading by example is often the best method to prove an idea as others may only realize its potential by seeing it put into practice first.

Simple Can Be Harder …

Edward Caissie — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:00:07 +0000

Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.
Steve Jobs – BusinessWeek, May 25, 1998

Try Not To Work For Friends

Edward Caissie — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:00:41 +0000

Try not to work for friends … the customer/vendor dynamic is one of the harshest tests of a friendship.

Return of The Dancing Turkey

Edward Caissie — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:21:20 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving for all those feasting and celebrating today. Enjoy!

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This is a re-post of the Dancing Turkey last seen in 2009 on the Happy Turkey Day post.

WordCamp Toronto 2011 Takeaway

Edward Caissie — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:50:03 +0000

Although WordCamp Toronto 2011 was last weekend there were several ideas I will be taking away from it in regards to future development, best practices, as well as some interesting concepts and discussions. To keep it simple I’m just going to list these items (with their inspiration):

Install MultiSite for use with Theme Demos (Ron and Andrea Rennick)
Look into PhoneGap to make HTML5 WebApps for the iPhone * Review Sencha Touch as well (Trevor Mills)
Review all of my Themes to add a ‘description’ parameter to the register_sidebar and register_sidebars definitions * Update the codex, too, if it is not done yet (Jeremy Clarke)
Monetize What You Do (Christopher Ross)
Develop “site” plugin(s) (Rick Radko)
Use inline documentation * PHPDoc (Chip Bennett)
Review do_action and apply_filters in place of conditional function checks (Chip Bennett)

There were many more ideas and great pieces of advice, as well as some really sound tips and suggestions through the day (which I simply made myself comfortable in the Developer track for the duration).

The above were just the ones I specifically made note of (literally using the “Sticky Notes” program). Don’t ask me why I didn’t use EverNote at the time, but all of the above are now listed in an EverNote list for future reference and recollections.

Some of these ideas I am already putting into action, such as the inline documentation in a PHPDoc style; some items I had already been looking at; and others are more as reminders to keep thinking about what can be done.

Just like my site tagline at WPFirstAid: It’s WordPress … anything is possible!