How to run a one-time WordPress script
15 October 2013
I often find myself writing scripts for WordPress that need to be run one time, and one time only. Usually the scripts are for importing, exporting, migration, or some sort of data manipulation. After writing several of these types of scripts, I’ve come up with a pretty standard way to…
The Happiness Advantage at Work – “The Positive Tetris Effect”
16 September 2013
This is a series on a book called The Happiness Advantage, written by Shawn Achor. Shawn shares many of the principles of Harvard’s famous Happiness Course taught by Tal Ben-Shahar. The basic premise of the book is very simple: Happiness makes you more productive. I wanted to share some of…
How to Know When to Quit (and When to Stick)
4 September 2013
Just finished this book by Seth Godin called The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick). Started it about an hour and a half ago – it’s a really short book! Here are my key takeaways: – Be the best in the world…
Happiness 101 at Work
Watched this video last night by the Harvard professor who teaches the most popular course ever at Harvard – Happiness 101. It’s over an hour, so you probably won’t have time to watch it at work, but I thought I’d summarize it. Basically it comes down to taking care of…
The WordPress Admin Account Generator
31 August 2013
We’re always finding ourselves wanting to create a new WordPress administrator account, when we’re taking on a new client or setting up a new dev site. It’s a pretty easy thing to do, and just requires a few lines of SQL, but it can be easy to make a mistake….