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WordPress, Forking, and the Road to 4.0

July 27, 2013 by Eric

Today at WordCamp San Francisco, Matt Mullenweg presented the plan for the upcoming 3.7 and 3.8 releases of WordPress.  In a nutshell, they will be small, developed in parallel, and (assuming all goes to plan) both released by the end of 2013. This is hugely exciting! The plan for these two releases makes sense and […]

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: development, versions, WordPress

Introducing WP_Session

December 1, 2012 by Eric

Last time, I talked about what it would be like if WordPress supported sessions.  Well, I decided to put my money where my mouth is and actually took the time to build it. I’m proud to announce the very first release of an implementation of WP_Session.

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: development, Session Object, WordPress, WP_Session

Universal User Support

June 22, 2012 by Eric

Yesterday, my news feed included an article about a particular retailer’s proposed tax on IE7 users. The first article made it sound like a good idea – users checking using an older browser faced an added 6.8% “tax” meant to address the additional effort required to support the older system. I was constantly on the […]

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: development, Internet Explorer

Paper Prototyping

June 4, 2010 by Eric

The first thing I do when building any new piece of software is build a prototype.  Many times, though, that prototype is on paper, not on the the computer.  I’d much rather get all the kinks worked out before investing any time staring at a glowing screen wondering why X doesn’t do Y like it’s […]

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: development, prototype

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About Me

Eric is a storyteller, web developer, and outdoorsman living in the Pacific Northwest. If he's not working with new tech in web development, you can probably find him out running, climbing, or hiking in the woods.

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