Drift Chat

September 22, 2017

We’ve used Drift chat on our sister site Cinch for over a year now. During that time we’ve been able to help countless people with the small WordPress problems they encounter, and it’s been fabulous.…

Transmit 5 Missing Skip Feature Workaround

August 23, 2017

Transmit 5 was released back in mid July. I picked it up right away, not only for the initial launch discount, but because Transmit has been my transfer tool of choice for years. I was…

Spigot JSON Feed

June 23, 2017

TLDR; Spigot has a new JSON feed for posts, and you can find it here: https://spigotdesign.com/feed/json. Our Portfolio feed is here: https://spigotdesign.com/feed/json/?post_type=portfolio I still love RSS Ever since I discovered RSS I embraced the technology…

Adobe Illustrator Turns 30

March 13, 2017

Like many of my peers, I’ve had a love/hate relationship with Adobe in recent years. Yes their software is a staple in my toolkit, but as the pricing has gone up, so has my frustration.…

Postbox Tip: Change Message Selected After Delete

February 17, 2017

When you delete an email in Postbox, by default the next message is selected. That means it goes up the chain of emails and if you’re like me, you read from top to bottom. This…

Apple Pages Hide / Show Guides Keyboard Shortcut

November 17, 2016

We’ve recently started using Apple Pages over InDesign for client proposals and contracts. It’s part of a larger strategy to start moving away from Adobe and the high cost of Creative Cloud. Photoshop, Illustrator, and…

How to Leave an Organization in Asana

November 15, 2016

We love Asana here at Spigot, if it wasn’t obvious enough. When we work with clients that also use Asana, it’s very easy to pair the two by joining their organization. Often times we’ll stay…

Drift Fluid App Icons & Setup

November 1, 2016

I love using Fluid to run websites as an app, especially websites I need to keep open and active. Like Drift, our on-site chat app for Cinch. Setting up Drift in Fluid was not as…

Site Stats Restored to the Jetpack Submenu

October 17, 2016

Jetpack released a new React powered interface in version 4.3, released on September 8th of this year. They worked very hard on it for over a year and are clearly very proud of it. While…

From MAMP to Vagrant and Back Again

October 13, 2016

One of the most rewarding things about web development is that it’s always changing. New code specifications, design trends, device capabilities, programming languages, API integrations… Wait, did I say rewarding? Yes, it can be overwhelming,…