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Odds & Sods

Multi-Radius Syntax for Sketch

February 12, 2018

Not every shape with a radius should be the same on all sides. Thankfully Sketch has this functionality built right in. Since I can never seem to remember the proper syntax for doing it, here…

How to Migrate from Yoast SEO to The SEO Framework

December 22, 2017

I’ve used Yoast SEO (formerly WordPress SEO) for nearly as many years as I’ve been building WordPress websites. In the past few years Yoast SEO has famously gotten bloated and filled with ads. While I…

Special Character Reference

November 3, 2017

The following reference table is from the Webmonkey Special Character reference page, a link that I’ve kept for at least a decade (http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/reference/special_characters/), (Note this link is also now broken) now owned and redirected to…

Goodnight Firebug

October 31, 2017

So many web technologies have come and gone over the years, and when their time is up, most go quietly. Last week Mozilla announced that Firebug has reached its end of life and will be…

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.…