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New ways to look at content management: ProcessWire

Another way of looking at WordPress’ usage showing it on more than 25% of all websites on earth is that about 75% of all websites on earth are running something else. That should be enough of an incentive to pique a designer’s or developer’s curiosity. Because I love dabbling in language, I also like...

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longreads, public policy

Will Jane Austen Pay my Taxes?

Scammers are stealing your money, angry taxpayers complain about paying taxes, and people disagree about, well, everything. Reality is never what it seems....

business of tech

Where’s My Wow? Behind the rejection of an enterprise software sales pitch

Enterprise Software Sales Pitch

Someone in my professional network once told me that his company had just declined to purchase a major enterprise software solution which, he admits, the company urgently needed. The software solution covered accounting, cash management, inventory control and procurement. All critical functions. It would have replaced their existing management software which was buggy and...

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business of tech, design

How my two least favorite words actually tell your story the best

I learned the word “curator” as a kid in elementary school while reading a fictional story about an art heist at a museum. The museum’s curator wasn’t happy about that. The word “curate” has since been used in many – too many – other ways. I thought it was an overdone example of storytelling...

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design, public policy, web development

Relaunched trade association website balances design, branding, and content

MCAR.com

This month my project team launched the new website for the Monterey County Association of Realtors, or MCAR, a trade group in Northern California. The new association website is a balance of design, branding, ease of use and a tool for curating large amounts of content for a large audience of site visitors. “Curating”...

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David Kissinger consults with companies, trade associations, non-profits and entrepreneurs on external affairs, public relations, marketing, advocacy, IT strategy, web development and content.

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Spin up a quick installation of ProcessWire with Docker Compose

So I landed onto ProcessWire’s home page the other day and quickly got excited about the possibilities of managing and…

Put the finishing touches on your site or you might miss something

“I used to be uncomfortable using commercial themes for my web clients,” I heard a speaker say at a developer…

When WordPress filters gave me my a-ha moment

There are few feelings more gratifying than that moment when after weeks, months or even years of studying something, it…

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