Writing on AI, learning, and the web
These are the notes I keep while doing the work: migrations off page builders, editorial CMS rebuilds, the technical-SEO fixes that actually move rankings, and plain-language explainers for the parts of WordPress that trip people up. Some posts are written for developers; others are for the person who just inherited a site they did not build. I write them the way I would explain a problem to a neighbour who asked, without jargon for its own sake and without pretending a hard thing is easy. If something here helps you fix your own site, that is the point.
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Moodle to WordPress: when the move is the upgrade, and when it isn’t
When moving off Moodle is the upgrade, when connecting it to WordPress is smarter, and when to stay put, with the SCORM,…
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From layoff to consulting: what the first year costs you
Severance and Employment Insurance buy four to eight months. The first consulting payment usually lands in month six or seven. Here is…
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What high-availability WordPress actually requires (and how to tell if you need it)
A hosting quote with high availability on it can be insurance or upsell. Two numbers you can work out yourself decide which,…
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The bandaid and the wither: what dying coal towns taught me about the AI layoffs
The Cape Breton mines died for decades while everyone pretended otherwise. What coal towns, a letter from St Kilda, and “learn to…
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The two ways teaching with AI goes wrong
A few years ago someone asked me to teach a sales force to use AI. A room of people spread across a…
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Make a living giving it away, fifteen years on
Fifteen years after WordCamp Toronto 2011, Make a Living Giving It Away goes to WordCamp US in Phoenix on August 18. What…
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Behind the scenes: a forced WordPress security update, and a bug I filed against core
WordPress 7.0 shipped, and a major version is a confidence event before a feature event. How I kept courses, a new plugin,…
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The box under my desk that a hundred people were counting on
I kicked a beige PC under my desk and took down logins for a hundred people, coast to coast. Two weeks to…
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Four leaks to fix before you redesign your service website
Service sites leak at the same four joints: an offer nobody can repeat, buried proof, a heavy or silently broken form, and…
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