Author: Jeffrey de Wit

  • The one where I do explain my pictures

    So a few weeks ago I shot one black and white picture of my every day life each day for seven days. There were not supposed to be any explanations, but this is my blog and I can do whatever the hell I want. :) Day 1 – Publix The first day, a Tuesday, just…

  • On anxiety, and what it means to me

    I am writing this to see if it helps my own issues and in hopes that this helps anyone else on this fine mental health awareness day as well (even though I’m a day late now, d’oh!). I am definitely _not_ interested in a pity party. Now, get ready for some rambling. And inb4 “woa,…

  • The End of an Era (and the start of a new one!)

    Friday the 14th of October was my last day at Highforge. Just half a month shy of 4 years I am resigning my position there to take the next step in my career. A career that has, thusfar, lacked definition. I’ve always been a bit of a “jack of all trades” and if I described…

  • PHP CodeSniffer, Atom, and Windows

    I’ve used linters before. Specifically for JavaScript. But this will mark the first time I’m using a linter to improve my code formatting on PHP. I had heard of CodeSniffer before, and I also already knew it’s bundled with VVV. So I thought: “You know, it may be easier if I can get this working…

  • #wcorl 2015: Let WordPress Speak to Your Users: Introducing wp.a11y.speak()

    #wcorl 2015: Let WordPress Speak to Your Users: Introducing wp.a11y.speak()

    Longest. Title. Ever. You may be here now because you saw my talk and want a little more background information. Maybe you’ve just stumbled on this post because you’re looking for more information about wp.a11y.speak. If it’s the latter, I’d like to refer you to the official announcement post here: Let WordPress Speak: New in…

  • Orlando WordPress Meetup: Going Responsive with WordPress

    So it finally happened. I did a talk at the local WordPress meetup, Going Responsive with WordPress. If you’re here because you saw my talk and are interested in more information or the slides, you’re in the right place! And also, thank you for coming! If you missed the talk, but still want to look…

  • All WordPress pages but the homepage give a 404 error

    More and more often I keep seeing posts asking about what’s going on with their site when only the homepage seems to be working. Even developers are sometimes caught off-guard when this happens. This little quick tip should help you out in roughly 99.99999999% of the time. So how would you fix this? Simple. Just…

  • Bienvenidos a Miami: A recap of WordCamp Miami 2015

    This WordCamp has been a number of firsts for me. It would be the first WordCamp outside of Orlando, and also the first time for me to visit Miami. It’s also the first road trip we’ve taken by ourselves as a married couple. All around good stuff. I am fully aware that this post has…

  • WordPress involvement: 0 to plaid in a month

    Disclaimer: This post is a bit humble-braggy. You’ve been warned. People that know me will know that I’m comfortable in my little shell that allows me to do my thing in the background. Like a Roadie (by Tenacious D). Since finding and fixing my first WordPress bug (told you, humble-brag), I’ve been mainly lurking in…

  • My 2014. There may be many like it, but this one’s mine.

    This is going to be frank and open. Probably more so than most people are used to from me. I’m not one to openly share personal things, especially on the Internets, possibly out of fear of it being abused like a weakness or something silly. Perhaps that’s also why I feel a Wall is the…