Mike Little's Journalized

WordPress Started Seven Years Ago

mike — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:49 +0000

Another year has passed for WordPress, and for me my first year as an independent WordPress developer whose sole income comes from WordPress.

It was seven years ago that I made the the comment on Matt’s blog that started the whole thing off.

These days WordPress celebrates its birthday on May 27th, the anniversary of the first WordPress release.

I’m really looking forward to the future WordPress, especially the new merged with mu version.

Update: I accidentally left this post in draft mode, so I guess it didn’t appear at the right time.

Happy Birthday Kim

mike — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:03 +0000

Happy Birthday Kim

Hope you have a good break.

See you when you get back.

Mike, Jan, and Jamie.

xoxox

Happy Birthday Kate

mike — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:00:13 +0000

Happy Birthday Kate

Lots of love

Mike, Jan, and Jamie
xoxox

Robin In the Garden

mike — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:43:55 +0000

We’ve had a number of birds around the garden today, looking for food and water in the snow. I took a few photos, and managed to capture this robin looking cute and christmassy.

Click for a larger version.

Update: Some more pictures on Flickr

Site Down – My fault

mike — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:53:39 +0000

Apparently this blog was down for two days, and I didn’t notice.

The problem came courtesy of a tracking a trunk checkout of a plugin. A change got checked in which broke some functionality I was using, and when I updated I picked up the change and didn’t check my site.

I really should know better. My only excuse: I have been out of the office for a couple of days and busy working for clients.

Happy Birthday Jan

mike — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:28 +0000

Happy Birthday Jan.

Have a good day,.

Lots of love

Mike and Jamie
xoxoxoxox

Happy Birthday Steve

mike — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:00:45 +0000

Happy Birthday Steve.

Have a good one, see you later.

Mum, Mike, and Jamie

x0×0x0x

Happy Birthday Jamie

mike — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Happy Birthday Jamie!

15 Today.

That’s half way to 30!

Lots of love

Mum and Dad
xoxoxox

WordCamp Day 1 Roundup

mike — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:08:43 +0000

I’m back in my hotel room after a very long day at WordCamp UK. I’ve had a fantastic day. There were some good sessions, it’s a pity I didn’t get to see them all. That whole multi-track thing can be frustrating.

My own session got off to a poor start with technical difficulties. Eventually solved, but it threw me a little. I didn’t manage to fill my 1 hour slot, but it seemed to go down well enough. I got some good questions and feedback later.

It was great to see Matt again after so long. We were both interviewed and filmed after the last session by two different people, and I look forward to seeing the recordings.

I then went for a great meal with Matt, Westi, and a small group of people and it was really nice to just chat and chill with a fantastic bunch.

I’m really looking forward to tomorrow.

Wordcamp UK, Cardiff – first session

mike — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:57:00 +0000

Getting settled into Wordcamp UK. Listening to the first session “Building Community” by Chi Chi . Interesting discussion, though not too WordPress related, but then WordPress is only a tool for doing other things.

Yes, interesting in an unexpected way.