Print My Blog Transparency Report – August 2019

5 minute readThis month donations were doubled, dotEPUB integration was majorly improved, you can now optionally exclude private/password-protected posts, and I made some SEO tweaks to the plugin’s WordPress.org description.

Quickly Turn your Entire WordPress Blog into an eBook with Print My Blog and dotEPUB

5 minute readIn this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use Print My Blog plugin and dotEPUB browser extension to convert an entire WordPress blog or website into an eBook. Why would I want an eBook of My Blog? Blogs are great, but eBooks can be read offline keep track of your progress allow you to highlight […]

Print My Blog Transparency Report – July 2019

4 minute readThis is the 4th monthly transparency report for Print My Blog WordPress plugin. Mostly I’ve been responding to support requests and making corresponding small tweaks. There were no major releases this month, but 5 minor ones. What Happened in July 2019 Open Collective Stats Hours: 22.25 (+3.75) support 28.25 (+2.25) copy writing 62 (+8.5) development […]

WordCamp Vancouver 2019 Session Proposals

2 minute readThe following are some WordCamp presentation proposals I sent in for WordCamp Vancouver 2019. They thought the second one, “Zombie plugins,” would be good. But unfortunately, once it got accepted, Amanda and I decided the timing isn’t great for me to attend WordCamp this year. Our youngest is only 6 months, and we will have […]

Print My Blog Transparency Report – June 2019

4 minute readThis is my 3rd monthly transparency report for Print My Blog WordPress plugin. What Happened in June 2019 Open Collective Stats Hours: 18.5 (+3.5) support 26 (+3.5) copy writing 53.5 (+7) development 6.5 (+0) management Expenses: $3588.91 (+470.40) Donations: $40 (+0) Plugin Stats Downloads: 5, 771 (+1177) Active Installs: ~500 (+100) Languages: 3 (+1) Five […]

Print My Blog WordPress Plugin Transparency Report – May 2019

8 minute readThis is my second monthly transparency report regarding development of Print My Blog WordPress plugin. For me, the most exciting developments this month has been hearing how folks are using Print My Blog. If you use it, please let me know on Twitter, through my contact page, or through a review on WordPress.org. What Happened […]

May 2019 Gratitude Journal

< 1 minute readList of stuff I’m grateful for, in no particular order: Although baby Elise has been getting up a lot at nighttime for the last week or two (like about every hour and a half), I feel surprisingly functional. (Yesterday was possibly an exception, after she did that and was then awake from 5-7 and refusing […]

Print my Blog Plugin Transparency Report – April 2019

9 minute readStats and discussion about April’s progress developing the WordPress plugin Print My Blog. Benefits other plugin devs, plugin users, and (let’s be honest) myself.

Print My Blog Transparency Report, April 5, 2019 – Private Posts, Family Search Tutorial, and Hustling

2 minute readWhere Did This Come From? I was previously putting my weekly updates for Print My Blog, the WordPress plugin, on the Open Collective page. But I don’t think anyone saw them (although I wasn’t sure, I didn’t have access to any analytics), it didn’t seem as usable from my phone (which is important when I […]

Immortalize Your Blog by Turning It into a Family Search Memory

6 minute readSo you have a blog to share your stories with friends, family, and the world. Great. But will it still exist in 50 years? How about 100? Most likely it will fall victim to the “Digital Dark Age“, and won’t be available. Your grandfather’s memoirs written on paper might be more accessible than your blog. […]