Lately, I’ve been think a ton about lead theory and how it concerns all of our jobs. In manufacturing, lead time is the amount of time between initiation and action. For example, you press a button on your coffee maker
Lead, follow, or get faster
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Finding Parking at the Donuts Shop
Recently, I broke the passenger side mirror on my inherited luxury car. As frustrating as that is, I should have known better. Seattle loves to define their parking spaces. They love to put signs that say “Electric Cars Only”, “Expecting
A Snapshot of Mobile Device Traffic on the LexBlog Platform
At LexBlog we manage over 1,000 sites across nearly 30 multisite installations of WordPress. Some of these sites have been publishing unique content for over a decade while some are in their first days of writing, slowly building an audience
One of these things is not like the other: two experiences
I have 2 jobs that are vastly different, but quickly becoming quite similar. My main job, as many of you may guess, is at LexBlog as a Publishing Team Member. My other job is a Lead Outreach Specialist for an
Age of the Personal Touch: SEO vs. Referral
I had a moment of déjà vu yesterday. I went to a law blog and read through the first post wishing their readers “Happy Veterans Day”. Right now it’s a week before Christmas. I thought “meh, I’ll come back to
Not another, Not another, Not another, repost
My colleagues will recognize the picture from a different post on a different blog of mine. Considering that my readership consists of my supportive coworkers and a few supportive friends, the image I imagine, should be met with “really, you
WordPress 5.0 (and Gutenberg) Launches; Internet Remains Intact
On December 6th, the largest content management system on the internet, WordPress, released one of the largest user-facing updates in recent memory. WordPress 5.0, or “Bebo” as it was named, represents a major shift for the open source project and
Wave them through the Gate: reading all the law blogs
Recently, as in yesterday, my position at LexBlog has taken a radical turn. Mostly, my job has consisted of mindlessly scrounging for websites without the slightest inclination into the quality of the presented blogs. I was desperate to add anything
I Spoke at WordCamp Maine 2018
No kidding, there I was, checking my email, when I saw it:
[RESPONSE REQUIRED] You’ve been selected as a speaker for WordCamp Maine!
It’s more or less my professional goal to infiltrate the inner circles of the WordPress community, so this came
The Million Dollar Question: When Will Gutenberg Land in WordPress Core?
This is not a new question. Not for me personally, not for the team at LexBlog, and certainly not for hundreds of thousands of site managers, theme and plugin developers, and generally interested members of the WordPress community.
Generally, as