4 Must-have WordPress plugins

Edit: Yes, Akismet is pre-installed on WordPress.org. Sorry about the confusion. WordPress by itself is great, but at the same time, it’s just a bare-bones package. That’s why there’s plugins, in fact, thousands of them waiting for you at the Plugins Directory. Some of these plugins are so good, they should be required by WP-law, while others are complete trash. …

Say hello to Infinite Scroll

While Iconic One did not come with native support for Jetpack’s Infinite Scroll, I have manually added it and it is now up and running. In addition, I’ve submitted a request for this feature to be natively supported. Posts will load automatically as you scroll to the bottom of the page, so there is no more need to click a …

Misconceptions about bandwidth: Faster Internet does NOT equal faster downloads

Very recently, an Internet service run by no other than Google came to Provo, Utah. With this new service, dubbed Google Fiber, customers can get up to a 1,000 Mbits per second connection, putting all other Internet providers to shame. Google proudly touts the advantages, from downloading hundreds of photos in less than 5 seconds to streaming pixel-perfect HD video …

Seattle GiveCamp 2013 wrap-up

This weekend, I participated in my first mass coding event ever. Even though I’ve been coding since middle school, I’d never gone to an event purely focused on coding and web design. The event was Seattle GiveCamp, held at the beautiful Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA. Over Friday night and into the weekend, GiveCamp volunteers helped over 20 non-profit organizations …