104 Pieces of Music to Help You Be Creative

I am often “dialed in”, as it was put in the movie, the Social Network. Headphones on, and disconnected from the outside world helps us concentrate. Your brain needs to be able to drown out, sound and distractions, when you need to focus on coming up with a creative solution.

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How to Secure WordPress from Brute-Force Attacks

I’m going to make this really easy on everyone. Your password sucks! I know what you’re thinking.

“…but I have like, letters and numbers, and I even used an @ instead of an a”.

Well, sorry but your password still isn’t good enough.
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Muhammad Ali Quote MEME

Muhammad Ali in the Ring

My Brand

I have been thinking a lot about how to describe what I do. I’m not just a developer, or an author, or an educator. I don’t just share the occasional idea, and I don’t think I’m simply a strategist.

It’s always been hard for me to describe what I do, so I decided to paint it with a picture.

I used my favorite icon site: http://thenounproject.com and voilĂ  I have a brandmark that actually perfectly represents what I do. Don’t get it? Well, that’s ok, cause I do :)

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Managers focus on what has to be done. Leaders focus on what can be done.

Jesse Friedman

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Having Trouble Understanding Your Teams Wants and Needs?

One thing hear often, is that leaders are challenged with understanding the career goals of their individual team members. Its not always easy for individuals to speak up, and express what they want in life and their career.

As a leader you want to make sure you’re challenging your team not only with the work they are doing, but also, challenge them to improve their skills and build their expertise.
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real talent + bordem = turn over

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Power Blogger Goals

I have an idea for a plugin. I’ve outlined a lot of the functionality, but I’m calling on a team of dev’s to help me build and launch the thing.

Calling on WordPress Developers

At the moment I don’t have the time needed to dedicate to a project like this. I’m looking for anyone interested in collaborating on this project, so we can release it to the community. Joint credit will be given, but the plugin will be GPL’d and free to download.
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