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  • Gender-fair WordPress: Fixing translation inequality at the core

    Gender-fair WordPress: Fixing translation inequality at the core

    At WordCamp US 2017, I took the stage to argue that it’s time that WordPress enables translators to add gender-variable translations, and that we can do this in a way compatible with our existing translation ecosystem. The slides: A couple of days later, during contributor day, I was joined by several amazing WordPress (and GlotPress)…

    Yoav

    December 21, 2017
    Video, WordPress
    gender, i18n, localization, WCUS, WordCamp US, WordPress
  • Right To Left in WordPress – The Right Way

    Right To Left in WordPress – The Right Way

    Here’s the short talk I gave about languages written from right-to-left at WordCamp Europe 2017. I’m visibly nervous — this was the largest crowd I’ve ever presented to. The slides: While the slides make it clear that I go from talking about rtl.css — the file, used in WordPress themes, to RTLCSS — the node…

    Yoav

    June 22, 2017
    Video, WordPress
    i18n, localization, rtl, rtlcss, wceu, WordCamp Europe, WordPress
  • Greg Lake, Epitaph

    Greg Lake, Epitaph

    King Crimson’s In the Court of the Crimson King is the album that made me fall in love with Prog Rock. Greg Lake‘s powerful vocals on the track Epitaph have much to do with this. Written around 1969, the lyrics (by Pete Sinfield) are almost prophetic: The wall on which the prophets wrote Is cracking at the seams Upon the…

    Yoav

    December 11, 2016
    Music
    2016, epitaph, Greg Lake, In the court of the Crimson King, King Crimson, Pete Sinfield, Prog Rock
  • The half-life of WordPress code

    Inspired by Erik Bernhardsson post The half-life of code & the ship of Theseus, here are the results of running Erik’s scripts against the WordPress git repo. Cohorts Code decay over time

    Yoav

    December 6, 2016
    Random
  • Tip: typing a long Google password into a new Android device

    I use a password manager and create very long passwords where possible, including for my Google account. The problem? when setting up a new Android phone, I can’t download the password manager app until I’ve logged into my Google account, which is nearly impossible without the password manager app. The workaround? Enable USB debugging on the phone, and…

    Yoav

    October 6, 2016
    android
    adb, password, tip
  • A boy walking down the street

    Today was Jonathan’s first day of Kindergarten. On the way home, as the radio played Eli Mohar and Yoni Rechter’s “As Long”, I burst into tears. While it doesn’t do the original any justice, here’s my attempt to translate the lyrics to English: A boy walking down the street On a clear September morning To the school the…

    Yoav

    September 1, 2016
    Jonathan, Music, Video
    as long, life, lyrics, translation, yoni rechter
  • I’m a WordPress fan! 

    Yoav

    July 13, 2016
    Photography
    gif, WordPress
  • WP-CLI live presentation, like a pro

    I recently gave a talk about WP-CLI at WordCamp Israel 2016. I thought it would be interesting to actually demo WP-CLI in real time, rather than use boring slides. I used OS X split screen mode, with a terminal window on one side, and a browser on the other showing the site I’m creating and editing: The tricky part was to not have to…

    Yoav

    March 30, 2016
    howto, WordPress
    doitlive, WC-CLI, WCIL, WordCamp
  • Trigger actions on OS X using NFC on Android

    Having recently started using a treadmill desk, I wanted to automate actions on OS X as I switched from the regular desk to the treadmill. For example, turn on Bluetooth, switch the audio output device, etc. Sure, I can do that by creating an Automator script I’d run somehow, but I was curious to see if I could make it…

    Yoav

    December 30, 2015
    android, apps, Fitness
    bluetooth, dropbox, hazel, ifttt, nfc, os x
  • From Runkeeper to Runtastic

    I started running a few months ago, with Runkeeper as my running app. The UI made sense, the audio cues were useful, and I liked the fact that friends were using it too and sharing their efforts. Yet, too often my runs appeared like this: I’m inclined to blame the phone’s GPS, but I expect the app to be…

    Yoav

    November 25, 2015
    android, apps, Fitness
    gps, runkeeper, running, runtastic
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