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Localization: beyond translation, WC Europe 2015
WordCamp Europe 2015 was a superb event, and I’m happy I was able to present. In this talk, I’ve tried to focus on things that are sometimes overlooked when dealing with localization and internationalization. Video Slides Localization: beyond translation from Yoav Farhi
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New community translator launched on WordPress.com
Really excited about today’s launch of our new front-end translation tool for WordPress.com.
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Time Magazine Doing Open Source
A couple of days ago, Time Magazine published “How Popular Will Your Name Be in 25 Years?” – it’s a fun and interesting analysis of the US Social Security Administration’s baby name data. The part I loved most? The source code for this project is available on Time’s GitHub page. Amazing.
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First harvest
We’ve been eating from the lettuces and arugula for some time now, but getting the first carrots out of the ground was something quite special. Jonathan and I couldn’t resist taking a few bites before I got my camera. The peas were brilliant too, unlike everything I’ve ever tasted. And I think the zucchini is […]
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Spring time in the vegetable garden
A few months ago I started a vegetable garden in our back yard. It took quite a bit of work, but it was a lot of fun and it’s incredibly satisfying to see the fruits (and vegetables) of your labor grow. I originally planted some lettuces, broccoli, cress, carrots, rocket, and parsley, and later added some zucchini and […]
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Reverse engineering the leynew WF510 light bulb adapter
A few weeks ago I ordered some WF510 WIFI enabled E27 adapters. The WF510 is a device you place between your light fixture and your light bulb, that allows you to control the light with an iOS/Android app. At $56 per lot of 3, they’re the poor man connected light bulb. The reason I bought […]
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Making WordPress Better
Yesterday I helped someone write their first WordPress core bug report, and then someone else write their first patch to fix that bug. It happened after I saw a thread in a Facebook group about an issue with WordPress 3.8. Turns out this was a bug I was responsible for (doh!), but instead of just […]