Solitude and Leadership ⇾
Fantastic article on the differences between being an excellent doer and an excellent thinker and how that affects leadership. In a time when our generation, our culture, sorely needs better leadership, this message should be well received.
We have a crisis of leadership in America because our overwhelming power and wealth, earned under earlier generations of leaders, made us complacent, and for too long we have been training leaders who only know how to keep the routine going. Who can answer questions, but don’t know how to ask them. Who can fulfill goals, but don’t know how to set them. Who think about how to get things done, but not whether they’re worth doing in the first place. What we have now are the greatest technocrats the world has ever seen, people who have been trained to be incredibly good at one specific thing, but who have no interest in anything beyond their area of expertise. What we don’t have are leaders.
Big bonus points for referencing Heart of Darkness often.
[ via @craigmod ]
WP Front End Upload Plugin ⇾
I recently had a client require the ability to have users upload files via their business website. Since I had chosen WordPress as the CMS for their site, I assumed that a quick search would show me the most popular, simple upload plugin. Turns out, there aren’t any. Not any that inspire confidence anyways.
When I turned my question over to Twitter, the good Jonathan Christopher chimed in and offered to build one. Since he released WP Front End Upload, I’ve been a happy camper. It’s simple, it works, and styling it to your liking is straight forward. A big thank you to Jonathan for his hard work and willingness to help out!
A Chat with Frank Chimero ⇾
The latest episode of Creatiplicity is available.
Rogie King and Cameron Koczon on Creatiplicity ⇾
I’ve had some great conversations lately on the podcast. The most recent, with Rogie and Cameron, had a lot of quotable quotes. They both have some real wisdom around creating a product.
How I Use Gimme Bar ⇾
A little look at how I use my favourite web app.
Livory ⇾
Using iCloud with Multiple Sending Addresses ⇾
I made the move to iCloud from Gmail, but also wanted to still use multiple emails from other domains. Here’s how I configured my email setup to handle this.
How Important Is the Source? ⇾
I’m a recent subscriber to Ethical Coffee. And where by subscriber, I mean I subscribe to their coffee. Here’s my take on the product and service.
Embracing White Space ⇾
Some thoughts on how I work.
