Reading List

The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.

Making your first Jekyll theme: Part 1

By nature, any well structured site that has easily editable content is ‘themeable’ — a layer, or skin, that presents content in the way the owner or creator intended; Jekyll is no different. Pages, posts and any other form of formatted content can be segregated from the templating files.

Adding heading links to your Jekyll blog

Just a brief JavaScript trick to get anchor links added to your Jekyll blog post headings.

What do we look for in a CMS?

I posed this question in several forms on Twitter to get feedback from the community. After some consideration, polls and great discussion, I came up with a list of aspects that people consider when looking for a CMS.

My worst job interview

My worst job interview didn’t get me very far; not even into their office. It was just a phone call. It was a brief and kind of upsetting moment in my early career. Allow me to explain why I think this was my worst interview.

How to create a Jekyll theme gem

One of Jekyll’s noteworthy new features is the ability create official themes in the form of Ruby gems. These themes can be installed by a Jekyll user to style their static blog or website with ease, leaving them to manage their content.