Say hi to #wp_date !

This is the initiative to fix up and improve Date/Time component of WordPress core.

Initial roadmap is live: github.com/Rarst/wp-date/issues/… ⏳

Okay my #WordPress loving friends, get @wordcampbalt on your calendar! October 6th & 7th. Calls for speakers and sponsors are open! Bring your awesomeness to this sweet event! twitter.com/wordcampbalt/status/…

🚨 🚨 🚨 ATTENTION NERDS 🚨 🚨 🚨
I’m buying @abookapart books for any student, unemployed professional or any others who need them, to help up the @RAICESTEXAS contribution.

twitter.com/abookapart/status/10…

We’re excited to announce more sessions from @eulken @sabramedia and @ChrisVanPatten and lightning talks from @bearlyartic @jakemgold @kingkool68 @bestwrit @mauteri @angiemeeker and @susanprice. Read more about it here and get your tickets today: 2018-chicago.publishers.wordcamp…

I’m probably not supposed to do this, but … dnvr.it/2K80cwf

“I’d rather ask an Amish friend to hook up a satellite dish than ask a journalist for business advice.” – @jimbrady

Including the word “miracle” in the name Miracle Whip was a bit excessive for something that’s good on maybe two things

Twitter friends, please help me out. I’ve been looking for a job for a while (after getting laid off), and the right opportunity hasn’t come along yet. I do UX/IA, program/team mgmt, digital strategy, and web dev. I’m also a conf speaker and author. Can relocate or work remote.

Let’s take a look at what’ going on in pop culture…

Yea I’m old…

This. Opera Mini doesn’t support icon fonts. There are myriads of reasons why not to use icon fonts (cloudfour.com/thinks/seriously-d…, css-tricks.com/icon-fonts-vs-svg…). Now, Webkit on WatchOS doesn’t support them either.

If you haven’t switched to SVG yet, now’s the time. twitter.com/patrick_h_lauke/stat…

At first I thought I sent an email to myself but then I realized its Restoration Hardware…

So I’d like to tell you about “dirty thunderstorms”, which is when the ash cloud from a volcanic eruption creates a static build-up which leads to the most metal lightning.

I mean just look at it. James Hetfield could never. #TheMoreYouKnow t.co/mmU96gDZOk

“The default margin on the side of a blockquote element is 40px (and not an em unit) because that’s what Mosaic did.” @meyerweb #cssday t.co/YFRgEbkgkP

Zadie’s 1st dentist visit. She sat in the same room I did when I was her age.

#ZadieAlyssa #dentist #cleanteeth #hygenist instagram.com/p/BkAxpPkHcOM/

Yea but they’re still funny as hell! twitter.com/JanelleCShane/status…

Remember that CSS is great for spec’ing, as it’s easily translated from natural language per @miked1ck #sfdesignweek t.co/HKNFdFXe6a

I forced a bot to watch over 1,000 hours of Olive Garden commercials and then asked it to write an Olive Garden commercial of its own. Here is the first page. t.co/CKiDQTmLeH

<button class=”button button–primary button–dark button–chromeless button–withIcon button–withSvgIcon u-padding12 u-borderRadius4 u-borderDarker” data-action=”play-audioPlayer”>

Somewhere along the path, we replaced CSS values with classes.

Pro Tip: If you want your site screaming fast get rid of any embeds on the site.

Comparing time to first paint and DOM Ready times of billypenn.com/ vs denverite.com/

firstPaintTime: 0.92s vs 0.45s
domReadyTime 1.2s vs 0.23s

Added a shmancy new can of paint to denverite.com/ tonight.

Props @livlab @brianboyer @montchr