Derrida Deconstruction and Joinery

This is just a wonderful name for a builder. Far too many years ago, my dear sister got a bad dose of Derrida whilst studying in Paris. I tried, I really did try, to understand what the good Monsieur Jacques Derrida rabbited on about. Something about you can only understand the meaning of a word in relation to other words. Something about deconstructing text to discover it’s inconsistencies.

How to select a subcontractor

Pitch and Mix is a wonderful meetup group. The group meets every Thursday mornings, and generally discusses something related to working as an independent, freelancer or small business owner. This mornings discussion at Pitch and Mix was around how to select a subcontractor. Often you don’t understand the difficulty, the skill, or  the time required.  So … Continued

Favourite Plug-ins

Generally I dislike plug-ins, as they usually make additional calls to the server for CSS and Javascript files. These calls ruin page-load times. Hence, I often code the functionality myself, although sometimes that’s too time-consuming. So, here’s a list of useful plugins. WordPress SEO by Yoast: Mainly use it for writing appropriate title and description … Continued