Wordius
Wordius
Jeff Porter
Freelance journalist, editor, and I enjoy experimenting on the web. But, above all, I am human.
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Data for one of our favourite walks around Maxey Lakes, Lincs From time to time, I like to keep track of how far we’ve walked with our dog, Roma. When my hunger for data can’t be satisfied by counting every last step, I use the MotionX...
{% image "./roma_shake-paws-582.jpg", "roma_shake-paws-582" %} This is our dog, Roma. Read the story about Roma that goes with this picture. Image: Shannon Porter Everyone needs a side project. My wife’s decision to write about one of...
We bought my in-laws an iMac when they were in their Seventies {% image "./", "imac-family-582" %} Eight years ago my wife bought her parents an iMac. At the time, they were in their early Seventies, and they’d never used a computer. It...
Reading Dr. Drang’s ‘The RSS reader search continues’, it struck me how we all have different priorities when deciding whether an app suits our needs. Drang appeared to have found the perfect replacement for Reeder for iPhone, the app he...
Anyone who watches/reads the news will be aware that antibiotics are having a hard time of it. They’re not as effective as they once used to be. In fact, in an increasing number of cases they’re not effective at all. Then I came across a...
Many critics claim that email has had its day. I disagree. Email is still the most popular tool I have for communicating with clients and contractors; the reverse is also true. Clients tend to contact me first by email. Often, an entire...
Editorial’s uncluttered editor Editorial for iPad, a Markdown editor, enhances the writing experience and empowers the Markdown writer. The rest, its productivity-enhancing features and workflows, would be for nothing if it wasn’t first...
The recent avalanche of news, reviews and opinion surrounding Apple’s latest mobile operating system, iOS 7, reminded me of one of my favourite tricks – iOS keyboard shortcuts. It’s also one that’s not confined to this version of the...
When Mailbox launched back in February, I joined the queue for access like so many others. It didn’t take as long as I’d expected, despite my place in the queue being some way north of 200,000. Access granted, I launched the app and...
Logitech ultrathin keyboard for iPad 2 and 3 There are numerous occasions when carting my laptop around feels like overkill; more often than not, the iPhone doesn’t cut it either, especially when the writing task involves more than...
Adobe’s InDesign has been at the centre of every print-related project I’ve produced since 2003. But it was only a few years ago that I discovered InDesign’s magnificent core could be extended through the addition of third-party scripts...
A printer called yesterday to request information about a book they’d just received. The printer was unaware that I was no longer contracted to produce books for the client in question. They were confused as to why they had received the...
Other than a brief skip through Butterick’s Practical Typography, I confess, I’ve yet to read it front to back. But that brief dip – if the title wasn’t already a complete giveaway – was enough to give me a feel for what this book is...
When developing sites in WordPress, it’s useful to have a set of core plugins,[^1] the ones you turn to time and again on most every site that comes your way. The list below contains my Core 10. These are the plugins that help me during...
Here are some free and paid options you might like to consider to replace Google Reader. There are numerous others, including some I’ve reviewed in The 12 days of Google Reader series. These are just for starters. Free alternatives to...