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< 2026 >

Feb 06, 2026

Fighting for My Data Privacy

Personal Data Digital Identity

< 2025 >

Oct 13, 2025

Do we need 'agentic identity'?

Digital Identity Software Engineering

May 13, 2025

Thoughts on AI

Writing + Publishing Software Engineering

Apr 23, 2025

Personal Data Pipeline Update

Software Engineering Personal Data Obsidian Open Source Portfolio

< 2024 >

Aug 07, 2024

My Values for Technical Leadership

Team Dynamics Software Engineering Portfolio

Jul 31, 2024

Imagining a Personal Data Pipeline

Software Engineering Personal Data Obsidian Open Source Portfolio

Apr 08, 2024

Building a CLI from scratch with TypeScript and oclif

JavaScript + TypeScript Software Engineering Portfolio

Feb 09, 2024

Goodbye Auth0

Auth0 Team Dynamics WordPress Portfolio

Jan 21, 2024

Goodbye Vittorio Bertocci

Auth0 Digital Identity

< 2023 >

Jul 06, 2023

Conducting a Great Technical Interview

Software Engineering Team Dynamics Portfolio

May 05, 2023

My Journey, So Far, with Life Logging

Personal Data Social Media

Mar 26, 2023

An Open Letter to My Mental Boardroom

Personal Development

Mar 22, 2023

Scratching an Itch: Command Line Budgeting

Money JavaScript + TypeScript Personal Data Portfolio

< 2022 >

Nov 21, 2022

If Your Loved One Has a Stroke

Personal Development

Aug 19, 2022

Published: Federation and Single Sign-On with OpenID Connect

Software Engineering Digital Identity JavaScript + TypeScript Portfolio

Mar 07, 2022

Engineering Velocity from the Bottom Up

Team Dynamics Software Engineering Portfolio

Jan 11, 2022

Generate new Eleventy post drafts with Hygen

Eleventy JavaScript + TypeScript Portfolio

Jan 04, 2022

Eleventy Custom Content Type Collections and Layouts

Eleventy Obsidian JavaScript + TypeScript Portfolio

< 2021 >

Dec 12, 2021

We Need Your Beginner's Mind

Personal Development Team Dynamics Portfolio

Nov 01, 2021

Taking Notes: Why and How

Personal Data Writing + Publishing Obsidian Async Communication Portfolio

Oct 12, 2021

Accept-Encoding, Content-Encoding, and ERR CONTENT DECODING FAILED

Site Optimization Software Engineering Portfolio

Mar 06, 2021

Cards to Live By

Feb 14, 2021

Curiosity, Freedom, and Truth: My Path to Mindfulness

Personal Development COVID-19 Focus

< 2020 >

Dec 31, 2020

Protect your WordPress REST API with OAuth 2 using Auth0

WordPress Auth0 Digital Identity Portfolio

Nov 27, 2020

Testable Documentation Spike #1: "It's Just Code"

Documentation Software Engineering Testing JavaScript + TypeScript Portfolio

Oct 28, 2020

Technical Research: Testable Documentation

Documentation Software Engineering Testing Auth0 JavaScript + TypeScript Portfolio

Aug 30, 2020

WordPress Unit Testing Techniques

WordPress Software Engineering Testing Auth0 Portfolio

May 17, 2020

How we are teaching right now

COVID-19

Apr 04, 2020

A Moment in Time During the Pandemic

COVID-19 Auth0 Seattle

Feb 09, 2020

Taking WordPress to Eleventy

WordPress Eleventy Open Source Portfolio

Jan 15, 2020

Notes from Rock Your Code Reviews with Dr. Michaela Greiler

Software Engineering Team Dynamics Async Communication Testing Portfolio

< 2019 >

Oct 31, 2019

Learnings from Full Time Primary Interrupt (On-Call)

Team Dynamics Software Engineering Open Source Portfolio

Sep 08, 2019

Keys to Good Technical Documentation

Async Communication Documentation Writing + Publishing

Jun 27, 2019

Specializing vs Generalizing

Personal Development Portfolio

Jun 11, 2019

Improvement as Experimentation

Personal Development Health + Fitness

< 2018 >

Jul 10, 2018

Pitfalls of Being a WordPress Developer

WordPress Personal Development Software Engineering Freelancing Testing Portfolio

< 2017 >

Apr 12, 2017

Self-Teach or Go Back to School?

Software Engineering Personal Development

Feb 07, 2017

1PPM: month 1 (and 2)

Software Engineering Open Source

Jan 13, 2017

Getting the Non-Essentials Done

Personal Development

Jan 05, 2017

Engineer Support for Content and Communication Rockstars

Portfolio

< 2016 >

Dec 08, 2016

How I Focus Now

Personal Development Social Media Focus Twitter

Nov 16, 2016

Digital Detox

About JoshCanHelp Email Personal Development Social Media LinkedIn Twitter

Oct 09, 2016

Repo: Missed Search Log for WordPress

WordPress Open Source Portfolio

Aug 09, 2016

Brewery Site Framework for Craft Beer Branding Gods

WordPress About JoshCanHelp Portfolio

Jun 11, 2016

Community and eCommerce Site for Massive Minecraft Community

WordPress Community Portfolio

Apr 02, 2016

Redesign on JoshCanHelp

Design About JoshCanHelp WordPress

Apr 01, 2016

Latest Deals Site Built on Rank It WP

WordPress Portfolio

Mar 30, 2016

8ninths Site Rebuild

WordPress Portfolio

Jan 18, 2016

A(nother) WordPress Starter Template

WordPress Open Source Portfolio

< 2015 >

Oct 19, 2015

Much Needed Inspiration

Personal Development

Aug 19, 2015

Semi-eCommerce Site for a Local Composites Distributor

WordPress Portfolio

Jun 19, 2015

Installation Cold Brew: Buzz King

Food + Drink

Jun 12, 2015

Lessons Learned in Agency

About JoshCanHelp Design Personal Development Web Strategy

Apr 09, 2015

WP-Drudge on Alan.com

WordPress Community Portfolio

Mar 23, 2015

Become A WordPress Developer Overnight After 4 Months of Work

Software Engineering Personal Development WordPress

Mar 05, 2015

Intermediate Sass/SCSS class in Seattle

Seattle

Feb 17, 2015

Gist: WP-CLI migration from ejunkie to WooCommerce

WordPress Open Source

Feb 09, 2015

Progress In January

Health + Fitness Personal Data

Feb 08, 2015

Blue Bottle Giant Steps

Food + Drink

Jan 12, 2015

A Few Thoughts on WordPress Performance

Hardware WordPress

Jan 08, 2015

Rank It WP: A Community Curation Theme for WordPress

WordPress Community

Jan 08, 2015

Building a Community Curation Theme: The Making of Rank It WP

WordPress Community Software Engineering Portfolio

Jan 05, 2015

Systematic Goal Elimination

Health + Fitness Personal Development

Jan 05, 2015

Mama Lil's Kick Butt Peppers in Oil

Food + Drink

Jan 05, 2015

Make Coconut Chips at Home, Then Give Up and Buy Dang

Food + Drink

Jan 04, 2015

Kina Tonic For A Unique Gin & Tonic Experience

Food + Drink

Jan 01, 2015

Coconut Jam, Kopi and Toast, Singapore

Food + Drink

< 2014 >

Nov 18, 2014

Easy Feedback To-dos with Gmail and Asana

Web Strategy

Apr 29, 2014

Connecting Strategy to Tactics

Design Personal Development

Apr 21, 2014

Why Open Source? Why For Sale?

Software Engineering Web Strategy Open Source

Mar 05, 2014

My Favorite Hot Sauce Ever ... This Month

Food + Drink

Feb 17, 2014

Redesign, Drupal migration, and WooCommerce to CiviCRM Integration

WordPress

Feb 01, 2014

There is Cold Brew and Then There is Black Blood of the Earth

Food + Drink

Feb 01, 2014

AleSmith Grand Cru - One of My Favorite Beers of All Time

Food + Drink

Feb 01, 2014

I Don't Know What Exactly Makes This Coldbrew So AMAZING but I Do Know I Always Want It In My Mouth

Food + Drink

< 2013 >

Aug 15, 2013

Ballard to Fremont - Bikes and Brews

Seattle Food + Drink

Apr 04, 2013

PROPER Web Development

About JoshCanHelp

Feb 18, 2013

Two Worlds, Existing Side-by-Side, Always In Conflict

Personal Development

Feb 13, 2013

Tips, tricks, and advice for visiting Paris

Paris

< 2012 >

Aug 14, 2012

Thoughts on Focus

Personal Development Focus

Aug 07, 2012

Don't Screw Around with Your Finances

Money

Apr 12, 2012

The Right Way Has To Be The "Easy" Way

Social Media LinkedIn

Apr 03, 2012

My WordPress Developer's Wishlist

WordPress

Feb 26, 2012

Taking Your First Steps on Twitter: The 30 - 40 - 30 Plan

Social Media Twitter

Feb 24, 2012

Quora: Are CMSs are more awkward than helpful a lot of the time?

WordPress

Feb 15, 2012

How to be a better self-promoter in the creative industry

Marketing Community

Jan 14, 2012

A Veggie Sandwich

Food + Drink

Jan 10, 2012

Working with a web designer: help us help you

Design Web Strategy

< 2011 >

Nov 29, 2011

Improve Site SEO in 3 Steps: Analysis, Keywords & Monitoring

Analytics SEO

Oct 25, 2011

Using Google Analytics to determine a new page's performance

Analytics SEO

Oct 18, 2011

Great Content Is Like a Produce Stand in Paris

Paris SEO Writing + Publishing

Oct 11, 2011

Share Facebook Page Items to your Profile

Facebook Social Media

Aug 03, 2011

A Great Facebook Page for a Boring, Niche, or Unappealing Business

Social Media

Jul 19, 2011

Hiring a Virtual Assistant

About JoshCanHelp

Jul 12, 2011

Create your own Social Network or Online Community - 10 tools

Community Web Strategy

Jul 04, 2011

5 Reasons You Should Fire Your SEO "Professional"

SEO Web Strategy

Jun 28, 2011

Creating effective email marketing campaigns

Marketing Email

Jun 21, 2011

I Don't Live the Life I Want (yet)

About JoshCanHelp Personal Development

May 09, 2011

It Actually Happened - GetScientific is Alive!

Community About JoshCanHelp

Apr 12, 2011

Choosing Keyword Phrases for Content Pages

Analytics SEO Web Strategy

Mar 15, 2011

Web Literacy for Business Owners

Marketing Site Optimization SEO Design Web Strategy

Mar 08, 2011

Stoic Technology: Learning to Love Adversity

Hardware Professional Development Web Strategy

Feb 25, 2011

Big Step

About JoshCanHelp

Jan 13, 2011

Thoughts on web design and development pricing

Design Money Software Engineering About JoshCanHelp

< 2010 >

Nov 30, 2010

Simple introduction to incoming links

SEO Web Strategy

Nov 08, 2010

Back home and feeling great

Paris

Oct 25, 2010

Staying positive

Paris

Oct 14, 2010

The Strikes

Paris

Oct 06, 2010

Cause for Alarm?

Paris

Sep 24, 2010

Reims - You Want To Go To There

Paris

Sep 21, 2010

3 Questions to Answer Before Building Anything Online

Web Strategy

Sep 17, 2010

Miles to go before we sleep

Paris

Sep 06, 2010

Slowly but surely, I think we're starting to fit in

Paris

Aug 25, 2010

The unfamiliar and wonderful life we now lead

Paris

Aug 24, 2010

5 Reasons Why I Won't Build That For You (it's not just because I said so)

About JoshCanHelp Web Strategy

Aug 21, 2010

I see London, I see France

Paris

Aug 13, 2010

Leaving San Diego

Paris

Aug 10, 2010

Confessions from an accidental spammer

Aug 01, 2010

And so it begins - planning, preparation, and PayPal

Paris

Jun 24, 2010

What it means to me to be a free agent

Customer Service Freelancing About JoshCanHelp Professional Development

May 27, 2010

A Layman's Intro to the Semantic Web: Web 3.0, ontology, and RDFa

SEO

May 05, 2010

Intoxicated by the possibility of making mediocrity hard to sustain (#100ppl)

Design

Apr 22, 2010

Basic Website Analytics for Content Managers

Analytics

Apr 14, 2010

Making a commitment to better output: NO MORE F*CKING TYPOS

Design

Apr 08, 2010

Working with Greatness: The Processes Behind the Production

Graffiti Design Professional Development

Mar 11, 2010

Make it Simple, Focused, High-Performance, and Polished: My Web Philosophy

About JoshCanHelp Design Site Optimization SEO Social Media

Feb 26, 2010

Seasonal web traffic: what to expect and how to improve it

Analytics

Feb 19, 2010

Essential Hardware And Software for Virtual Employees and Contractors

Hardware Throwback

Feb 03, 2010

Give someone a social hand and write a review

Facebook Twitter Social Media Community

Jan 14, 2010

Improving Website and WordPress Performance with Hard-Coded Share Buttons

Social Media WordPress Software Engineering Site Optimization

Jan 05, 2010

RESPONSE ABILITY: An art project to benefit the homeless around the world.

Graffiti Design

< 2009 >

Dec 30, 2009

Insane Ideas Are Life's Great Equalizer

Personal Development

Dec 04, 2009

6 key ways to improve your email communication

Nov 19, 2009

Traditional networking is dead

Marketing Social Media

Nov 12, 2009

Create a simple website with the Google Docs CMS

Open Source

Nov 09, 2009

Succeed by Finding Your Audience

Web Strategy

Oct 27, 2009

Do it, then do it better: an iterative mindset

Design Personal Development Web Strategy

Oct 20, 2009

Is having your own website a dated concept

Web Strategy Twitter Social Media Facebook

Oct 11, 2009

Drudge Report template - 3 column link display page in HTML

Open Source

Oct 09, 2009

What is Talent?

Personal Development

Sep 30, 2009

New custom WordPress theme and structure at JoshCanHelp

Design WordPress About JoshCanHelp

Sep 03, 2009

Friends: holding you back or helping you?

Personal Development

Sep 01, 2009

Improve WordPress Performance by 36 Percent

WordPress Site Optimization

Aug 13, 2009

Google Analytics Basics

Analytics Site Optimization SEO

Aug 04, 2009

Tracking your body data to stay motivated

Personal Data Health + Fitness

Aug 04, 2009

3 things that help me to write quality content

Writing + Publishing About JoshCanHelp

Jul 31, 2009

Web strategy and resources links for July 31st

Design Social Media Web Strategy

Jul 31, 2009

I am an FFK... nice to meet you

Health + Fitness

Jul 24, 2009

9 Great Web Strategy Links for July 24th 2009

Analytics SEO Marketing Twitter Design Web Strategy

Jul 23, 2009

Searches on Delicious are more powerful than you think

Social Media Throwback

Jul 17, 2009

Web strategy links and Resources for July 17th

Analytics LinkedIn Design WordPress Web Strategy

Jul 10, 2009

Trying to learn Photoshop? Here's what to concentrate on

Design

Jul 10, 2009

Josh Can Help: Helpful web strategy links for July 10th

Facebook Twitter Social Media Web Strategy

Jul 01, 2009

Tooting my own horn - Email marketing presentation

About JoshCanHelp Email

Jun 24, 2009

Website performance and health reports

Analytics Site Optimization

Jun 18, 2009

What Is Web Strategy?

Social Media Web Strategy

Jun 12, 2009

How I explained WTF Twitter is to my Dad

Twitter Social Media Marketing

Jun 04, 2009

3 MORE Important Questions to Ask Before Sending Company Email Marketing

Email Marketing

Jun 01, 2009

3 Important Questions to Ask Before Sending an Email Campaign

May 28, 2009

What Kind of Tech User Are You?

About JoshCanHelp

May 18, 2009

StumbleUpon: You Disappointed Me

Social Media Throwback

May 11, 2009

The three things every business owner needs to understand about web sites

Web Strategy

Apr 30, 2009

Pleased To Announce a New Client Website Launched: EMASPro.com

Design

Apr 21, 2009

You can't go wrong with Fused Network hosting for small businesses

Hardware Web Strategy

Apr 13, 2009

The Search for a New Cell Phone

Throwback Hardware

Mar 26, 2009

"What is expected of a designer" on LinkedIn

Design Social Media LinkedIn Professional Development

Mar 23, 2009

Using the social technologies of the web effectively while staying out of trouble

Social Media

Mar 11, 2009

My Answers for the 7 Questions to Ask a Social Media Expert

Social Media

Mar 02, 2009

Path forward: How Josh Can Help Plans and Approaches Building a New Web Site from Scratch

Design Web Strategy

Feb 19, 2009

Information Reservoirs (or) How I Keep Track of a Large Amount of Incoming Information

Social Media Personal Data

Feb 16, 2009

Craigslist feeds blocked from Yahoo Pipes via 403 error

Throwback

Feb 11, 2009

Facebook Group vs A Blog: What's a Company to Do?

Facebook Social Media Web Strategy

Feb 05, 2009

Website page titles - how to pick one and what they are for

SEO Web Strategy

Feb 02, 2009

Free software and websites that really, really, really help me

Freelancing

Jan 26, 2009

Creating a functional, useable, linkable website: start and maintain a blog

Web Strategy

Jan 21, 2009

Advice to a client: don't just have a great idea and act on it – remember the bottom line too

Freelancing

Jan 15, 2009

Creating a functional, useable, linkable website: write a few articles

Web Strategy

Jan 12, 2009

The Mad Printer... an interesting coffeeshop activity

Hardware Throwback

Jan 09, 2009

You want to create a website but why? Make sure you can answer that question...

Marketing Web Strategy

Jan 05, 2009

Josh Can Help brings you: 2009 Technology Resolutions

About JoshCanHelp

< 2008 >

Dec 16, 2008

Getting started correcting your search engine problems.

SEO

Dec 12, 2008

Search Engine Optimization as a metaphor for life

SEO

Dec 08, 2008

Curing Underemployment (or) Josh’s Six Step Plan to a Great Resume (part 6 of 6)

Professional Development

Dec 05, 2008

Curing Underemployment (or) Josh’s Six Step Plan to a Great Resume (part 5 of 6)

Professional Development

Dec 04, 2008

Curing Underemployment (or) Josh’s Six Step Plan to a Great Resume (part 4 of 6)

Professional Development

Dec 03, 2008

Curing Underemployment (or) Josh’s Six Step Plan to a Great Resume (part 3 of 6)

Professional Development

Dec 02, 2008

Curing Underemployment (or) Josh’s Six Step Plan to a Great Resume (part 2 of 6)

Professional Development

Dec 01, 2008

Curing Underemployment (or) Josh’s Six Step Plan to a Great Resume (part 1 of 6)

Professional Development

Nov 24, 2008

My New ASUS EEE 1000H (or) How my life just got a whole lot more productive

Hardware

Nov 20, 2008

Beginner Exercises to Learn PHP Programming

Software Engineering

Nov 07, 2008

The Worst Possible Way to Work (or) How to Find a System That Works for You

Email Personal Development

Nov 04, 2008

Spam: what is it? what does it do? why am I sending it? who cares?

Email Marketing

Nov 01, 2008

How to be an old(er) undergraduate or How I learned to accept what I've been given

Personal Development

Oct 27, 2008

A beautiful day, a piece of pressboard, some Montana Gold, and an illustration

Graffiti Design

Oct 23, 2008

Good advice to a client about building a blog from the ground up

Writing + Publishing

Oct 20, 2008

What to do with great ideas (part 1)

Marketing Professional Development

Oct 13, 2008

Considering a career in software engineering or digital design?

Software Engineering Professional Development

Oct 10, 2008

What to do with downtime: slow-going tips post #1

Freelancing Email Marketing SEO

Oct 03, 2008

Fresh cards from Fresh Impressions in Florida

About JoshCanHelp Design

Oct 02, 2008

This, a typical week

About JoshCanHelp Professional Development

Sep 30, 2008

W3C Schools (via JCH) Beginner's Course in HTML for Emails

Sep 24, 2008

How to make a Technology Taming Plan

Freelancing

Sep 16, 2008

How to send HTML emails for free using Mozilla Thunderbird

Sep 11, 2008

HTML emails: the last word (until everything changes again)

Marketing Email Throwback

Sep 09, 2008

I learned something today

Marketing Web Strategy

Aug 28, 2008

One component of Josh Can Help's website philosophy - Understanding

Design Web Strategy

Aug 23, 2008

Josh Can Help updates...

About JoshCanHelp Design

Aug 15, 2008

Building a homepage from a blog: Part 2: Finalizing the design and planning out mark-up and CSS structure.

Design About JoshCanHelp Web Strategy

Aug 11, 2008

Did your website or blog just crash suddenly? You might have a problem with your permissions...

Web Strategy

Aug 07, 2008

Building a homepage from a blog: Part 1: Conceptualization and Planning

Design Web Strategy

Aug 04, 2008

Graffiti art evolution: from drawing to painting to vector; moving your art into a new market

Graffiti Design

Jul 29, 2008

Random design inspiration post #1 - Currency

Design

Jul 23, 2008

6 steps to easy typography in any document

Design

Jul 21, 2008

Blogging 101: How to Write a Great Blog Post... a Reader's Perspective

Writing + Publishing Community

Jul 18, 2008

New new business card design: the process + feedback

Design About JoshCanHelp

Jul 14, 2008

Want to self-publish? My review of Lulu.com

Writing + Publishing

Jul 11, 2008

Is your wifi disconnecting frequently? Here's the fix...

Hardware Throwback

Jul 04, 2008

"Customer service"

Customer Service

Jun 27, 2008

Thoughts on conferences

Throwback

Jun 14, 2008

How to Tame Your Technology in Four Easy Steps

Hardware

Jun 13, 2008

Why I freelance (a picture story)

Throwback Freelancing

Jun 06, 2008

Installing a font in Windows XP

Throwback

May 25, 2008

CDs burning improperly? Songs skipping? Verification errors? I can help!

Throwback Hardware

May 15, 2008

Please, resize your pics, for the love of everything that's good!

Throwback

May 01, 2008

Self-Promotion, Me-Centricism, and Should Josh Help?

About JoshCanHelp

Apr 27, 2008

On-Demand and Web Publishing Resources

Writing + Publishing

Apr 22, 2008

The 4 Components of a Great First On-Site Visit

Freelancing Customer Service

Apr 15, 2008

Free Excel Invoice Template

Freelancing Throwback

Apr 12, 2008

New Business Card Design

Design Marketing About JoshCanHelp

Apr 09, 2008

Problem Solved #00001 - DSL, Wifi, printers

Throwback

Mar 24, 2008

What Is This Blog For?

About JoshCanHelp

Mar 17, 2008

Josh Can Help Is Alive!

About JoshCanHelp

< 2004 >

Jan 07, 2004

Eating: Half of the Equation

Health + Fitness