TJ Kelly, web designer & developer

WordPress is awesome. For realz.

My Favorite WordPress Plugins

These are my favorite WordPress plugins. I use them on all of my WP sites and I highly recommend them. They’re useful. They’re easy to configure. And, best of all, they’re free. I’ve compiled this list in hopes that it might help other WordPress fans with their projects.

Yelp logo.

Yelp is Social Trust Currency

Millions of people use Yelp. It’s becoming the standard to which businesses are held. And that puts Yelp in a very powerful position. They are trust currency. Trust is the belief that “this is good for me.” More and more people are basing their opinions on what other anonymous Yelpers have said. Yelp is becoming to businesses what Google is to answers: the gatekeeper. 2Z8BQQ8AA8BZ

A screenshot of tjkelly.com, June 28, 2011.

Another Year, Another Redesign

I redesigned my site again. I upgraded to HTML5, added Web Fonts, and coded with OOCSS. This is the 3rd major revision and it’s been almost 18 months since I did any design work on my site. It’s time to go back to basics―less is more. No frills. No ads. Just a portfolio blog and its content, delivered straight to your eyeballs. It’s a “responsive web design” work in progress. What do you think? Did I reach a good balance between simplicity and style?

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Dr. Timothy Anderson, New UMass Band Director

UMass Amherst Music Department just announced the new Minuteman Marching Band director, Doctor Timothy Anderson, formerly of Cal State Fresno.

A photo of Kanye West being a jerk to Taylor Swift.

Can Social Media Fires be Put Out?

I learned a valuable lesson: with social media, any situation can get out of hand easily. It’s not a new concept, but it really doesn’t sink in until you become a part of it.

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