Gimmebar bookmarklet on an iPad

Hello, my name is Richard Tape and I'm a gimmebar-oholic. Ever since I lucked into a beta invite, I've used gimmebar as a private inspiration den ...

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WordPress Post Format Archives

A quick one for you. Yesterday I needed to know exactly how WordPress handles archive pages for their new Post Formats - such as 'link', 'aside' ...

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It’s as easy as A, B, C. (not forgetting D & E)

Once upon a time in a decade known as the seventies, a band by the name of The Jackson 5 eloquently sang: A, B, C easy as 1, 2, ...

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The small things matter (Part 1)

In a previous life (i.e. before I became a professional geek) I ran bars, restaurants and latterly, hotels. It was something I thoroughly enjoyed and completely ...

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Friendly Themes Options Panel

I'm currently working on the options panel for all the themes which Andy and I will be producing for Friendly Themes. It's heavily based on the ...

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Upcoming – Full Circle Arts

Just before Christmas in 2010 I was asked to work with the wonderful folk at Full Circle Arts in Trafford, Manchester. FCA is an arts-council funded ...

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Delectable – Your own private delicious

I've been a big user of delicious for ages - since before Yahoo snapped it up. I genuinely think it's a great service which performs a ...

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Introducing Friendly Themes

Friendly Themes is a collaboration between design extraordinaire Andy Chipperfield (site) and WordPress developer Richard Tape (this site!). The aim is simple: to create the very ...

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New Adventures, New Partnership

It's hard to process the fact that it's nearly 3 months since Simon Collison's New Adventures Conference took place. So much has happened. After the initial ...

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WordPress, I’m all yours

This is a short and sweet post. I know I haven't written in a while, sorry about that. But I've made a business decision. I'm committing ...

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