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Interview: Jeff Starr
Interview: Jeff Starr
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Date: June 24, 2015 -
Interviewee: Jeff Starr -
Interviewer: PSD to WordPress
General
Are you on a Windows- or Apple computer?
What is your favorite internet browser?
What kind of phone do you use?
Which software do you use to design?
Which software do you use to write code?
History
one Most readers are familiar with you and your work thanks to PerishablePress and Digging Into WordPress . For those who don't know you well, can you tell us a bit about yourself, your background and what you do?
two What was your first encounter with the world wide web?
three How and when did you get started as a designer/developer? Did you study something in particular or are you self-taught?
four What came first, the designer or the developer?
five How does your average day look like?
six What activities and hobbies do you enjoy when you're not behind your computer?
seven Do you consider yourself more of an entrepreneur, or a designer/developer?
eight What’s the most important thing you’ve learned since working for yourself and what advice would you give someone starting out on his/her own?
nine How do you stay on top of current design/development trends?
ten What is the coolest thing you ever designed/coded?
eleven What was the prime motivator for the creation of perishablepress.com?
twelve Which people/friends from the web-design/-development industry are important for you, who do you look up to and who contribute, in your opinion, in the most effective way to the community?
thirteen How would you advice people to start with coding and/or designing?
fourteen Where do you see yourself in 5 years from now?
Author
Jeff Starr's Books
fifteen How did you come up with the idea of writing your first book?
sixteen How would you describe the experience of writing (or co-writing) a book?
seventeen What were your expectations when you published your first book (and did those expectations come true)?
eighteen What about your other books?
nineteen After writing the books you’ve published, what tip would you give to a starting writer?
twenty What makes your book ‘Digging Into WordPress’ better than other books about WordPress?
twenty-one How do you feel about the internet pirates that upload/share your books for free, and what do you do about it?
twenty-two Are there any plans ready for a new book?
WordPress
twenty-three What was your first encounter with WordPress?
twenty-four What did you like so much about WordPress that made you dive into it?
twenty-five Why do you think WordPress got so popular?
twenty-six What makes WordPress nowadays so fun for you that you still work with and write about it?
twenty-seven What do you think are the biggest advantages and disadvantages of WordPress?
twenty-eight What do you think about the evolvement of WordPress from blogging system to a complete CMS (pro’s/con’s)?
twenty-nine If you could share one piece of advice with WordPress newbies, what would it be?
thirty What are your favorite WordPress plugins and themes?
thirty-one How do you keep your WordPress sites safe from hackers, spam and other security issues?
thirty-two How do you think WordPress will evolve within the next years?
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