Welcome
Welcome to dougal.us (or “Dougal.us Maximus” as I jokingly call it). This is going to be my professional/portfolio site, as opposed to my long-running personal blog at dougal.gunters.org. I will...
View ArticleWordCamp Savannah 2010
The last few weeks have been just a bit insane, with our kids starting school, and immediately getting sick from the new germ pool. So I forgot to mention that I’m attending WordCamp Savannah. Like,...
View ArticleSpeaking at WordCamp Birmingham 2010
I will be speaking at WordCamp Birmingham, which is September 18-19, 2010. My topic is “The Downside of a Popular Project”. This will be an expanded version of a blog post I made a few months ago: Open...
View ArticleSite Renovations
It’s time to do some cleaning up around here. Some time back, the portfolio function of the theme I was using stopped working (probably due to an updated version of jQuery in WordPress core, and the...
View ArticleSpeaking at WordCamp Birmingham 2012
I’ve been so busy with my new job that I haven’t had a chance to mention before now that I will be speaking at WordCamp Birmingham this weekend. My topic is “CSI: WordPress — Getting Into the Guts“....
View ArticleThe Overdue Update
I never intended to let this site gather so much dust. When I set it up as a project portfolio showcase a few years ago, I had planned to keep updating it. But priorities shifted, life intervened, time...
View ArticleSpeaking at WordCamp Atlanta 2013
I recently received confirmation that I have been selected as a speaker for WordCamp Atlanta 2013 (Fri & Sat, March 15-16). My topic is “Secure All The Things!”. This will be based on the security...
View ArticleCodePoet Interview
I was honored recently to do an interview on CodePoet. If you are interested in web development, WordPress, Open Source, or internet communities, please give it a read. I discuss a little bit of...
View ArticleHelp Wanted: CCSNA
For many years, I have been a member of the Clan Campbell Society of North America. This non-profit organization helps maintain historical and genealogical information about the Campbell clan and its...
View ArticleUpdated Resumé
I have updated my resumé. In addition to adding details for my most recent position, I decided it was time to freshen up the appearance a little. I have replaced the Futura and Optima typefaces with...
View ArticleMy WordCamp Atlanta 2013 Presentation Video
I thought I had posted this here before, but I guess not. Here is the video from the presentation I gave at WordCamp Atlanta 2013: The slide deck can be found on SlideShare: Secure All The Things!
View ArticlePardon My Dust…
The VPS server that I host this site on recently suffered a massive hard drive failure (filesystem corruption). I am still in the process of rebuilding the server from scratch, and taking the...
View ArticlePresentation: Get Off My Lawn and Out of My Dashboard!
Get Off My Lawn!Photo credit: Alex Griffioen, Flickr, CC BY 2.0, http://flic.kr/p/nU3Jv I was so busy leading up to it, I never even had a chance to post here about the fact that my wife, Susan, and I...
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