Stories
Real jobs.
What was wrong, what I did, and how it turned out.
You probably don’t need WordPress, Wix or Squarespace
Most sites don’t need any of them. Move it, keep editing it, stop paying for it.
Banjo chamber folk · off shared hostingThe Good BehavioursA band I love, a mock-up made on spec, and a site that now costs them roughly the price of the domain.
Gig calendar · off Squarespace and Mailchimpemus — exploratory music sydneyNine years of Sydney's experimental music gigs, moved off Squarespace without breaking a single old link.
Out of a WordPress page builderSafe in SoundAn accessible music program for people with disability, rebuilt so it's accessible to edit too.
Off a broken WordPress siteRobbie AvenaimA drummer and installation artist who now updates his own site.
Broken, lapsed, or abandoned sites
I can usually get it all back, and put it somewhere it can’t lapse again.
Rescued from an expired Squarespace siteSplinter OrchestraThe subscription lapsed. The site was rebuilt from an archived copy, and now looks after itself.
Out of a WordPress page builderSafe in SoundAn accessible music program for people with disability, rebuilt so it's accessible to edit too.
Off a broken WordPress siteRobbie AvenaimA drummer and installation artist who now updates his own site.
A mailing list that stays yours
Your list, your sending account, about a tenth of the price.
Gig calendar · off Squarespace and Mailchimpemus — exploratory music sydneyNine years of Sydney's experimental music gigs, moved off Squarespace without breaking a single old link.
Banjo chamber folk · off shared hostingThe Good BehavioursA band I love, a mock-up made on spec, and a site that now costs them roughly the price of the domain.
Jobs that eat part of every week
If you can explain it, I can probably make something to make it easier, or even automate it.
Scheduling · constraint solvingA piano teacher's timetableTwenty-four students, two campuses, a fifteen-minute walk between them, and a school calendar that never sits still.
A food co-op's weekly packingBoxDivvyEvery week a food co-op turns a spreadsheet of orders into four sheets of paper that tell volunteers what goes in which box.
Radio monitoring · a bit lateThe Kyle & Jackie O reportsI built a machine to listen to a breakfast radio show so you didn't have to. It was seven weeks old when the show ended.
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