Photos
Courtesy of Aleksandra Laczek.
Slides
Download: Lance Willett — Journey of Theme Craftsmanship [PDF, 14.3 MB]. To accompany my talk at ThemeConf 2015 in Keswick, UK.
Text
To read the full story, see A Journey of Theme Craftsmanship.
Reading list
Links go to Amazon.com or directly to a permalink.
- On Writing Well by William Zinsser.
- Apprenticeship Patterns, Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman by Dave Hoover, Adewale Oshineye.
- The Craftsmen by Richard Sennet.
- Beautiful Evidence by Edward Tufte.
- Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud.
- The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas.
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain.
- “Great Hackers” essay by Paul Graham.
- ThemeShaper.com and Underscores.me for WordPress theme goodness and best practices.
Photo credits
In order of appearance in my slides:
- Stack of books, by Lance W.
- Boots, deathtothestockphoto.com
- Lance at coworking spot, by Paul H.
- Swimming, by Todd Quackenbush
- Stairs in fog, by Joe Beck
- Grand Central, by Thomas Lefebvre
- Retro MacOS, retromacosdemo.wordpress.com
- Lance on the phone, by Erin S.
- Lance and Nacin, by Sheri B.
- Blue mountains, by Luca Zanon
- Slave ship engraving, Beautiful Evidence by Edward Tufte
- Lance in Lake District vista by Jack L.
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