Shane Pearlman
I am an active freelance evangelist and a founder of FreelanceCamp. Along with speaking at conferences (SXSW, Future of Work, eBay), I love to write and have published numerous articles (Mashable, CopyBlogger, A List Apart, FreelanceSwitch).
When I'm not working I'm heavily involved in social good projects, focusing on helping local government run efficiently and transparently with financial responsibility. And when I sneak away, I surf some of the best waves in the world courtesy of living in Santa Cruz, CA and cuddle my lovely wife & daughter.
Shane's Tweets
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@makedesign we are confident! @ModernTribeInc - hook it up7 days ago
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@9seeds is http://t.co/2Y06yKX09C a branch of your project or a whole new thing?6 days ago
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Taking time to write from a hammock is really wonderful. Especially after giant surf, good beer. Marketing copy, I got your six.9 hours ago
Shane's Posts
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Share Your User Story
We’ve been wondering about what our users are up to and realized, we have a lot of assumptions, but need to see if we are correct. You deserve to have us know rather than guess. If you happen to be having a good day and want to share your story, we’d super duper appreciate it. We’ll also be giving away a free license to a randomly chosen reply. Take Our Survey!
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Modern Tribe @ WordSesh
Both Rob and Shane spoke at WordSesh today. It was a powerhouse lineup in the WordPress community, globally attended with over 500 viewers. Mad props to the guys who put this event together. Managing Support for a Premium WordPress Plugin with Rob La Gatta Rob’s slides has an odd malfunction, so check out the slides while you listen. This is his first public talk to the WordPress audience and we are super duper proud of … Continue reading
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I’m a WordPress Trading Card
I spoke at WordCamp Miami this past weekend. Best WordCamp yet. They had a collectors set of key players in WordPress trading cards (about 40 people or so) and guess who makes the cut. What a clever way to reward volunteer contributions to an open source community.
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Team Trip 2013: Cabo San Lucas
Often the magic of a trip is in the moments in-between. Its the personal neuroses you share as the barriers break down over the 6th beer. It’s singing wheels on the bus and painting nails with a bunch of 3 year olds. Its screwing up your best card trick while everyone is watching and playing it off with panache. Its the warning before a lightning talk that this slide deck must never leave this … Continue reading
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Lazy Sunday
Had a wonderful weekend with Sassy. Kris was in town and took some pretty phenomenal shots with that fancy new camera of hers. Julie will put them up on FB, but I picked two of my faves.
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The Freelance Primer
I gave an hour and twenty minute talk at How Design Live / Creative Freelance Conference in Boston on the art of the start. This talk has some serious meat on its bones. The organizers were kind enough to provide me the audio and I then paired it with the slides to create a video to share. We always give our educational content away for free to our audience and this isn’t going to be … Continue reading
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Update: WordPress Post Editor for Balsamiq
I believe deeply in creating intentional experiences. For WordPress plugins, a lot of that is figuring out the best ux pattern for the workflow. Some people like to work directly in the code, which has a lot of advantages. Others like to pull out a pencil and doodle on a napkin. Personally, I like to work in an app called Balsamiq. When WordPress 3.0 came out I built templates for The Post Edit Admin Loop, … Continue reading
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Help Us Help WordPress
This is a personal request from your users, a rallying cry from a compatriot. I personally love WordPress. I make my living from it. The average user, though, couldn’t care less about it. They just want to run their business, tell their family history, organize their church, share their photos or live their life online with a minimum of impedance. In its evolution from simple blogging tool to CMS, framework and software ecosystem, WordPress is … Continue reading
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Work + Family Balance?
We all work from home and acknowledge its blessings and distractions. I asked the team to submit photos of them working with their kids with them (as we often see in Skype calls). This gallery will grow.
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Code + Baby?
Can you code, deal with clients & keep your baby from crying at the same time. The answer is yes (on a conference call with Daniel).
