Chris G. Clapp, Author at Chris Clapp (.com)

On Police Brutality and Racism

I don’t know. I think these are some powerful words that reflect our collective knowledge on the goings on over the last week and two deaths of black men at the hands of white police officers. On the surface, it seems to play into the narritive. A white police officer is far too brutal (and… Continue reading On Police Brutality and Racism

First Who, then what

I was listening to the book “Good to Great” by Jim Collins today and one of the things he was pointing out was that if you’re going to be successful, the order is first who, then what. What that means is that it is more important who is “on the bus” then where you are… Continue reading First Who, then what

On writing

I want to be a better writer. Some would say the best way to become a better writer is simply by writing. Is that the case? Part of my problem is remembering to write. I will set out to write every day. Or at least once a week. Then life happens and it will have… Continue reading On writing

So WordPress has put out a new stand-alone app called “Calypso” which I am test-driving right now. I’m actually seeing how it works for my work at the moment but that’s okay.

So far it seems pretty good, though if you have a custom post type it simply redirects you into the site rather than showing anything on here. Nice start though….

So how long after Christmas is the right amount of time to leave your Christmas tree up?

Tell me your thoughts in the comments.

Creativity

For those who don’t know, I am a graphic designer / web developer. Different people have different strengths and within the world of design, that holds true. For me, I am an expert at pulling different things together in a visually appealing way. A good friend of mine is fantastic at logo design; while I… Continue reading Creativity

Best Practices

I’ve come to a conclusion. Best practices are called best practices for a reason. Having spent the good part of the last two days working on other people’s web sites where they did not follow best practices, I am firmly in the camp of following best practices. (No, no rewards for how many times I… Continue reading Best Practices

Happy 2015!

It’s 2015. What does that mean? For many people that means New Year’s Resolutions. For me, I’m actually trying not to have actual New Year’s Resolutions but I’m trying to make writing my one resolution. So what is the plan for this new year? We have some general plans but everything is still in flux… Continue reading Happy 2015!

Happy Sabbath

For those who don’t know, I am a Seventh-day Adventist. For most of the three people reading this, that is not a shocker whatsoever, but hey, one of y’all may not have known. As a Seventh-day Adventist, one of the things that people notice (besides the whole vegetarian thing) is the whole Sabbath thing. “You… Continue reading Happy Sabbath

Just read a great article by Scott Kellum – “Specializing Yourself into a Corner“. Check it out!