Useful Skype commands, roles, and emoticons

Just by accident I came across this list of Skype commands and roles.  I only knew two or three.  Apparently, there is much more.  For those of us who use Skype on multiple devices, checkout /showplaces and /remotelogout :

  • /showplaces – Lists other instances where this Skype name is currently signed in.
  • /remotelogout – Sign out all other instances except the current one. This will also stop push notifications on all other instances.

And while we are on the subject of not so well-known Skype features, have a look a the complete list of emoticons (smileys) that you can use in the chat.  These include some more additional icons and country flags.

Six Ways to Make Your Production Logs More Useful

Six Ways to Make Your Production Logs More Useful

  1. Log structured data in a readable format
  2. Add a dash of color
  3. Logs let your app communicate with you and your team
  4. Seriously though, don’t put exception stack traces in your logs!
  5. Log URLs for easy access to more context
  6. Add emotional context to your logs

Most of these are somewhat expected, but I emotional context in logs was definitely new to me. I wonder why I’ve never even thought of this.

Emoji cheat sheet

Emoji cheat sheet

Emoji emoticons listed on this page are supported on CampfireGitHubBasecampRedboothTracFlowdockSprint.lyKandan, Textbox.ioKipptGitLabJabbRTrelloHallplug.djQiitaZendeskRuby ChinaGroveIdobataNodeBB ForumsSlack, Streamup, OrganisedMinds, Hackpad, Cryptbin, and Kato.

Adding Awesome Font Icons to WordPress menus

WordPress Tavern lists step-by-step instructions on how to add icons from the Awesome Font to your WordPress menus and content.  It’s really simple and the result does look better.  Here is how my menu looks now:

main menu icons

I don’t really need the icons in the content, but it’s good to know that it is possible.