Phillip Woo

Engineering Happiness

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Hot Toddy

On a recent episode of the Kendra's Journal Podcast, my brother and I read about our Mom making a Hot Toddy. I know a decent recipe for this and decided to share it here.

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Conflict Testing, Why and How

Conflict Testing, Why and How

I tend to see a lot of issues in my work where the problem is caused by interference from the site’s theme or one of the active plugins. A conflict test is not the first thing I recommend to but it is something I ask users to do this quite bit. The process itself can be tedious and many site owners are afraid of damaging their site or losing sales while testing. There are ways to work around…

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Cookies, Part 1

These cookies are very easy to make. I found a good dough that I could make and modify as needed. I used it for the following types of cookies: Chocolate ChipButterscotch ChipInside Out (chocolate w/vanilla chips) All three use the same cookie dough recipe. I shamelessly stole this from the Joy Food Sunshine blog. The only differences were the types of chips. Also, for the Inside Out cookies I…

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Updating the WooCommerce Database

It seems like there are a lot of odd things that can happen when updating WooCommerceto the latest version. Most recently, we had a very major update to WooCommerce 4.0. We have since released Version 4.0.1 as well. There are a lot of things that can happen during the update. Most times the plugin appears to update just fine. The store owner is none the wiser and goes about their day. After this,…

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Working From Home and COVID-19

Check out my latest blog post about Working From Home and COVID-19

I have a bit of experience working from home. I’ve been in my current role as a Happiness Engineer at WooCommercefor about a year and a half now. My prior roles in this field have had some degree of remote work as well. Overall I’ve been working at home to some extent for the last 10 years. From my first freelance jobs to this role. I’d like to share a few tips on how I get things done in my…

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childhood trauma is so weird because you grow up to find out that stuff that happened wasn’t okay and suddenly memories come back and you realize how it really messed you up on the inside

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the strange painting of Jason Limon

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the coolest art of Alex Konahin

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Hans Kanters

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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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I got a great seat for the State of the Word!

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Donato Giancola, Construct of Time

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Wow! That's a lot of swag.

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The collage is filling up. If you haven't already gotten a pic come by and add it!

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It’s quiet right now. Day 2 of WCUS is getting ready to start! If you’re here come get your photo added to our wall and get a chance to win some really nice Bose headphones.