The Post Status podcast picks of the week include two takes on selling businesses, going back to work for someone else, and then... Chris Coyier and Corey Maas tell their stories. β’ Daisy Olson has the lowdown on block themes. β’ Raquel Landefeld on the power of community. β’ Press the Issue launches a solidly journalistic WordPress podcast with Allie Nimmons investigating the pandemic's impact on WordCamps for the first episode.
Deeper, thoughtful insight and analysis make slower work and harder to come by. I hope to model it once in a while, and weβve got more in the bin. We want to invite especially our business members to submit story ideas, questions, sources, and articles for publication at Post Status.
High-level spats in the WordPress business ecosystem are a reality, but on Twitter, they become low-level competitive exchanges. Maybe they could be moved into more private conversations without character limits if the goal is to resolve conflicts rather than intensify them.
As many people already know, I am transitioning away from Post Status to focus on a new opportunity within the WordPress space. It should go without saying that I will be just as involved in the community as Iβve ever been. Itβs important that there are stages where people can have the important conversations, and I firmly believe that Post Status will continue to be a fine home for the discussions (both positive and critical) that need to happen.
What if WordPress, growing as an operating system for the web, spawns distributions and spins, like Linux? What do nine years of Jetpack teach us about Automattic and WordPress β the project and the dot-com? Rethinking how we think about SaaS, hosting, and the WordPress ecosystem...
A lot of interesting things surfaced in the open conversations with Matt and Josepha at WCEU. I also learned a lot from Pablo Postigo, Feliz Arntz, Shane Pearlman, Jonathan Wold, Nora Ferrerio, Milana Cap.
Elementor acquires Strattic β’ WP Engine acquires Delicious Brains' plugins π§ β’ When the Cathedrals own the Bazaars and Shopping Centers and you're in a strip mall with a fruit stand... β’ Jetpack decouples β’ InstaWP gets seed funding from Automattic π± β’ Automattic hire #2000 β’ World-class FSE, how? π β’ WCEU by the numbers β’ Weglot gives back β’ RoleUp rolls out β’ Tadlock exits WP Tavern πΊ β’ Why 'why' matters most β’ The Big 2-0 next year β’ All there is to know about core WordPress email notifications, documented βοΈ β’ System font stack check β’ Do not follow by default β’ Museum of Block Art opens π¨ β’ Meet Yvonne Doll β’ Mostly modest WordPress wishlists β’ WooCommerce Experts to go global β’ How to do well in a downturn π β’ Some things we don't β but ought to β talk about. π Silent no longer about Sustainability.