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Quick tip: Freelance toolkit by Modern Tribe

Brian Krogsgard

March 13, 2014

I found the Freelance Toolkit landing page on Modern Tribe's website today thanks to a Tweet from Tom Willmot: https://twitter.com/tomwillmot/status/444143641569660928 It's apparently been around for a while, but this was the first time I've seen it. The toolkit is a…

PushUp offers push notification integration for WordPress and Mac OS X

Brian Krogsgard

March 7, 2014

BusinessWordPress News

PushUp is a new product from 10up that offers push notification integration between WordPress and Mac OS X Mavericks. Currently, only Safari is supported and users must opt-in by viewing a website in Safari, where they are greeted by a…

Getty Images are now “free” to embed, but they are awful

Brian Krogsgard

March 6, 2014

BusinessWordPress News

I read an article on The Verge this evening about how Getty Images have made their images freely embeddable. The photo above of Matt Mullenweg is an example. Getty Images is dropping the watermark for the bulk of its collection,…

How to manage a distributed team

Brian Krogsgard

March 5, 2014

BusinessDesign

Carl Smith runs nGen Works, a design and development studio that is fully distributed. He's also a co-host on one of my favorite podcasts, BizCraft. In this article from Net Mag / Creative Bloq, Carl talks about some key traits…

Recommendations for improving WordPress comments

Brian Krogsgard

March 4, 2014

BusinessMake WordPress

There are a number of things that concern me in regard to WordPress comments. They are one of those features that I have a love hate relationship with. Comments are great for active, well moderated communities. I genuinely enjoy receiving…

Legalmattic, Automattic has open sourced their Terms of Service

Brian Krogsgard

February 26, 2014

Business

The name says it all here. With Legalmattic, Automattic has open sourced some of their legal documents and put them on Github. They are released with a Creative Commons license, free to edit and reuse for your own purposes.

Interview with Drew Strojny, Founder of The Theme Foundry

Brian Krogsgard

February 26, 2014

BusinessDesign

I had the pleasure to interview Drew Strojny, founder of The Theme Foundry, about their work at The Theme Foundry, their philosophies about themes, and their latest theme release, Oxford. [audio src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/PostStatus/DraftPodcast/Post-Status-Draft-3-Drew-Strojny-ThemeFoundry.mp3"] Direct Download Drew is a former Duke football…

WordPress.com adds partners to lower the barrier to eCommerce

Brian Krogsgard

February 25, 2014

BusinessWordPress News

WordPress.com has new eCommerce options available to its users. Back in March of 2013, they partnered with ShopLocket for their Enterprise and VIP customers to be able to use the eCommerce tools on their WordPress websites. Now, they've added Ecwid…

Aesop, a Medium-esque “story engine” for WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

February 18, 2014

BusinessDesign

Aesop is a self-described "story engine" for WordPress. The plugin boasts "components designed for rich storytelling experiences." Basically, it creates an admin interface that allows a site owner to create interactive stories, similar to those popularized by projects like Medium…

On selling a WordPress agency

Brian Krogsgard

February 18, 2014

Business

It was announced in November that VeloMedia was going to acquire Crowd Favorite. The deal closed on Friday, and Crowd Favorite CEO (and now VeloMedia CTO) Alex King wrote about why and how he sold his agency -- the oldest…

Business theme highlight: Forefront

Brian Krogsgard

February 14, 2014

BusinessWordPress News

I discovered a new WordPress theme today, thanks to a tweet from Ian Stewart, called Forefront. Forefront is a business theme by Automattic that is available on both WordPress.com and on Creative Market for WordPress.org users. Forefront has its own…

Automattic should acquire Editorially

Brian Krogsgard

February 13, 2014

Business

http://vimeo.com/73479976 Watch the video above. See the beautiful and collaborative writing experience that Editorially built? And now it's gone. Only, why? This seems like a perfect opportunity for Automattic to be able to keep a great project afloat. And it…

Meet Joshua Benton, Director of Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab

Brian Krogsgard

February 13, 2014

BusinessDraft

Joshua Benton runs a small newsroom of four full time staff. They publish around fifteen items a week on Nieman Lab, their WordPress based website. Their newsroom is different than most newsrooms though, because they mostly publish about other newsrooms.…

The rise of WordPress maintenance services

Brian Krogsgard

February 11, 2014

Business

WordPress maintenance services seem to be all the rage. As people are using WordPress to do more, more maintenance is sometimes required. Also, having a seasoned development team on hand for when things go wrong can be quite valuable. There…

Welcome to the small leagues: On WordPress and journalism

Brian Krogsgard

February 4, 2014

BusinessWordPress News

A friend and former coworker of mine really likes the word "webmaster". Because it's a hilarious word. It suggests that this person has control over the web in general, which is pretty pretentious. However, traditional webmasters have long had a…

Business models for WordPress products

Brian Krogsgard

February 3, 2014

Business

Chris Lema has put together a nice video about creating business models for WordPress products. Sometimes, people jump in without really analyzing or knowing a market, and Chris helps you navigate these waters. He's helped a lot of businesses in…

Quick tip: Freelance toolkit by Modern Tribe

PushUp offers push notification integration for WordPress and Mac OS X

Getty Images are now “free” to embed, but they are awful

How to manage a distributed team

Recommendations for improving WordPress comments

Legalmattic, Automattic has open sourced their Terms of Service

Interview with Drew Strojny, Founder of The Theme Foundry

WordPress.com adds partners to lower the barrier to eCommerce

Aesop, a Medium-esque “story engine” for WordPress

On selling a WordPress agency

Business theme highlight: Forefront

Automattic should acquire Editorially

Meet Joshua Benton, Director of Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab

The rise of WordPress maintenance services

Welcome to the small leagues: On WordPress and journalism

Business models for WordPress products

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