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Remote work lashback — it’s not all wrong

Dan Knauss

August 25, 2022

Leo Postovoit at XWP has shared a pretty thorough defense of remote work. I didn't realize remote work was under such attack, or that Malcolm Gladwell had weighed in on the subject. (Big eyeroll and groan.) Many people seem tired…

WordPress.com has changed a lot

Dan Knauss

August 25, 2022

BusinessHosting

This is managed WordPress hosting — and has been all along I've been delinquent with posting on my .blog blog on WordPress.com for about a year, so when I bought into the Pro plan after the first recent price change…

We don’t need no stinkin’ standards!

Dan Knauss

August 24, 2022

DevelopmentNotes

I wonder how much WordPress is an outlier in even the PHP universe for tolerating the idea that it's "punishment" and "unfair" to be held to a standard with mandatory testing for code that's admitted to the WordPress.org repo for…

WebP by Default is NOT on hold

Dan Knauss

August 24, 2022

Notes

This is a good call, I think, but I can't recall a story like at it at The Tavern where core contributors' corporate sponsors/employers got named so much.

When the Free Rider is Government

Dan Knauss

August 24, 2022

NotesPlanet

Chinmayi Sharma argues our digital infrastructure is built on open source, and it cannot provide adequate security so governments should help out.

Growing as a leader and setting your team up for wins

Dan Knauss

August 24, 2022

BusinessCareers

James Giroux writes so much good stuff on his own blog, I can't keep up. I am accumulating a list of things he's tackled that are unusual to see written about in any depth in the WordPress community, especially by…

Sites hacked with fake CloudFlare DDoS alerts infected with RATs

Dan Knauss

August 22, 2022

NotesSecurity

Remote Access Trojans (RATs) are new to me — apparently, you can get one on a Windows machine as a malware payload from fake CloudFlare DDoS alert pages on hacked WordPress sites. Ben Martin at Sucuri explains "a recent surge…

Freelancers: What are your rates?

Dan Knauss

August 21, 2022

BusinessNotes

Mailchimp & Co's 2021 Benchmark Report on freelancers using Mailchimp said "the top 10% charge $197 per hour." The 2022 Report did not post data about rates but indicated they had generally gone up. The same was true in the…

Breaking into WordPress and Post Status Book Nook Picks

Cory Miller

August 19, 2022

CareersNotes

The Best Place to Break into WordPress Talisha Lewallen from WP Connects asks, “What is the best way to start and stay involved in the WordPress community?” WordCamps and Meetups were mentioned a lot. But my favorite came from Ben…

The true intention and spirit of 5ftF

Dan Knauss

August 19, 2022

Notes

When someone says here's what I really mean, what I'm aiming at — it must be difficult to see only reactions that pick up on some detail and blow it up into a contradiction of what you've said was the…

Overcoming Barriers to Contributing

Dan Knauss

August 18, 2022

BusinessNotes

As a followup to my earlier post on common barriers to contributing to Five for the Future — especially for small teams — I was looking through the WordCamp US schedule and noticed Chris Lubkert's session: How Your Small Business…

The case against static site generators

Dan Knauss

August 18, 2022

Notes

This is old but thorough — Florens Verschedle's case against Static Site Generators like Jekyll and Hugo and in favor of CMSes because the latter actually manage content. Hat tip: Kev Quirk.

SaaS, Plugin, or Both?

Dan Knauss

August 18, 2022

BusinessNotes

The perennial question — to SaaS or not to SaaS? Both? WordPress-centric product and marketing, or not so much? Danielle Di-Tommaso and Josh Barling from Acsell join Vito Peleg from Atarim to talk about their experiences in these scenarios with…

Who is Winning in the Woo Marketplace?

Dan Knauss

August 18, 2022

BusinessNotes

Ellipsis has published some new data and analysis that addresses the question, "Who is winning in the WooCommerce marketplace?" Their conclusions: In comparison to WordPress, WooCommerce has been a lot stronger this year.70% commission on sales makes the WooCommerce Marketplace…

Space, Assertiveness, Little Bets, and Love

Cory Miller

August 12, 2022

BusinessCareers

# The Importance of Space Michelle Frechette is on a much deserved vacation this week, but before she left she wrote this great reflection on the various aspects of getting appropriate space for yourself: “It's altogether easy to understand, and…

Rethinking WordPress Products Pricing Models

Cory Miller

August 12, 2022

BusinessNotes

Jon Christopher wrote about how he’s rethinking the pricing model for his OrganizeWP product, and he got some good conversation going in Slack about it. Here's what he's doing: "licenses for updates and support will be sold for each major…

Remote work lashback — it’s not all wrong

WordPress.com has changed a lot

We don’t need no stinkin’ standards!

WebP by Default is NOT on hold

When the Free Rider is Government

Growing as a leader and setting your team up for wins

Sites hacked with fake CloudFlare DDoS alerts infected with RATs

Freelancers: What are your rates?

Breaking into WordPress and Post Status Book Nook Picks

The true intention and spirit of 5ftF

Overcoming Barriers to Contributing

The case against static site generators

SaaS, Plugin, or Both?

Who is Winning in the Woo Marketplace?

Space, Assertiveness, Little Bets, and Love

Rethinking WordPress Products Pricing Models

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