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Today isĀ International Women’s Day ā€” a…

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Dan Knauss
Business
Today isĀ International Women's Day ā€” a good day for listening to stories by fantastic women. That's something you can always do at HeroPress where Amena Mabrouk is the latest contributor. Amena shares how the WordPress community helped her learn andā€¦

W3C has approved WebAuthn as the…

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Dan Knauss
Security
W3C has approved WebAuthn as the web standard for "password-free logins", letting "users log into online accounts using biometrics, mobile devices, and/or FIDO security keys."Ā šŸ” It will be interesting to see how this develops and impacts WordPress. Nearly all browsersā€¦

Branching out: An interview with Peter Suhm

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Dan Knauss
BusinessPlanet
You may know Peter Suhm as the man behind WP Pusher, a plugin that lets you securely deploy your plugins and themes directly from GitHub, Bitbucket or GitLab to any WordPress site on any type of hosting.

Michelle Schulp isĀ leading an iThemes training…

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Dan Knauss
Design
Michelle Schulp isĀ leading an iThemes training webinar,Ā "How To Speak Unicorn!"Ā šŸ¦„ If you want to learn more about design terminology and design thinking, check in with Michelle on March 7th.

BuddyPress 4.2.0 is out. This important…

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Dan Knauss
Security
BuddyPress 4.2.0 is out. This important maintenance and security release addresses a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in addition to a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Christie Lenneville and Patrick Deuley explain…

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Dan Knauss
Design
Christie Lenneville and Patrick Deuley explain how white space "killed" an enterprise app, and how you can increase data density without diminishing design aesthetics. Here's a good thought: "Enterprise designers can take a lot of great cues from consumer design,ā€¦

Building Multidots, with Anil Gupta

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Brian Krogsgard
DraftPlanet
In this episode I talk to Anil Gupta about his journey and philosophies building Multidots -- a company doing enterprise web development work all over the world with more than 100 employees.

WordPress 5.1 reached Beta 3 this…

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Dan Knauss
Security
WordPress 5.1 reached Beta 3 this week, but sadly the PHP error protection handler slated for this release will be held for WordPress 5.2 instead. Some potential security issues cropped up in the implementation, and the team wanted to playā€¦

Just another migration story

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Brian Krogsgard
BusinessDesign
This past week it was necessary for me to spend time migrating a website and helping deploy a new design for it. It was a frustrating and humbling experience that also reminded me just how much of a challenge theseā€¦

Kyle Chayka has an interesting thinkpieceĀ in…

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Brian Krogsgard
Business
Kyle Chayka has an interesting thinkpieceĀ in The Nation about the ways content management systems have shaped and will continue to influence the business and politics of media organizations. With public opinion turning against social networks while "the market grows forā€¦

Brad Touesnard, founder of Delicious Brains…

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Brian Krogsgard
Business
Brad Touesnard, founder of Delicious Brains Inc., recaps 2018 with an eye to his company's goals, business practices, and products. It was a busy year apparently and, in Brad's assessment, their most productive.

John Maeda published his Design in…

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Dan Knauss
Design
John Maeda published his Design in Tech Report for 2018 with an interactive slide version and a straight text version. John focusesĀ on three concepts: classical design, design thinking, and computational design. One of his "key observations" is "Design isnā€™t justā€¦

With 2018 behind us and the…

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Dan Knauss
Business
With 2018 behind us and the new year begun, many people are posting "Year in Review" or "Looking Ahead" reflections. šŸŽŠ It takes some time to think through these surges in the community's collective learning, but it's well worth it.ā€¦
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