Design

BuddyPress 9.0 “Mico” was released a…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

BuddyPress 9.0 “Mico” was released a day before WordPress 5.8 with 10 new blocks. It was a short time frame development cycle, so kudos to the team for pulling it off. 🙌 I’m excited to see the block editor used…

How to Read Like a Vampire and Improve Your Skills as a WordPress Professional

Cory Miller

July 21, 2021

BusinessDesign

How to read a lot without giving up your personal time — and three books worth reading on business and life.

Yash Rana lays a finger on…

Dan Knauss

July 16, 2021

BusinessDesign

Yash Rana lays a finger on common mistakes and mixed messages that many product makers are unknowingly making on their pricing pages. The list includes: not creating urgency (or overdoing it), not reducing exit points, keeping design and copy simple,…

Can small, independent WordPress makers still make it?

David Bisset

July 16, 2021

BusinessDesign

Is it still possible to make a living as a small WordPress company, freelancer, or solopreneur? The community says yes!

Automattic acquires Day One Automattic has…

Dan Knauss

June 18, 2021

Design

Automattic acquires Day One Automattic has acquired Day One, a free journaling app that has won multiple Apple design awards and is available for most major devices, systems, and browsers. According to Paul Mayne, founder and CEO, work on the…

If you want a sneak peek…

Dan Knauss

June 18, 2021

Design

If you want a sneak peek into the design overhaul of the WordPress.org blog, check out the public Figma design board. Looking good! 🎨

DAVID’S PICKS 📬 Videos 📺 Here…

Dan Knauss

June 18, 2021

BusinessDesign

DAVID'S PICKS 📬 Videos 📺 Here are my video picks for the week: WordCamp Europe 2021: The video feeds from all three days of WCEUE are available on YouTube, with individual videos to be published in the coming weeks on…

Tom Parandyk has a short summary…

Dan Knauss

May 28, 2021

Design

Tom Parandyk has a short summary of ten years of design engineering research with eight "first principles of software design." 🎱

Newly released Gutenberg 10.7 includes the…

Dan Knauss

May 28, 2021

Design

Newly released Gutenberg 10.7 includes the first iteration of responsive menus in the navigation block and new design tools to support the existing ones in blocks. Now you can insert block patterns from the WordPress.org Pattern Directory too. ✨

The Designer Experience (DesignEx) team at…

Dan Knauss

May 28, 2021

Design

The Designer Experience (DesignEx) team at Automattic is focused on hiring designers, onboarding new designers, and fostering the growth and development of the design team. Monika Burman wrote a great piece about their culture and community-building programs, which aren't often…

Making Online Summits Work with Nathan Wrigley and Anchen le Roux

Karen Johnson

May 24, 2021

BusinessDesign

Watch Cory Miller in a conversation with Nathan Wrigley and Anchen le Roux about effective online event hosting from planning to execution.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 11) — A New Era for Post Status

David Bisset

May 21, 2021

DesignPlanet

In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Cory Miller and David Bisset discuss the future of Post Status and Cory's full acquisition of it.

The Kolbe Index A and How It Can Help Your Team Thrive — with Kathy Kolbe

Karen Johnson

May 7, 2021

BusinessDesign

Kathy Kolbe has been called Abraham Maslow's successor because of her work on the mind and creative problem solving. Learn the science of team synergy in this important Post Status conversation.

James Koster notes the existence of…

Dan Knauss

May 5, 2021

Design

James Koster notes the existence of the WordPress Design Library (an archive of WordPress design assets) and talks specifically about some key features and fundamentals of the Figma tool.🎨 This is useful if you want to prototype or design elements…

Danielle Joseph on Client Relations

Dan Knauss

April 25, 2021

BusinessDesign

In this episode of Post Status Draft, Danielle Joseph talks about her work with clients as a designer and how that has shaped her agency and Willowspace.