Getting Paid for Discovery with Natasha Golinsky
Karen Johnson
Natasha Golinsky is Principal and Lead Project Manager for On Purpose Projects. Learn how she kills scope creep and gets paid for discovery.
Frederick O’Brien warns against disposable design…
Dan Knauss
Frederick O’Brien warns against disposable design — a combination of unpleasant UX that follows unhealthy design fads, broken links, and quick fixes. 🗑️ Websites should last for years, so think about what your site will look like in 2, 5,…
Speaking of accessibility, Channing Ritter adds…
Dan Knauss
Speaking of accessibility, Channing Ritter adds a new perspective to the design team at Automattic on the accessibility features available in the block editor. Channing is also a new core contributor, and her post provides some context for how these…
The State of California is banning…
Dan Knauss
The State of California is banning companies from using "dark patterns." This might be the start of a larger movement to prevent sneaky and just plain bad design or UI decisions — like trying to cancel a subscription online only…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 2) — Headless WordPress & Learning JavaScript
David Bisset
David and Cory discuss WordPress 5.7, the latest news in WordPress, WPEngine's new headless WordPress service, and learning JavaScript today.
Chris Hardie on WP Lookout, WordPress updates and information flows
Dan Knauss
Chris Hardie talks with Brian about winding down a consulting business, working at Automattic, running for local office, working in journalism, and launching WP Lookout.
Robin Rendle at Sentry.io discusses how…
Dan Knauss
Robin Rendle at Sentry.io discusses how enhancements to your software product, like adding a dark mode, can expose "radioactive styles" in your codebase: ☢️ "...the design of your color system shows you where your radioactive styles are... shows you how…
Brad Dickason argues speed and responsiveness…
Dan Knauss
Brad Dickason argues speed and responsiveness are the ultimate "killer features" that ultimately made the iPhone a success at launch. Speed in checkouts, in virtual reality, and design tools are examples Brad uses. With any product, we should keep in…
🎨 Lukas Oppermann writes about the…
Dan Knauss
🎨 Lukas Oppermann writes about the more and less well-known benefits of design systems: "Knowing the benefits can be useful when you try to convince your management that a design system is not a waste of money. Or when you…
This is a security nightmare: a…
Dan Knauss
This is a security nightmare: a researcher managed to breach over 35 major companies' internal systems (including Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, and more) in a software supply chain attack. 😱 The attack comprised uploading malware to open source repositories including…
🎯 Eric Karkovack explains why focusing…
Dan Knauss
🎯 Eric Karkovack explains why focusing on long-term goals is so difficult: "Running a business often means dividing your focus... The irony is that long-term goals are what ensures that your design business will still be around years from now.…
Leonardo Losoviz describes how to implement…
Dan Knauss
Leonardo Losoviz describes how to implement a GraphQL server with components in PHP. He starts by defining components, and then he describes "the architectural design of the GraphQL server in PHP GraphQL by PoP, which uses components as a data…
Upcoming Events 📆 There is a…
Dan Knauss
Upcoming Events 📆 There is a free webinar today (January 29th) on the subject of WordPress's Full Site Editor and themes. It will be hosted by Carolina Nymark, Ari Stathopoulos, Anne McCarthy, and Birgit Pauli-Haack. WordCamp India 2021 will take…
Will Automattic compete with WordPress freelancers?
David Bisset
A new service from Automattic will build sites on WordPress.com for customers starting at $4,900. How will this impact WordPress freelancers?
Built by WordPress — .com that is
David Bisset
Automattic enters the low-end website market Automattic this week announced that its "premium website building service" (which was in beta in fall 2020) is now officially accepting customer applications for "websites starting at $4,900 USD." The announcement describes a turnkey…
The State of the Word in…
Dan Knauss
The State of the Word in 2020 On Thursday, December 17th, Matt Mullenweg
