Post Status Excerpt (No. 26) — WordPress Acquisition Overload Syndrome (W.A.O.S)
David Bisset
There were at least four acquisitions announced almost back-to-back this week in the WordPress space. David and Cory review them all.
Pippin Williamson on the Sandhills Acquisition, Emerging Threats and Opportunities in WordPress — Post Status Draft 117
Dan Knauss
In the latest WordPress acquisition, Sandhills is joining Awesome Motive. Pippin Williamson talks with Cory about WordPress: past and future.
Start a Project
Courtney Robertson
In this episode of Get Hired, you'll learn how to enter the world of WordPress by starting a project to share with hiring managers.
Liquid Web Acquires LearnDash — Chris Lema on Post Status Live
David Bisset
Post Status CEO Cory Miller chatted with Chris Lema, Vice President of Products at Liquid Web, about Liquid Web's acquisition of LearnDash. LearnDash will join Liquid Web's StellarWP brand, and Chris will step in as the General Manager of LearnDash.…
Chris Lema on Liquid Web Acquiring LearnDash
Dan Knauss
Chris Lema talks about the latest WordPress acquisition: LearnDash is joining Liquid Web. Will it become the leading LMS turnkey solution?
Post Status Excerpt (No. 25) — Doing “The Right Thing” and Mailchimp Acquisition Thoughts
David Bisset
David and Cory discuss how hard it is to do "the right thing" and deal with tough, negative feedback as a result.
A Strategic Partnership Framework for WordPress Businesses
Jonathan Wold
A good strategic partnership can quickly surmount the challenges of distribution facing WordPress plugin authors and SaaS businesses.
Essential Skills in the Remote WordPress Workplace
Courtney Robertson
Where do you need to have accounts in the web tech community? What tools, knowledge, and skills will you need in any remote WordPress-related role?
Post Status Excerpt (No. 24) — Entrepreneurial Resilience: Relying On Others
David Bisset
What can help WordPress professionals weather the storm of being an entrepreneur in challenging times?
Figuring Out What You Want to Do in the World of WordPress
Courtney Robertson
Discover what you really want to do in your career. Identify and acquire the minimum skills and tools you need to master.
Tech Résumés are Different! Learn How to Write Yours
Michelle Frechette
Forget everything you learned in school or have been told about how to write a résumé.
How to Get a Job in WordPress
Courtney Robertson
In their debut conversation for Get Hired, Cory and Courtney discuss the kinds of jobs that are available in WordPress and where to find them.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 19) — How Can New Developers Get Started In WordPress?
David Bisset
In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller talk about how new developers might be able to get a footing with a career in WordPress. (The first step might be more social than technical in nature.)
Webinar: Interview with Brian Casel of ZipMessage
Karen Johnson
Brian Casel's startup, ZipMessage, is a platform for asynchronous video conversations where anyone (like your clients and colleagues) can respond with a video of their own.
Footnotes #456
Dan Knauss
Issue #456 “One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn’t as individuals.” — Jean Vanier, Community And Growth Howdy! Thinking about WordPress history lately in terms…
Some Tumblr news this week: Ilya…
Dan Knauss
Some Tumblr news this week: Ilya Kaminsky has been brought on board with Automattic to work on Tumblr as Director of Engineering, Ads. Automattic credits a new partnership with Hunt Club for the hire, no doubt one of several sources…
