The future of the WordPress economy, and why I’m not worried
Joshua Strebel
Joshua Strebel -- the CEO of Pagely -- shares his view of the current state of the WordPress economy, and why he is confident in both its strength and future.
WooCommerce ending renewal discounts is a good thing
Brian Krogsgard
WooCommerce has — at least for now — decided to end renewal discounts for extension sales. This is a smart business move and the right thing to do, even if it could've been rolled out better. Matt Mullenweg said in…
Here’s a nice read from Jules…
Brian Krogsgard
Here's a nice read from Jules Forrest on the CSS Tricks blog: how she built the backend of the Women Who Design website. Tools including using the Twitter API, Autolinker (a new one or me), Node, Firebase, and JavaScript. I also encourage you…
Scott Amerman unveils a new WPEngine…
Brian Krogsgard
Scott Amerman unveils a new WPEngine feature called "Flexible Workflows." As the name suggests, Flexible Workflows allows teams to design their own development and deployment workflows. Some teams might want only a staging and production environment. Others might want a…
Rainmaker goes service only, sells partial stake to Nimble Worldwide
Brian Krogsgard
Rainmaker launched in April of 2014, and now it's moving from a SaaS product model to a service-only model, which includes a partial buyout to a new stakeholder -- Nimble Worldwide. I was excited about the launch of the hosted…
WordPress in higher education, with Rachel Cherry — Draft Podcast
Brian Krogsgard
In this episode, Brian is joined by Rachel Cherry, an experienced WordPress developer, including in the realm of using WordPress in higher education. She also organizes a WordPress for higher-ed conference, WPCampus.
Is “Mobile First” really “Desktop Worst”?…
Brian Krogsgard
Is "Mobile First" really "Desktop Worst"? Oliver Brooks (Creative Director at Metalab) explains his dislike for the unnecessary use of mobile menus in desktop browser views: Mobile First should not be taken as an opportunity to over-simplify and, by the…
Adam Soucie has a nice start…
Brian Krogsgard
Adam Soucie has a nice start to a series of articles on accessibility over at Flywheel's design blog, The Layout. He begins with perceivability as defined by WCAG standards because, "if a visually or hearing impaired user can't perceive a…
“Data is useless without the ability…
Brian Krogsgard
"Data is useless without the ability to visualize and act on it." Andrew Coyle writes about the ingredients of a successful data table user interface design. He presents a nice list of design structures, interaction patterns, and techniques.
HackerOne opens possibilities for WordPress vulnerability hunting
Brian Krogsgard
HackerOne is a popular platform for vulnerability hunting and disclosure, built on a bounty system for properly disclosed software issues. As Aaron Campbell notes on the WordPress blog, "It provides tools that improve the quality and consistency of communication with…
Publish tickets, initial speakers, sponsors
Brian Krogsgard
I'm super excited to finally be able to say that tickets for Publish 2017 are available. The event, as many of you already know, is in Atlanta, on August 3rd and 4th. That's a Thursday and Friday. Go straight to…
Business in a Box is a…
Brian Krogsgard
Business in a Box is a new small business eCommerce toolset from Paypal, and they have partnered with WooCommerce and Xero to provide a bundle to those looking to setup eCommerce sites. Michael Steele goes into more detail about it,…
DreamHost is the first host to offer Jetpack commercial option en masse
Brian Krogsgard
DreamHost has announced a new benefit for DreamPress customers: all customers can get Jetpack's commercial version -- including VaultPress backups and Akismet spam protection -- included in their plan for no additional cost. The deal was structured between Automattic and…
Robert Abela at WP White Security…
Brian Krogsgard
Robert Abela at WP White Security has an interview with BlogVault CEO Akshat Choudhary. The conversion revolves around the security breach involving BlogVault's online WordPress backup service in February. The BlogVault service itself, it turns out, was not hacked, but…
The importance of tech in government, from Obama’s chief of staff
Brian Krogsgard
Denis McDonough -- President Obama's chief of staff -- spoke to Ezra Klein about how to run the White House. In it, he described a process where President Obama would meet with cabinet secretaries on a quarterly basis, and the…
