Chris Lema says why he thinks we should attend Pressnomics, an alternative WordPress conference. I missed it last year, and I am going to do everything in my power not to make that mistake again.
It’s easy to see some parallels between ThemeCloud and Envato Sites in terms of goals, but they are vastly different in execution. The basic goals for each is to make making websites easier. Envato has chosen to go with a fully custom, fully hosted option with their endeavor. Envato Sites is going to be a Ruby…
James Koster has been posting some really nice design experiments for the full site editor interface. A key goal is to make the user experience less jarring: instead of dropping [users] directly in edit mode, we might instead present their site in a navigable ‘frame’, accompanied by a menu of features, where styles and navigation…
I encountered an article today that made my blood boil. Phillip Thomson wrote about the cost of three websites for the Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Sydney Morning Herald. The article blasts Julie Bishop and her department for spending $113,000 on upgrades and maintenance for three websites. I have no opinion on Australian…
When a business owner needed help finding a solid developer in Post Status Slack, some detailed testimonials came out for Codeable.
Tailor is a stunning example of a free WordPress page builder, using the foundations of the customizer. It’s made by Andrew Worsfold, who interestingly also works at ZenDesk. I just saw this, and it’s the most WordPress-looking builder I’ve seen yet. I can’t wait to dig in more, but didn’t want to not link it…
Fred and David were nice enough to ask me to do an interview on WP Shout, a site they recently acquired. They’ve done a nice job summarizing an audio interview and segmenting it into the various sections. I hope you’ll give it a read, and I really appreciate Fred and David reaching out to me.
