ByBrian Krogsgard
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Many of us work with open source, but maybe we’ve forgotten that initial joy of how it affects our lives. If so then reading this post from Piotr Gankiewicz on open source being a “life changer” might help you remember.
The Open Source Initiative has produced a podcast series on AI and its implications for open source out of the concern that “the traditional view of open source code implementing AI algorithms may not be sufficient to guarantee inspectability and replicability of the AI systems. Algorithms are deciding who stays in jail or which customers…
In this episode, Joe and Brian answer listeners’ WordPress questions, from topics like Multisite, to understanding taxonomies versus posts, the state of the WordPress importer, and more.
For a long time, I’ve debated with myself about what makes some consulting companies get a lot more attention in the open source software world versus others. The key factor, I think, is community engagement — and I mean engagement from the top down, not the bottom up. In the WordPress space, you hear about…
James Farmer’s WordPress story goes all the way back to his launch of the first hosted WordPress multisite blogging platform — just a few days ahead of WordPress.com. Edublogs currently hosts millions of students’ and educators’ blogs. James talks about successes and failures, his views on Gutenberg, how he stays competitive with Squarespace, and how he thinks the WordPress business community should respond to the loss of active install growth data at WordPress.org.
I missed this article when it was first published, but Zack Rosen has a great post on the open web over at TechCrunch. Zack is the CEO of Pantheon, a web host specializing in Drupal and WordPress sites. He says, “the open web is not keeping up with the wider technology industry,” and notes, “for the open web to…
In November, Envato announced that they were looking for a new Wptuts+ editor on their blog. The position requires considerable skill with WordPress and effective communication. Japh Thomson has done a fantastic job heading up the Wptuts+ blog effort for two years, but as I learned then, he was preparing to move on into a new…
