Congrats to HeroPress on its recent five year anniversary! 🎂 Topher DeRosia reflected on how it has changed him by "chang[ing] the way I look at the world, and the people in it."

WP&UP (along with GreenGeeks as sponsor) is holding a summit to bring together charitable organizations and funds in the WordPress community. This event should generate some great conversations! Spots are limited, but you can register now for free. The event…

Over at The Correspondent, Jesse Frederik and Maurits Martijn claim"the new dot com bubble" is upon us, and "it's called online advertising." 💸 This is a lengthy but fascinating deep dive into online advertising's beginnings, Google Ads vs. traditional ads,…

Milled is a search engine for email newsletters. Almost all newsletters (except this one, of course) appear very similar to me, especially eCommerce newsletters. If you need some inspiration to help you stand out of the pack, Milled might be…

From Chris Stokel-Walker, this is a fascinating look at the team that powers VLC media player, which still has millions of users.

Ron Soak, a Senior Data Analyst with Xero, shares some insights on the good, bad, and ugly (but significant) effects Microsoft has had on "the world of data." (Good = SQL Server, Bad = Excel, and Ugly = Access.)

The WordPress community noticed that celebrity Christine Teigen tweeted a video of her "first site update" post using WordPress. She appeared to be using a branded admin theme and Advanced Custom Fields appeared to be installed.

BaseCamp (re)launched a free version of its service for "freelancers, students, families, and personal projects." 🏕️