Des Traynor helps us appreciate that…
Brian Krogsgard
Des Traynor helps us appreciate that not all good products make good businesses, and that you can make a great product, but still fail as a business.
Here’s a free HTML email check…
Brian Krogsgard
Here’s a free HTML email check and validation tool – paste your code and it will note any notices and bugs while offering some suggestions. It wasn't particularly impressed with my email source code, so I presume it's pretty good...
Many times as a developer you…
Brian Krogsgard
Many times as a developer you take great strides to learn a skill or technique only to discover how much you still have to learn. It can be a humbling experience, but Tom McFarlin has some nice thoughts that reflect how…
Cory Miller graciously shares a PDF…
Brian Krogsgard
Cory Miller graciously shares a PDF document that might help some to realize how much time is left in the year and what to do with it (in his words – how to “finish 2016 strong”). In addition, if you…
Drew Jaynes points out some lesser-known improvements…
Brian Krogsgard
Drew Jaynes points out some lesser-known improvements in WordPress 4.6. The "Sites" icon in Multisite is a good one, and the ability to deprecate hooks is a pretty big deal. I'm going to have to start sending Drew my release posts so I…
Here’s some insight from Tom Harman…
Brian Krogsgard
Here’s some insight from Tom Harman on BuzzFeed’s design process. I thought it was an interesting post, especially how he outlines the phases of product design (Define , Explore, Refine, Build, and Learn).
The WordPress support forum redesign is…
Brian Krogsgard
The WordPress support forum redesign is coming along nicely. Here’s a progress report on the backend updates from Jennifer Dodd, while Mark Uraine shows off some preliminary mockups.
Nick Hamze really wants to see…
Brian Krogsgard
Nick Hamze really wants to see WooCommerce and Shopify place nicely together. His experiment to better integrate them is fascinating, and he makes a compelling case for why they should be friends.
Charitable is celebrating their first anniversary as a WordPress…
Brian Krogsgard
Charitable is celebrating their first anniversary as a WordPress plugin, and Eric Nicolaas reflected on the past year. They made over $20,000 in revenue, and starting from zero isn't easy. Selling a product is a slow and steady process that takes patience. It can challenge your…
Static site generators versus WordPress
Sonya Mann
WordPress is the dominant method to build and manage a website, but static site generators are surging in popularity amongst developers and for certain types of websites.
Delicious Brains promises to solve one of WordPress’s most difficult problems, with Mergebot
Brian Krogsgard
Mergebot is finally out of the bag. Brad Touesnard has been talking about it for quite some time on his Apply Filters podcast, but they've now posted on the Delicious Brains blog more about the why and how of MergeBot.…
Makers of WP Rocket are getting into WordPress security
Brian Krogsgard
WP Media -- the team behind WP Rocket (a commercial caching product) -- are getting into the WordPress security sector. SecuPress hasn't yet launched, but they are starting early access trials for people that sign up through their home page.…
Rami Abraham tale on what it’s like transitioning…
Brian Krogsgard
Rami Abraham tale on what it's like transitioning from client services to products is super good. He recently joined the product team behind products like EDD and AffiliateWP after a tenure doing service work, and this post is really informative.
Don’t forget, WordSesh starts this Saturday (at…
Brian Krogsgard
Don't forget, WordSesh starts this Saturday (at 00:00 UTC). Some talks are still being determined, but from what's currently on the schedule, it's looking to be another fine event with familiar faces from the WordPress community.
Automattic’s .blog extension is now open…
Brian Krogsgard
Automattic's .blog extension is now open for trademark holders to shell out $250 to apply for their domain. Also, design.blog is a new blog on they are launching, and dave.blog (Dave Weiner) is repping it already, and Matt Mullenweg's photo-blog…
If you have any clients that…
Brian Krogsgard
If you have any clients that might run into something funky (or perhaps a bug) since upgrading to WordPress 4.6, then you might want to refer to this "Read First" post prior to raising alarm. This post is primarily for the WordPress…
