There is a call for volunteers for those interested in becoming a WordPress Release Leads for 4.8 and beyond. Aaron Jorbin notes that "release leads do not need to be developers, but having experience contributing to WordPress is recommended." Both…

I was reminded of this again by Mike McAlister: Dieter Rams' ten principles of good design, and they are as relevant as ever.

Speaking of giving back, WebDevStudios is changing the way they do "five for the future," so that now it's lumped into a single full day per month. It's great to see them sticking to this and changing up their methods…

Konstantin Obenland recently outlined feedback that’s been submitted regarding the plugin directory redesign. Konstantin cites a few concerns, including the current decision not to show the active install count, last updated date, and author. It’s good to see everyone’s feedback acknowledged and…

I like to keep track of new editorial plugins and Nelio Content is new to me. Built by Nelio Software, the plugin claims to be an "all-in-one editorial calendar for WordPress". It appears to me that they have a target on CoSchedule,…

Google's ad labeling has grown increasingly more subtle over the years, as this article shows. While you are on Search Engine Land's site, also check out this post if you have moved to HTTPS recently, as they offer tips to…

Pippin Williamson was interviewed on the Mastermind.fm podcast. Mastermind.fm is hosted by Jean Galea (found of WP Mayor) and James Laws (co-founder of WP Ninjas). If you haven't checked out their podcast yet, give it a try.

Chris Flannagan has started a series of posts over at The WP Crowd about building data driven IOS & Android apps with WordPress REST API and NativeScript.

If you use ElasticPress or know someone that does, check out Taylor Lovett's ElasticPress extension to Debug Bar. Also here's an ElasticPress cheatsheet, which might come in handy. Joe and I spent a good bit of time discussing Elasticsearch (and…