Schedule photos in bulk with Postbot, but why stop there?

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Brian Krogsgard
Automattic has released an interesting new tool, called Postbot. Postbot is a webapp, at Postbot.co, which allows WordPress.com authenticated users to upload photos in bulk and schedule them as posts. There is, of course, a fun little gif. Once I…

WordPress.com introduces a Portfolio content type

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Brian Krogsgard
I'm honestly surprised it took this long, but WordPress.com has introduced a Portfolio custom content type for their platform. Current themes that support the new content type are Espied and Illustratr, however I think that many themes will begin introducing…

The ins and outs of code blocks in WordPress content

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Brian Krogsgard
Chris Coyier has done a nice job going through the various considerations to make when posting code in WordPress content. He covers using <pre> and <code> tags in the WordPress editor directly, using Markdown and Github flavored Markdown, and third…

Business theme highlight: Forefront

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Brian Krogsgard
I discovered a new WordPress theme today, thanks to a tweet from Ian Stewart, called Forefront. Forefront is a business theme by Automattic that is available on both WordPress.com and on Creative Market for WordPress.org users. Forefront has its own…

Automattic should acquire Editorially

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Brian Krogsgard
http://vimeo.com/73479976 Watch the video above. See the beautiful and collaborative writing experience that Editorially built? And now it's gone. Only, why? This seems like a perfect opportunity for Automattic to be able to keep a great project afloat. And it…

Matt Mullenweg is now Automattic’s CEO

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Brian Krogsgard
Matt Mullenweg and Toni Schneider are switching jobs at Automattic. After joining Automattic eight years ago, Toni Schneider is moving into a product-focused role within Automattic, and Matt Mullenweg is the new CEO. Both Matt and Toni blogged about the…

“Patches Welcome”

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Brian Krogsgard
As a phrase, this is often more of a conversation killer rather than encouragement for collaboration. The delivery method of this popular phrase is paramount, and the audience needs to be genuinely considered when we say "patches welcome" to those…

The Year Without Pants

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Brian Krogsgard
Scott Berkun's The Year Without Pants is a first person narrative of his time employed at Automattic from August 2010 to May 2012. Berkun entered Automattic as employee number fifty six when the company was replacing its totally flat structure…

Faceted search for WordPress

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Brian Krogsgard
Matt Gibbs, the original creator of the popular Pods Framework, has launched his latest project: FacetWP. FacetWP is a commercial plugin to offer faceted search capability for WordPress. Faceted search, if you're unfamiliar, is an advanced search technique: A technique…

WordPress.com introduces Connect, a “login with” API

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress.com has introduced a new API today called WordPress.com Connect. It's an API to allow websites and applications to offer login capability for WordPress.com users. It's not surprising Automattic has introduced this feature. After all, they have tons of services that…

WP Push specializes in push notifications for WordPress apps

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Brian Krogsgard
I ran across this one thanks to Pippin Williamson mentioning it. WP Push is a highly focused extension market that creates push notification functionality for WordPress plugins and apps. They've got them for Jetpack, the bb's, various eCommerce software, and…
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