In this panel discussion, Michelle Frechette poses questions asked by the Post Status community about the benefits and how-to’s of sponsoring WordCamps. On the panel are Taco Verdonschot (Yoast), Katie Keith (Barn2), Drew Griswold (StellarWP), and Lincoln Islam (WPFunnels). Transcript…
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An Interview with Patrick Posner: WCEU and More
Michelle Frechette
BusinessPost Status Podcasts
In this episode, Michelle Frechette, Director of Community Relations at Post Status, talks with Patrick Posner, Founder and Developer at Simply Static, about the importance of being open and approachable, creating opportunities for others to join conversations, and making space…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 72) — Can We Get to “Yes” on Better UX?
Dan Knauss
PlanetPost Status Podcasts
WordPress User Experiences from DIY Builders to Enterprise Users Transcript ↓ Can We Get to "Yes" on Better UX? What does WordPress need to do to increase its appeal to do-it-yourself website builders and creators who are trying to take…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 71) — Building, Supporting, and Selling a Winning Product — With or Without WordPress.org
Dan Knauss
BusinessDesign
Skip to Transcript ↓ This week I sat down again with Eric Karkovack to talk about the three top WordPress stories on the top of our minds. Independently, we made nearly the same selections! It seems the temporary loss of…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 70) — Trust and Distrust: Microaggressions, Active Install Growth Data for Plugins, and Open Source Security
Dan Knauss
BusinessDesign
In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Dan and Ny take on three issues in the WordPress community that can threaten or impair trust while also revealing how foundational trust is, especially in open source. First, they talk about Ny's…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 69) — WCUS Afterthoughts, Accessibility, and Pay Transparency
Dan Knauss
BusinessDesign
Dan and Ny talk about their WordCamp US experiences both good and bad. Their conversation focuses on accessibility and disability. Ny had an experience with Uber at WCUS that made her agree with Dan's preference for traditional and preferably unionized…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 68) — On the Road to WordCamp US
Dan Knauss
BusinessDesign
Dan and Ny are looking forward to attending WordCamp US this week, which is a first for them both. In a slightly more casual conversation touching their usual topics — the business of WordPress, careers, and community — they share…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 67) — What Does Professionalism Mean in WordPress?
Dan Knauss
BusinessDesign
We're not afraid to let our human side show.Erik Karkovack In this episode of Post Status Draft, Eric Karkovack joins Dan Knauss to discuss their top picks for important topics and news stories in the WordPress world this week. Finally,…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 66) — What Does It Mean To Contribute To WordPress?
Dan Knauss
PlanetPost Status Podcasts
In this episode, Dan and Ny talk about WordPress and giving back. Giving, making, creating... Looking at the search results for "Make WordPress" and "the firehose" of Make WordPress Slack where the #docs channel was having their weekly meeting, Dan…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 65) — How We Talk When We Talk About WordPress
Dan Knauss
PlanetPost Status Podcasts
My friend and dialogue partner, Nyasha Green, is six months into her role as Editorial Director at MasterWP, so today we're talking about what that's been like for Ny, what she's learned, and how we look at the WordPress media…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 64) — LearnDash’s Adoption of Gutenberg, Full Site Editing, and How to Protect Your Course Content from Theft
David Bisset
PlanetPost Status Podcasts
Jack Kitterhing joins David to talk about adopting (and adapting) Gutenberg — and Full Site Editing — at LearnDash for their LMS product. The conversation touches on the problem of people in the WordPress community having their course content stolen…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 63) — Pay Transparency, Mutual Respect, and the Community We Need
Dan Knauss
BusinessCareers
People don't realize how long ago "long ago" wasn't. We're not talking about two, three, four hundred years ago. My family always stressed working somewhere your employer respects you, because it wasn't that long ago they didn't have a choice.…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 62) — The Open Web Universe with Matt Mullenweg
Olivia Bisset
BusinessDesign
David and Olivia Bisset sat down for a chat with Matt Mullenweg about open source, Tumblr, and how Matt deals with negativity. Matt has three roles today: CEO of Tumblr, CEO of Automattic, and project lead for the next release…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 61) — Empathy, Understanding, And Being An Ally
David Bisset
PlanetPost Status Podcasts
“Coming with the way you can help versus asking someone how you can help them can be very helpful.”— Neisha Sweet In this conversation for Post Status Excerpt, David is joined by Destiny Fox, Niesha Sweet, and Allie Nimmons. Previously…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 60) — A Preview of WCEU 2022
David Bisset
PlanetPost Status Podcasts
“We are going to have two panels — one on acquisitions and another one about the community."— Sabrina Zeidan David sits down with Sabrina Zeidan (WCEU Content Team) and Evangelia Pappa (WCEU Public Relations Team) for a preview of the…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 59) — Managing Product Teams at StellarWP
David Bisset
PlanetPost Status Podcasts
“It's so nice to have a peer who's doing similar kinds of work in their own brands and just being able to collaborate and work at that level... that is kind of rare.”— Zach Tirrell David sits down with Zach…
