New Year’s resolutions for WordPress developers
Jack Lenox
It's a new year, and a great time to set some New Year's resolutions as a WordPress developer. Here are some practical tips to up your game working with the WordPress code base.
Automattic has published their year in…
Brian Krogsgard
Automattic has published their year in review, which gives a broad look at what happened with the company and the various brands in 2016. The page (which has a nice design, btw) covers Automattic's corporate growth, diversity, and other points…
Seriously Simple Podcasting sold
Brian Krogsgard
Hugh Lashbrooke has sold Seriously Simple Podcasting to Craig Hewitt of Podcast Motor. This is not because I no longer believe in the product or the mission to democratise podcasting – far from it – I am in fact selling…
Automattic, Calypso, and the WordPress project
Brian Krogsgard
I think bringing Automattic resources into core WordPress development to put a huge effort into improving the WordPress editing experience is a good thing. An email went out last week to the authors of all plugins with more than one million active…
Coen Jacobs shares his thoughts on…
Dan Knauss
Coen Jacobs shares his thoughts on his personal blog about leaving the Listings project. If you recall, Listings was born out of some frustrations with WP Job Manager being seemingly abandoned after the Automattic acquisition (although it's getting some attention…
Matt Mullenweg State of the Word, 2016
Brian Krogsgard
Matt Mullenweg just completed the 2016 State of the Word, which highlights the accomplishments of the past year, and sets the direction for the year ahead for WordPress.
Kelly Dwan been working in-depth with…
Brian Krogsgard
Kelly Dwan been working in-depth with React at Automattic and has graciously shared some WordPress REST API React/Redux helpers.
Matt Mullenweg’s stand for the GPL against Wix
Brian Krogsgard
You've probably heard about as much as you want to hear regarding Wix and the GPL issues surrounding their mobile app release by now. However, I want to help sift through the noise. First, some links: Matt Mullenweg's open letter…
Automattic breathing new life into some decaying products
Brian Krogsgard
WP Job Manager, Polldaddy, and Sensei are all getting renewed attention after the Automattic Grand Meetup, which happened this month in Whistler, a town north of Vancouver, Canada. Focus is hard for all companies. As a company grows, it's easy…
Twenty Seventeen is 🔥
Brian Krogsgard
I have not been stunned -- in a positive way -- about a default WordPress theme design preview since Twenty Twelve. I haven't had a major beef with any of the other default themes, but I haven't been really wowed. Twenty Ten…
Statistics on search within WordPress plugin directory
Brian Krogsgard
One of the things I said was important in my WordSesh talk on the future of WordPress was better access to WordPress.org data. Well, Greg Ichneumon Brown has posted a gold mine in an update regarding the new WordPress plugin…
Lori McLeese, the HR Lead at…
Brian Krogsgard
Lori McLeese, the HR Lead at Automattic for the past five years, shares her wisdom on vacation policies. Automattic's earned sabbatical policy is perhaps their greatest benefit; it's really amazing. However, I'm personally a fan of "minimum" vacation policies versus open ones…
Automattic launched data.blog to share internal data…
Brian Krogsgard
Automattic launched data.blog to share internal data analysis, and as another marketing opportunity for the new TLD. Data for Breakfast will feature posts about our data stack, trends in WordPress.com usage, and whatever currently tickles our data fancy. We’re data scientists…
Jetpack 4.3 to include React-based settings, further integrated marketing
Brian Krogsgard
Jetpack 4.3 Beta was announced today, and includes a new React-driven interface, as well as more integrated marketing pitches for the WordPress.com apps and paid upgrades. The new interface is an improvement, but there are several changes functionally. One I noticed…
Automattic announced that all Simple note clients…
Brian Krogsgard
Automattic announced that all Simple note clients (iOS, Android, and macOS Apps) are now open source under the GPLv2 license. As you might recall, Simplenote was acquired by Automattic in 2013. I'm a big fan of Simplenote and use it every…
Automattic has hired a renowned designer in newly created role
Brian Krogsgard
John Maeda is a well-known designer, who most recently hails from the extremely reputable VC firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Wired has a pretty good summation on his background and qualifications. At Automattic, he's filling a role they advertised…
