Diversity

I like how Brad Frost defines…

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Dan Knauss

I like how Brad Frost defines the two types of front-end developers: Front-of-the-front-end developer: a web developer who specializes in writing HTML, CSS, and presentational JavaScript code. Back-of-the-front-end developer: a web developer who specializes in writing JavaScript code necessary to…

Allie Nimmons of WP Buffs and…

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Dan Knauss

Allie Nimmons of WP Buffs and Michelle Ames from GiveWP have built Underrepresented in Tech, a tool intended to highlight underrepresented people's skills and specialties first and foremost as a hiring or recruiting factor. Explaining how this project got started,…

The 2020 WordPress Annual Survey is…

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Dan Knauss

The 2020 WordPress Annual Survey is open — please take it. ☑️ The results from the 2019 survey have been shared, and there's a lot to learn from them. What is striking is that very few people took the 2019…

Dave Rupert writes about the value…

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Dan Knauss

Dave Rupert writes about the value of browser diversity and narrows down his feelings about it to two major value propositions: 👉 Browser diversity keeps the web slow deliberately. 👉 Browser diversity fosters consensus and cooperation over corporate rule. While…

This month the “People of WordPress”…

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Dan Knauss

This month the "People of WordPress" spot honors Kim Parsell, who was also known as #wpmom before she passed in 2015. If you are relatively new to the WordPress scene, take a moment to read about Kim and get to…

We will be doing more in-depth…

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Dan Knauss

We will be doing more in-depth notes on some of the talks from WordCamp US after we can link to the processed videos on WordPress.tv. In the meantime here are some reviews, summaries, and reflections on WordCamp US that are…

WCEU 2019 in Review

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David Bisset
PlanetWordPress News
WordCamp Europe 2019 hosted a record 3,200+ people, according to ticket sales. WCEU started with a contributor day on Thursday, June 20, followed by the two main conference days on Friday and Saturday.

The first State of CSS 2019…

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Dan Knauss

The first State of CSS 2019 survey results (based on over 10,000 respondents) have been released. Some highlights: Sadly, gender diversity wasn't well represented by the survey respondents. Those who identified as female came just under 10%. VS Code was…

🎙️ I had a decent amount…

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Dan Knauss
Design
🎙️ I had a decent amount of time to listen to podcasts this week, including a few that are new to my rotation. Here are the best "new to me" podcasts I've found: WPandUP's #PressForward podcast had an episode with…

Steph Yiu (from WordPress VIP) relates…

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Dan Knauss

Steph Yiu (from WordPress VIP) relates her experience at the Poynter Institute’s Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media. Steph says she was able "to participate in sessions on being a change agent, negotiating as a woman, promoting diversity in…

Gravity View announced a diversity grant…

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Dan Knauss

Gravity View announced a diversity grant for PressNomics 2019. If you "identify as a woman or as part of an underrepresented group in the tech industry," you may qualify. For those who are eligible, apply as soon as you can!…

Hats off to WordCamp Miami, which…

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Brian Krogsgard

Hats off to WordCamp Miami, which announced they had more women speaking than men in their 2019 gathering. I'm not sure if this is a first for a large WordCamp, but it's good to see diversity moving forward in this…

Joost de Valk, who recently took…

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Dan Knauss

Joost de Valk, who recently took up the new role of Marketing Lead for WordPress, breaks down some of W3Techs' market share data and shares some important trends he's spotted. 📊 A key takeaway: "On the whole, Open Source market share is growing,…

Is there a science of success? …

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Dan Knauss

Is there a science of success?  In a new book, network scientist Albert-László Barabási argues there are indeed "laws of success." Here they are, following an interview with Barabási. They may have special significance for successful, established software projects: The First…
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