Diversity

Interview with Matt Mullenweg on Gutenberg, WordPress, and the future

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2018

I am joined by Matt Mullenweg to discuss decision making, Gutenberg, core WordPress processes, Automattic's business, and more.

Peter O’Shaughnessy makes the case why…

Brian Krogsgard

July 6, 2017

Peter O'Shaughnessy makes the case why browser diversity is good for the web, that "the web thrives on diversity." A single web browser -- from Apple, Google, Mozilla, or anyone -- wouldn't be a good thing. Of course, feature fragmentation…

Peter O’Shaughnessy makes the case for…

Dan Knauss

July 6, 2017

Peter O'Shaughnessy makes the case for browser diversity as a good thing for the web because it "thrives on diversity." A single web browser -- from Apple, Google, Mozilla, or anyone -- wouldn't be a good thing. Of course, feature…

Shaping a vision of success

Jenny Beaumont

January 19, 2017

Planet

With the next edition of WordCamp Europe on the horizon, Jenny Beaumont finds herself thinking about event growth past and present, and about what success might look like for all of us in this new year.

Tracy Levesque summarizes her PressNomics talk…

March 15, 2016

Tracy Levesque summarizes her PressNomics talk in a blog post, discussing why diversity is a benefit, and instruction organizations how they can encourage more diverse environments.

The Jorbin Test

Aaron Jorbin

March 4, 2016

BusinessCareers

The Joel Test has largely stood the test of time, yet there isn't a WordPress specific version to help WordPress developers judge job opportunities. The Jorbin Test is the Joel Test, updated for the WordPress engineers of today.

Interview with Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg, on Calypso and more

Brian Krogsgard

November 25, 2015

DraftHosting

Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder of WordPress, and founder and CEO of Automattic. In this interview, we talk about their new WordPress.com editor, and more.

Twenty Sixteen gives me a bit of a sour taste

Brian Krogsgard

August 26, 2015

Design

Of course we all expected a new default theme soon enough, as the naming scheme demands; I had my money that it would be part of 4.5 early next year. It was announced yesterday with a design proposal complete, and will likely go into…

Events to keep your eye on

Brian Krogsgard

August 18, 2015

There are three non-WordCamp events coming up you should check out. A Day of REST A Day of REST is a conference that will be dedicated to -- you guessed it -- the WordPress REST API. Organized by Human Made,…

Growth in the French community

Jenny Beaumont

June 24, 2015

BusinessPlanet

Jenny Beaumont, a freelance web developer based in France, describes the recent growth boom in France's WordPress community and some of those who've helped it thrive.

New committers for WordPress 4.3

Brian Krogsgard

May 20, 2015

With the WordPress 4.3 release cycle, three new people are getting guest commit access, two are continuing their guest commit access from 4.2, and three have been announced to have permanent commit access. New guest committers for WordPress 4.3: Ella…

Women, WordPress, & the web

Brian Krogsgard

February 5, 2015

Mel Choyce is an outstanding member of the WordPress community. In this post, which is actually a follow-up to one she wrote two years ago, she talks about the environment for women in the WordPress and web communities. Quite honestly, you…

Welcome Travis Northcutt as Contributing Editor

Brian Krogsgard

February 3, 2014

WordPress News

I'm thrilled today to announce that the Post Status team is growing. Doubling, in fact! I'm very happy to announce that Travis Northcutt is going to be a Contributing Editor to Post Status. In this role, Travis will be able…