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Don’t Stress, Decompress 😷 Check out…

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Dan Knauss

Don't Stress, Decompress 😷 Check out the data on remote work during COVID-19 collected by the US National Bureau of Economic Research: The average workday increased by 48.5 minutes, as did the number of meetings (up 13%). 😫 Yikes! Thank…

Dealing with Fear, Worry, Uncertainty

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Cory Miller
I'm hosting a live conversation and anonymous Q&A with Dr. Sherry Walling of ZenFounder Wednesday, March 18 at 2 p.m. Central to talk about managing our mental health in this time of uncertainty. Signup here and share broadly   If…

❤️ WP&UP, a registered UK charity…

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Dan Knauss

❤️ WP&UP, a registered UK charity that supports and promotes positive mental health within the WordPress community, could use your help with a few easy things you can do to support their mission. A product or service giveaway, a fundraiser,…

My mistakes with product-founder fit

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Cory Miller
I received Matt Medeiros' second email for Business 5000 this morning and the topic was Product-Founder Fit, and it inspired me. So thanks, Matt. He talks about "new ideas fever" that we all get. In my own fever, I've made…

Post Status Club Improvements

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Cory Miller
Hey Club members, here are some highlights of what Brian and I are working on for you: The way I view business and improvements is just like software. Sometimes you have smaller releases and sometimes big releases, and always fixing…

WordPress 5.3 Beta 1 is out,…

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Dan Knauss

WordPress 5.3 Beta 1 is out, with the final release still slated for November 12, 2019. The announcement of the beta came with other news and details of interest to developers and users. For starters, WordPress 5.3 has introduced a…

Joe Watkins cuts right to the…

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Dan Knauss
Joe Watkins cuts right to the point about the importance of funding open source projects your company relies on: Making monetary contributions or approaching your employer with a request to make monetary contributions to projects that your income or business…

Preserving the Wilderness

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Dan Knauss
The web is a sacred wilderness, and it deserves preservation. What role can open source communities play? And how does it contrast with the monopolistic tendencies of the "tech giants?"

Podcast Roundup 🎙️ WP&UP has Cory…

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Dan Knauss

Podcast Roundup 🎙️ WP&UP has Cory Miller as a trustee now. Cory has been sharing his mental health story for many years now at conferences, and he noted it is part of his "life mission" to "obliterat[e] the stigma of…

After the WordPress 5.2 release was…

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Dan Knauss

After the WordPress 5.2 release was pushed back to early May and the first release candidate became available for testing, some detailed posts surfaced about 5.2 with some new and more in-depth analysis. William Earnhardt addressed the accessibility changes developers…

If you’re looking for new WordPress…

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Dan Knauss

If you're looking for new WordPress podcasts, check out the #PressForward Podcast. Supported by WP&UP and hosted by Nathan Wrigley, #PressForward's weekly episodes focus on helping us maintain healthy minds, bodies, businesses, and skills in the WordPress community. 🎙️ I…

Allie Decker has a great post…

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Brian Krogsgard

Allie Decker has a great post regarding the value of community and its effect on your health and business. Allie doesn't mention the WordPress community, but the implications — especially for freelancers — are clear: "Being alone too much is…

Carole Olinger wrote a touching, personal…

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Brian Krogsgard

Carole Olinger wrote a touching, personal post about taking a step back from the WordPress community for physical and mental health reasons. There's a lot you can unpack here, but the primary takeaway here is that Carole is making herself…

WordPress 5.2 Beta 1 has been…

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Brian Krogsgard

WordPress 5.2 Beta 1 has been released. The highlights include: Significant performance improvements to the block editor. New blocks for RSS, search, calendar, tag cloud, and more. A new block management tool to switch blocks on and off. Phase one…
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