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Platforms and accessibility

Brian Krogsgard

February 16, 2016

I read an amazing post today. It's old, from 2011, and written by Steve Yegge. Steve worked at Amazon for years, then moved to Google in 2005. After six years at Google, he realized that, "Amazon does everything wrong, and…

Freelancers and the self-employed are ignored by the government

Brian Krogsgard

September 9, 2015

BusinessSecurity

Sara Horowitz -- who is the founder and executive director of the Freelancers Union -- makes a compelling argument for how important freelancers are to the American economy. She highlights just how big the freelancer economy is: For better or…

Automattic to acquire WP Job Manager from Mike Jolley

Brian Krogsgard

June 2, 2015

BusinessPlanet

Mike Jolley has agreed to terms to sell WP Job Manager to Automattic. Mike is already joining Automattic after the WooThemes acquisition -- under his role as WooCommerce lead developer -- and the sale of WP Job Manager is in part due to Automattic's rules for employee side projects.

From homeless to boundless

Brian Krogsgard

May 6, 2015

I met Dan Griffiths in a beer joint in Phoenix, after a full day of PressNomics. Hearing his story for the first time made my jaw drop with surprise for how he got to where he is and admiration for…

A guide to wp_cron

Brian Krogsgard

May 4, 2015

Chris Reynolds has done an excellent and thorough walkthrough of wp_cron, WordPress' cron system (that as he notes, isn't really a cron system). He walks you through a lot of code snippets, the right way to use it, some potential…

How remote work can help cure homelessness in the bay area

Brian Krogsgard

April 17, 2015

Eric Elliott has a unique perspective on homelessness and code. He sees the startup scene (and lack of remote work options) as one of the primary drivers of expensive housing -- and therefore homelessness -- in the bay area. And…

Andrew Nacin has joined the White House’s U.S. Digital Service

Brian Krogsgard

March 29, 2015

Make WordPressPlanet

Andrew Nacin now works at the U.S. Digital Service, the federal government service that aims to "redefine public service for a new generation." Nacin continues his role as WordPress lead developer, but is stepping back from working on the project full time.

The most popular WordPress plugins

Brian Krogsgard

February 27, 2015

BusinessPlanet

WordPress plugin popularity has always been pretty tough to figure out. We only had download counts or independent, third party website scrapers to tell us anything. Now, WordPress.org itself has more data that's being tested and launched to give us real insight into the popularity of WordPress plugins.

Yoast Google Analytics plugin introduces stats dashboards, with lessons learned along the way

Brian Krogsgard

January 8, 2015

BusinessPlanet

Yoast updated their popular Google Analytics plugin in December to include new stats dashboards that pull in Google Analytics data to your site. The stats are pretty fancy and give a nice quick glance at your stats without leaving your WordPress dashboard. They've learned some lessons about building a plugin feature at scale along the way too.

The future of Post Status

Brian Krogsgard

September 17, 2014

DesignPost Status Team Blog

I'm tired. Really, really tired. I've been tired for weeks. Those of you who follow this blog closely know that it's been slow around here. I've only published ten blog posts since the beginning of August. For me, that's three…

Who’s hiring in WordPress? (Spring 2014 edition)

Brian Krogsgard

March 24, 2014

Careers

This is the fifth “Who’s hiring” post, and previous ones were very encouraging. I have seen multiple people start conversations that led to full time jobs and contract work from those posts. I consistently find people looking for WordPress developers…

Welcome to the small leagues: On WordPress and journalism

Brian Krogsgard

February 4, 2014

BusinessWordPress News

A friend and former coworker of mine really likes the word "webmaster". Because it's a hilarious word. It suggests that this person has control over the web in general, which is pretty pretentious. However, traditional webmasters have long had a…

A love letter on .pot

Brian Krogsgard

January 23, 2014

WordPress News

Zé Fontainhas is an extraordinary wordsmith (in my own and many others' opinions) and a polyglots master. In this open love letter to Mike Jolley and his excellent WP Jobs Manager plugin, Zé eloquently highlights some of the finer points of…

Matt Mullenweg is now Automattic’s CEO

Brian Krogsgard

January 13, 2014

BusinessWordPress News

Matt Mullenweg and Toni Schneider are switching jobs at Automattic. After joining Automattic eight years ago, Toni Schneider is moving into a product-focused role within Automattic, and Matt Mullenweg is the new CEO. Both Matt and Toni blogged about the…

Who’s hiring in WordPress? (Fall edition)

Brian Krogsgard

December 9, 2013

Careers

This is the fourth “Who’s hiring” post this year, and previous ones were very encouraging. I have seen multiple people start conversations that led to full time jobs and contract work from those posts. I consistently find people looking for…

What fold?

Brian Krogsgard

September 27, 2013

Design

It doesn't matter how many times we explain it, clients are still concerned with the fold. The fold does not exist on the web, especially when we do our jobs as web designers and developers. The fold is a print…

Platforms and accessibility

Freelancers and the self-employed are ignored by the government

Automattic to acquire WP Job Manager from Mike Jolley

From homeless to boundless

A guide to wp_cron

How remote work can help cure homelessness in the bay area

Andrew Nacin has joined the White House’s U.S. Digital Service

The most popular WordPress plugins

Yoast Google Analytics plugin introduces stats dashboards, with lessons learned along the way

The future of Post Status

Who’s hiring in WordPress? (Spring 2014 edition)

Welcome to the small leagues: On WordPress and journalism

A love letter on .pot

Matt Mullenweg is now Automattic’s CEO

Who’s hiring in WordPress? (Fall edition)

What fold?

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