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Google Fonts now supports open source…

Dan Knauss

March 1, 2021

Google Fonts now supports open source icons, starting with the Material Design icon set. 👍 They've "also created an entirely new icon for Google Fonts itself." In my view, this change makes another Google product logo unrecognizable. 🤷‍♂️

This is a security nightmare: a…

Dan Knauss

February 12, 2021

DesignSecurity

This is a security nightmare: a researcher managed to breach over 35 major companies' internal systems (including Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, and more) in a software supply chain attack. 😱 The attack comprised uploading malware to open source repositories including…

Will Automattic compete with WordPress freelancers?

David Bisset

January 8, 2021

BusinessDesign

A new service from Automattic will build sites on WordPress.com for customers starting at $4,900. How will this impact WordPress freelancers?

Built by WordPress — .com that is

David Bisset

January 8, 2021

BusinessDesign

Automattic enters the low-end website market Automattic this week announced that its "premium website building service" (which was in beta in fall 2020) is now officially accepting customer applications for "websites starting at $4,900 USD." The announcement describes a turnkey…

Anything involving the open-source business model…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2020

Business

Anything involving the open-source business model makes interesting reading — and this piece from Joe Morrison (Aazavea) about the end of Mapbox GL JS as open source didn't disappoint. ⚰️ Joe claims open core is dead: "I still believe open…

Chris Coyier has made an open…

Dan Knauss

December 3, 2020

Chris Coyier has made an open source microsite showcasing coding fonts. ⌨️

Upcoming Events There is a call…

Dan Knauss

November 24, 2020

Business

Upcoming Events There is a call for speakers for WordFest Live 2021 which happens online on January 22, 2021. The deadline for speaker submissions is November 18 at midnight UTC. Selected speakers will be notified by December 2. 📅 On…

Yoast has created a page dedicated…

Dan Knauss

November 20, 2020

Yoast has created a page dedicated to educating people about open source — what it is and how it provides "better solutions and a more inclusive society." This is a seriously detailed page including bios and snippets of information, some…

🧪 Helen Hou-Sandi announced that WordPress…

Dan Knauss

October 16, 2020

🧪 Helen Hou-Sandi announced that WordPress core is now running automated tests using GitHub Actions as a runner, in addition to the existing Travis CI and Appveyor runs. Helen explains where this testing is headed next and shares how people…

Salvatore Sanfilippo has a brief but…

Dan Knauss

October 16, 2020

Design

Salvatore Sanfilippo has a brief but insightful take on "the open source paradox," which is "the proportionality between the money people give you for coding something, and the level of demand for the quality they can claim to have about…

Call a Vulnerability a Vulnerability Roger…

Dan Knauss

October 9, 2020

Security

Call a Vulnerability a Vulnerability Roger Montii reporting for SEJ looks at an Authenticated Stored XSS vulnerability in the WPBakery Page Builder plugin. The vulnerability was discovered by Wordfence and fixed through their collaboration with WPBakery in a recent update.…

Decisions have consequences

David Bisset

October 2, 2020

Design

Sarah Gooding has reported at WPTavern that the W3C and the agency it selected to redesign its website, Studio 24, dropped WordPress from consideration in a selection process that has ended with Craft CMS as the winner. First off, kudos…

After years in the making with…

Dan Knauss

September 16, 2020

After years in the making with funding by the Google News Initiative, The Membership Guide has been released by The Membership Puzzle Project and The Lenfest Institute. 🗞️ The Membership Guide offers best practices, case studies, and practical advice for…

📅 Conference and Event Updates Google…

Dan Knauss

September 3, 2020

Business

📅 Conference and Event Updates Google Open Source Live is a new monthly recurring event “focused on different open source technologies." The kickoff event theme is "The new open source: Leadership, contributions and sustainability." WordSesh is happening on September 2nd.…

We are WordPress As recently reported…

Dan Knauss

August 7, 2020

We are WordPress As recently reported by The Tavern, Automattic’s marketing team has updated the company’s press page with a notice to journalists who are writing about Automattic: Automattic owns and operates WordPress.com, which is a hosted version of the…

Dries Buytaert has been talking about…

Dan Knauss

May 20, 2020

Dries Buytaert has been talking about the power of Open Source in the fight against COVID-19: "In every crisis, Open Source has empowered organizations to do more with less. It's great to see this play out again. Open Source teams…

Google Fonts now supports open source…

This is a security nightmare: a…

Will Automattic compete with WordPress freelancers?

Built by WordPress — .com that is

Anything involving the open-source business model…

Chris Coyier has made an open…

Upcoming Events There is a call…

Yoast has created a page dedicated…

🧪 Helen Hou-Sandi announced that WordPress…

Salvatore Sanfilippo has a brief but…

Call a Vulnerability a Vulnerability Roger…

Decisions have consequences

After years in the making with…

📅 Conference and Event Updates Google…

We are WordPress As recently reported…

Dries Buytaert has been talking about…

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