Open Source

WCEU 2019 in Review

David Bisset

June 28, 2019

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.

📺 I only found one video…

Dan Knauss

June 13, 2019

📺 I only found one video worth watching this past week, but it's a big one: "The Economics of Open Source"

An Interview with Reyes Martínez of Frontity — a new WordPress framework

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2019

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Reyes Martínez directs Digital Marketing and Communications at Frontity. She gave us some background and answered a few of our questions about the company and the project.

If you’re looking for new WordPress…

Dan Knauss

April 26, 2019

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…

securitycheckli.st is an excellent open source…

Brian Krogsgard

April 12, 2019

securitycheckli.st is an excellent open source checklist of resources designed "to improve your online privacy and security" with reminders about password managers, freezing your credit, privacy-first software, and your physical work environment.

DrupalCon Seattle 2019 took place this…

Brian Krogsgard

April 12, 2019

DrupalCon Seattle 2019 took place this past week. There is a quick roundup of the main highlights of the event and

Changing the conversation

Brian Krogsgard

April 7, 2019

It's been an intense week for the WordPress community. Jetpack's search replacement for promotions has been a catalyst, but it's not the root issue, in my mind. There's been an erosion of discourse in the community, and it needs to…

Sigle is a free “decentralized and…

Brian Krogsgard

March 22, 2019

Sigle is a free "decentralized and open source blog maker" I stumbled upon recently and found interesting as another approach to simple blogging. Sigle uses Blockstack to keep your blog "decentralized," but it can be configured to use your own…

Google is sponsoring a Season of…

Brian Krogsgard

March 15, 2019

Google is sponsoring a Season of Docs to bring technical writers and open source communities together for a time of learning and documentation writing. 📄 Applications open in early April. There could be some excellent opportunities here for the WordPress community.

PublishPress announced they have acquired Press…

Dan Knauss

February 22, 2019

PublishPress announced they have acquired Press Permit. Both plugins are known for their focus on publishing, and their aim together is "to create a set of powerful publishing tools that are useful to larger organizations, magazines and newspapers." Newspack's ecosystem…

Chris Hardie has built an open source…

Dan Knauss

February 22, 2019

Chris Hardie has built an open source tool to migrate Flickr photo collections to WordPress. 📸

Matt Mullenweg participated in a TED…

Brian Krogsgard

January 18, 2019

Matt Mullenweg participated in a TED video series The Way We Work, where he made the case that distributed work is where all work is headed. Matt was also on a recent podcast with Jeffrey Zeldman, founder of Happy Cog. Their…

Seasonal Affective Reflections

David Bisset

January 11, 2019

2018 was one of the most exciting years in the history of WordPress for me, but at the same time, it was very stressful and emotionally draining for more than a few people in the community. Two of the most…

Matt also mentioned the “Intro To…

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2018

Matt also mentioned the "Intro To Open Source" Workshops that seek to unlock the potential of open source software in regions where there is less participation in OSS projects. Areas highlighted in the talk slides included Ghana, India, St. Lucia, and…