An Interview with the MLA’s Humanities Commons Team
Dan Knauss
The MLA's Humanities Commons team maintains several WordPress projects to support Digital Humanities at colleges and universities.
WordPress and Blockchain
Brian Krogsgard
It's time to discuss blockchain technology from the perspective of the WordPress ecosystem, to discuss threats, opportunities, and generally discover how this emerging sector could impact WordPress.
The WordPress Foundation is looking for…
Dan Knauss
The WordPress Foundation is looking for local community organizers to run introductory open-source workshops in 2018. Financial support is available, "up to $500 USD per event" for "costs associated with event venue, refreshments, and/or videography." Citing a recent study that shows "the…
C. Titus Brown writes about his…
Brian Krogsgard
C. Titus Brown writes about his thoughts on open source software — examining the different groups that make up open source projects and asking if there should be more attention paid to sustainability and "extractive" contributors. This article is meant to…
Adam Silverstein, an employee at 10up,…
Brian Krogsgard
Adam Silverstein, an employee at 10up, recently shared his experience on contributing to Google's AMP Project. Adam was recently recognized through the Google Open Source Peer Bonus Program.
Although not directed related to WordPress, the…
Brian Krogsgard
Although not directed related to WordPress, the acquisition of Magento Commerce by Adobe for $1.68 Billion (USD) — significantly less than Adobe's Q1 2018 net revenues — is big news in the eCommerce community. Magento Commerce is the cloud version of Magento…
It’s the fifth anniversary since Ghost…
Dan Knauss
It's the fifth anniversary since Ghost appeared on KickStarter, and John O'Nolan shares some lessons he's learned during that time. "Centralized wins on simplicity, and open source wins on flexibility" are two of them. Also, the least fun part of…
Steve Burge of OSTraining has announced…
Brian Krogsgard
Steve Burge of OSTraining has announced the acquisition of Daniel Bachhuber's Bylines plugin for his relatively new and recently rebranded WordPress-focused business, PublishPress. PublishPress provides an extensible base of useful features for any multi-user editorial workflow. If it reminds you…
Nice point here from Andy Lester:…
Brian Krogsgard
Nice point here from Andy Lester: the best open source project for someone might not be your project ... and that’s OK. "Happy users are why we should be doing this."
An interview with PublishPress founder Steve Burge
Dan Knauss
PublishPress recently announced the acquisition of Daniel Bachhuber's Bylines plugin for PublishPress. I got in touch with Steve to catch up with him and his unique take on the WordPress economy.
Jenn Schiffer, Community Engineer of Glitch.com,…
Brian Krogsgard
Jenn Schiffer, Community Engineer of Glitch.com, interviews Gary Pendergast about open source licensing and how it relates to WordPress. Gary mentions he's happy with React's move to the MIT license, but still points out how it could be improved. One…
Dries Buytaert, founder and lead developer…
Brian Krogsgard
Dries Buytaert, founder and lead developer of Drupal, plans on blogging more and using social media less in 2018. I can definitely relate to this. For something more than a few tweets in length, I want to write in WordPress…
Interview with Matt Mullenweg on the WordPress ecosystem — Draft Podcast
Brian Krogsgard
In this episode, I talk to Matt Mullenweg -- co-founder of WordPress and the CEO of Automattic -- about what's happening in the world of WordPress, and his role in it all.
Josh Pollock claims it’s a matter…
Brian Krogsgard
Josh Pollock claims it's a matter of how, not if, Blockchain technology will affect and change WordPress. Josh identifies three areas where this is likely to happen: identity management and verification, content monetization, and secure file storage. I've been digging…
Building a healthy remote company, with Tom Willmot — Draft podcast
Katie Richards
In this episode, Brian is joined by the CEO of Human Made, Tom Willmot, and they discuss steps for building a healthy remote company, and talk about Human Made’s new open source employee handbook.
The future of the WordPress economy, and why I’m not worried
Joshua Strebel
Joshua Strebel -- the CEO of Pagely -- shares his view of the current state of the WordPress economy, and why he is confident in both its strength and future.
