Open Source

A Canadian court has issued an opinion…

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A Canadian court has issued an opinion with a vomit inducing description of open source. A problem Chenier saw was that 21st Capital used "open source code" and made changes, sometimes on a weekly basis, to its program code without testing…

Followup to the Foundation and WordCamp article

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Brian Krogsgard
After the Foundation / new WordCamp organization article last week, I had some followup with Matt Mullenweg regarding several details. For one, the new organization will indeed be a subsidiary of the WordPress Foundation, and it will be a public…

  With all these whitelisted ad…

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  With all these whitelisted ad and analytics services for Google's open source AMP project, I'm starting to not understand the point of this entirely new syntax. Aren't we just inviting the same problems?

JavaScript and the future of WordPress

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Brian Krogsgard

Scott Bolinger has written a great post that outlines some of the things to consider for a future that includes a more JavaScript-centric WordPress. Two of the most thought provoking sections of his post are on enabling support for plugins,…

Your “new to me” resource for…

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Your "new to me" resource for the day: "OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share a file of any size." Neat!

Tom McFarlin discusses the spectrum of…

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Tom McFarlin discusses the spectrum of open source philosophies, and it's a terrific read. I definitely fall more into Tom's camp, of utilitarian, versus purist philosophy.

Playing with type

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Brian Krogsgard
Good typography choices and practices can be elusive to non-designers. But choosing a great typeface is possible, even if you're not an expert. There are many great tools, resources, and tips available to help us make the right decisions.

Google’s AMP and what it means for WordPress

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Brian Krogsgard
AMP stands for Accelerated Mobile Pages. It's an open source spec created by Google and collaborated on by a number of other mega companies, in response to Facebook's "Instant Articles" feature. The tl;dr on AMP is that it's a not…

Open source has reach, but no influence

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Brian Krogsgard

Steve Burge has an interesting post on his personal site on why he thinks open source has no reach, but no influence. Despite the widespread open source, we’re entering a world of closed platforms: Today’s iOS9 launch shows what incredible…

Building a better WordPress

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Brian Krogsgard

Chris Hutchinson has ideas for a better WordPress. Imagine a world where WordPress is lean, fast, and efficient. In this world, WordPress has just one task: to manage your content. >And he lays out his ideas for what WordPress would…
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