Open Source

Post Status Notes #498

David Bisset

May 13, 2022

Are we up or down? What should happen when a license expires? Is the block protocol worth it? Driesnote 2022. WP Engine expands. Becoming a better writer. Best backup solutions. Define your role. Reaktiv wins a spot in Inc's Best Workplaces. Open Source JobHub. Our passwordless future.

Member Spotlight: Rob Cairns

Michelle Frechette

May 13, 2022

DesignMember Spotlights

Rob Cairns brings over 30 years of experience with technology to his role as agency owner and podcast host in the WordPress space.

BobWP’s Woo Snippet for the Week of May 1

Bob Dunn

May 6, 2022

BusinessPlanet

WooCommerce RC1 and RC2 • GetEllipsis search volume trends report shows growth for Woo • Negative security perceptions • Remkus de Vries on burnout and making life changes.

How should you explain gaps in your résumé and work history?

Dan Knauss

April 22, 2022

CareersGet Hired Blog

I spent the better part of 10-15 years as the at-home parent for 4 girls. LinkedIn allows gaps in your career to be noted now. Good idea?

WordPress Podcast and Video Picks for the Week of April 11

David Bisset

April 21, 2022

PlanetThe Week in Review

Talk about #MentalHealth! 🧡 @DanMaby on Destigmatization and @aBigOrangeHeart 5️0️ Freelancing after Fifty 🔌 @aurooba on building plugins.

WordPress/Life Balance

Michelle Frechette

April 18, 2022

BusinessGet Hired Blog

WordPress/Life Balance: when work is WordPress, it's hard to figure out where the balance part is. So how do you find balance?

Post Status Excerpt (No. 54) —What WordPress Can Learn from Joomla

David Bisset

April 13, 2022

HostingPlanet

David and Dan talk with Robert Jacobi, Director of WordPress at Cloudways, about the Joomla project and what WordPress can learn from it.

Fall of the Zamir: A Hate Symbol Enters and Exits WordPress.org

David Bisset

March 25, 2022

PlanetSecurity

How did a hate symbol get into WordPress.org? Will more transparent governance help us navigate the age of weaponized open source projects?

An Inside Job: The Danger of Weaponized Open Source Projects

David Bisset

March 25, 2022

PlanetSecurity

Will open source contributors who weaponize code destroy trust in open source — and destroy open source as collateral damage?

On Cloud Nine at CloudFest

Lindsey Miller

March 25, 2022

BusinessPost Status Team Blog

This week Cory, Jonathan and I have been in Rust, Germany for CloudFest — a cloud computing conference that started with a weekend-long hackathon focusing on open source projects.

Finding the Upside in WordPress Security

David Bisset

March 24, 2022

PlanetSecurity

What if the way we talk about WordPress security focused on public acknowledgement of the security team members' work, goals, and successes?

Post Status Notes #491

David Bisset

March 24, 2022

DesignPlanet

US DOJ warns of looming web accessibility enforcement. Weglot scores funding. WP-Wallet and Image Source Control launch. Block dev tuts. The Block Protocol and WordPress. WCUS and WordSesh calls for speakers. Why the web is a miracle and Mozilla's vision for its evolution.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 51) — Comparing the Drupal and WordPress Communities with Amy June Hineline

David Bisset

March 21, 2022

HostingPlanet

Amy June Hineline shares the lessons she thinks WordPress can learn from Drupal’s relationship with its contributors and open source.

Community Conversations

Dan Knauss

March 18, 2022

HostingPost Status Team Blog

With our partners, we’re bringing you new events and special programming like WP Career Summit. Some of the speakers who will be joining us at the Summit have been talking with David Bisset on The Excerpt — like Lance Robbins this week.