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Who’s Going to Pay for All This?

Dan Knauss

November 4, 2022

Magne Ilsaas wants WordPress to be more than the pragmatic choice for enterprise clients. He wants WordPress agencies to be known for a distinct WordPress culture and mindset. Alain Schlesser, Carole Olinger, Carl Alexander, and Zach Stepek have a frank talk with Bob Dunn about the costs of not supporting WordPress contributors. Post Status members including Dave Loodts, Marius Jensen, Jeremy Ward, and Chris Reynolds discuss the looming PHP 7.4 EOL. Plus Jb Audras' breakdown of contributions to the WordPress 6.1 release. For your weekend reading, some news and insights from business, workplace, webtech, and govtech writers beyond the WordPress bubble.

Remote work lashback — it’s not all wrong

Dan Knauss

August 25, 2022

Notes

Leo Postovoit at XWP has shared a pretty thorough defense of remote work. I didn't realize remote work was under such attack, or that Malcolm Gladwell had weighed in on the subject. (Big eyeroll and groan.) Many people seem tired…

Hiring for Skill or Character?

Talisha Lewallen

August 21, 2022

CareersGet Hired Blog

If you hire a person who is not coachable they will never progress past the basic knowledge that they possess.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 50) — The Future of Hiring is Marketing with Lance Robbins

David Bisset

March 15, 2022

DesignHosting

What if open source values and ways of thinking point to solutions WordPress businesses can uniquely embrace?

The SavvyCal Story with Founder Derrick Reimer

Karen Johnson

May 25, 2021

BusinessPost Status Live

Cory Miller hosts Derrick Reimer, the founder of SavvyCal to discuss how Derrick got started and what it's been like taking on Calendly.

Don’t Stress, Decompress 😷 Check out…

Dan Knauss

August 7, 2020

Don't Stress, Decompress 😷 Check out the data on remote work during COVID-19 collected by the US National Bureau of Economic Research: The average workday increased by 48.5 minutes, as did the number of meetings (up 13%). 😫 Yikes! Thank…

Creating healthy virtual work environments

Brian Krogsgard

August 5, 2020

DraftPlanet

In this episode of the Draft podcast, Cory and Brian discuss creating and operating in healthy virtual environments: For work, conference, and personal use -- all in a world that prevents the familiar physical experiences.

Matt Mullenweg was interviewed by The…

Dan Knauss

July 17, 2020

Matt Mullenweg was interviewed by The New York Times on the subject of remote work and the story of how Automattic started down that path. There's nothing very new in this interview if you've heard Matt speak on this subject…

Rahul Bansal and Joel Abreo of…

Dan Knauss

March 27, 2020

Business

Rahul Bansal and Joel Abreo of rtCamp share lessons from their fully-office to fully-remote transition. 👨‍💻 "The bedrock of remote work is mutual trust.... along with async communication." If you are a business owner or agency going through a similar…

Beta Quarantine Shopify is giving its…

Dan Knauss

March 13, 2020

Beta Quarantine Shopify is giving its employees a nice stipend for office equipment while they work from home. 🏘️ The Canadian company already has over a thousand remote employees, but starting March 16, the whole company (~5,000 people) will be…

Buffer shared their State of Remote…

Dan Knauss

February 20, 2020

Buffer shared their State of Remote Work report which shares insights and data from over 3,500 remote workers. Among their findings, remote workers say they are happiest "when they spend more than 76% of their time working remotely." Sadly, "a…

Two new and compelling reasons to sign your team up for Post Status

Cory Miller

February 18, 2020

Business

We’re giving you two new and compelling reasons to sign up your Team for a Club Membership at Post Status.

Cristina Holt from WebDevStudios shares some…

Dan Knauss

January 25, 2020

Cristina Holt from WebDevStudios shares some tips for leading a remote work team: 👩‍💻 Require a direct communication tool for all employees. Ensure your company has solid process documentation in place. Trust your employees and avoid micromanagement by setting clear…

Cédric Fabianski covers ways to make…

Dan Knauss

December 27, 2019

Cédric Fabianski covers ways to make remote work a success — like good communication and making everyone feel connected. Juan Pablo Buriticá and Katie Womersley offer a guide for distributed teams with a focus on communication, coordination, collaboration, organization, operations,…

John Maeda shared 25 posts from…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2018

John Maeda shared 25 posts from Automattic designers on the subject of remote work and remote design.

Isolation in remote work and self employment

Brian Krogsgard

May 25, 2016

This post is a little off the beaten path, but it's been on my mind a lot recently. I've been working from home for almost three years now, and I've worked for myself for about a year and a half.…

Who’s Going to Pay for All This?

Remote work lashback — it’s not all wrong

Post Status Excerpt (No. 50) — The Future of Hiring is Marketing with Lance Robbins

The SavvyCal Story with Founder Derrick Reimer

Don’t Stress, Decompress 😷 Check out…

Creating healthy virtual work environments

Matt Mullenweg was interviewed by The…

Rahul Bansal and Joel Abreo of…

Beta Quarantine Shopify is giving its…

Buffer shared their State of Remote…

Two new and compelling reasons to sign your team up for Post Status

Cristina Holt from WebDevStudios shares some…

Cédric Fabianski covers ways to make…

John Maeda shared 25 posts from…

Isolation in remote work and self employment

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