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Gutenberg, accessibility, and compromise

Brian Krogsgard

November 16, 2018

I had a call with Matt Mullenweg to discuss some things regarding the upcoming Gutenberg release, the critiques around accessibility, and thoughts I've had around the way this release and other releases are scheduled. I'll keep this note to the…

Square recently announced it’s purchase of…

Dan Knauss

May 10, 2018

Square recently announced it's purchase of Weebly for $365 million. Weebly, for those not familiar, is an online website builder with a focus on eCommerce. With this focus, it's not surprising why Square would be interested in it and it…

Matt Mullenweg stopping angel investing, closing SF Automattic office

Brian Krogsgard

April 12, 2017

I finally listened to the Stack Overflow podcast with Matt Mullenweg. In the second half of the show, I learned a couple of things I didn’t know: Matt said, “something had to go,” when he got back to being involved…

Square for WooCommerce is a big deal for retail operations

Brian Krogsgard

July 29, 2016

Most Saturdays in my small hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, there's a farmers market at Pepper Place (obligatory photos link). Almost every single one of these little shops started taking credit cards in the last few years, after many years of only…

Automattic has acquired WooThemes, makers of WooCommerce

Brian Krogsgard

May 20, 2015

BusinessHosting

Matt Mullenweg announced today that Automattic has acquired WooThemes, whose flagship product is the popular eCommerce plugin, WooCommerce. All 55 team members at WooThemes will join Automattic, swelling ranks at Automattic by around 18%.

WP eCommerce: What’s old is new again.

Brian Krogsgard

June 10, 2014

BusinessDraft

WP eCommerce is one of the oldest WordPress plugins you'll find. That it's an eCommerce plugin -- built on WordPress, well before such a thing seemed sensible -- is even more of a testament to just how impressive this plugin…

Rethinking WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

February 18, 2013

Make WordPressWordPress News

Caleb Mellas wishes WordPress had the intuitive interface and ease of use for CMSs that Square does for payments. It's a popular topic of late, and Caleb gives a strong argument that WordPress needs to simplify.