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WordPress 4.7 kickoff and ideas time

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Brian Krogsgard

Right on the heels of WordPress 4.6 being released, it's time to start thinking about WordPress 4.7. Helen Hou-Sandí is leading the release, scheduled for shipment on December 6th (those keeping score at home know that's two days after WordCamp…

Here’s a nice video interview with…

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David Bisset

Here's a nice video interview with Petya Raykovska (one of the organizers of WordCamp Europe and the most recent Global WordPress Translation Day). Just today, Petya gave me a 15 minute crash course to further my very limited knowledge of…

WordPress needs bigger data

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Brian Krogsgard

WordPress needs big data -- knowledge of how the product is used -- to make better decisions as to how to direct the future of the software. To make my point, allow me to drift off into the wonderful world…

This is cool news: WordPress VIP…

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Brian Krogsgard

This is cool news: WordPress VIP has announced that India’s rtCamp is the newest member of the WordPress.com VIP Featured Partner Program. (It's also worth noting there's been a good bit of shakeup to that program in the last year,…

WordCamp Ann Arbor is putting on…

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Brian Krogsgard

WordCamp Ann Arbor is putting on a "WordCamp Warmup" event which sounds like a great idea to attract more prepared attendees.

Daniel Bachhuber is moving forward making…

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Brian Krogsgard

Daniel Bachhuber is moving forward making WP-CLI more independent. He is actually looking for support in "non-code" roles, so reach out to him if you feel you can help. If you didn't catch his presentation at WordCamp Europe that covers…

Here’s a helpful and interesting look at…

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Brian Krogsgard

Here's a helpful and interesting look at the policies and procedures for Code of Conduct violations at WordCamp Europe. If you're involved in event organization, check it out. You'd be surprised that these types of actions do periodically have to be enforced.

WordCamp Europe takeaways

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Brian Krogsgard
After a whirlwind WordCamp Europe, I've had some time to sit back and consider some of the common conversational threads. When a big group of people gets together in the WordPress space, you can start to identify what folks are…

Here’s a nice writeup from Valet on why…

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Brian Krogsgard

Here's a nice writeup from Valet on why they (a WordPress agency) went to DrupalCon. There are plenty of things to learn from both Drupal and WordCamp teams, and I wouldn't mind going to a Drupal (or Joomla) conference if the opportunity presented…

Good news for those who won’t…

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Brian Krogsgard

Good news for those who won't be able to make it physically to WordCamp Europe: Livestream tickets are now available.

There’s an update from Andrea Middleton on…

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Brian Krogsgard

There's an update from Andrea Middleton on the WordCamp Incubator Program: 182 applications and they've got the list to 16 communities (from Russia to Greece to Kenya). It will be exciting as we see WordCamp and WordPress communities start to appear in…

I appreciated this post from Rob…

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Brian Krogsgard

I appreciated this post from Rob Leathern on some things conference organizers should and should not do when it comes to speakers. I'm not saying I 100% agree with everything here, but any WordCamp or conference organizers might want to set aside…
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