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Maintainn acquires WPSell, an eCommerce support and development business

Brian Krogsgard

December 5, 2013

WPSell.net is a site that helps people get support and development services for eCommerce websites. David Rojas launched the site in April of this year, after working with Cart66 as a support technician and seeing that there "were a lot…

Crowd Favorite to be acquired by VeloMedia

Brian Krogsgard

November 15, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

Crowd Favorite and VeloMedia have reached an agreement where VeloMedia will acquire Crowd Favorite, with the transaction to occur early next year. Crowd Favorite was founded by Alex King, one of the earliest regular contributors to WordPress. King's freelance web…

Fight impostor syndrome

Brian Krogsgard

November 6, 2013

WordPress News

Tomorrow I'm extremely fortunate to be speaking at WordCamp Cape Town. One of the points in my presentation is about fighting impostor syndrome. However, It has also come up in one of my many wonderful conversations with Chris Lema, and…

What we learned at WordCamp Boston 2013

Brian Krogsgard

November 1, 2013

WordPress News

We had a great time at WordCamp Boston 2013 and learned a lot from attending. Whether or not you're from the area, we feel like you'll really be able learn something new about WordPress, have a laugh, and enjoy the…

WordCamp Europe rewound

Brian Krogsgard

October 17, 2013

WordPress News

The WordCamp Europe team has put together a "buzz" list of wrap-up posts and responses to WordCamp Europe. I've heard nothing but positive feedback, and it's really fun being able to read these experiences and see just how impactful an…

Let’s learn in Cape Town

Brian Krogsgard

October 17, 2013

WordPress News

WordCamp Cape Town is November 7th, and I'm really excited to have an opportunity to take part. The timing worked out perfectly, and it will be an excellent chance to learn, get to know people, and achieve some things for…

Partner spotlight: The Theme Foundry

Brian Krogsgard

October 16, 2013

DesignWordPress News

It was just over three months ago that I redesigned Post Status, re-focused the site's purpose, and partnered with The Theme Foundry. Today, I'd like to share that The Theme Foundry has opted to continue the relationship for another quarter.…

Lessons learned from being first to the WordPress theme market

Brian Krogsgard

October 10, 2013

Business

Adii Pienaar has written a post that's an absolute must read for anyone looking to get into WordPress products. They've learned a lot of lessons at WooThemes, some of which would not be obvious at all without insight from someone…

OptinMonster aims to be the dominant WordPress conversion plugin

Brian Krogsgard

October 1, 2013

DesignWordPress News

WordPress lead generation or conversion plugins are not typically my type of thing. In fact, I've hated every instance I've ever seen of them. But Syed Balkhi and Thomas Griffin have created OptinMonster, their take on a WordPress conversion plugin…

The case for WordCamp speaker reviews

Brian Krogsgard

September 27, 2013

WordPress News

Chris Lema makes the case for implementing WordCamp speaker reviews. I think it's a great idea, and you should definitely read his full proposal. I do have some concerns on it though. For one, reviews are subjective, so organizers would…

WP Weekend Phoenix to merge back into WordCamp Phoenix

Brian Krogsgard

September 13, 2013

WordPress News

It's been confirmed that WP Weekend Phoenix is merging back into an official WordCamp as WordCamp Phoenix. I first heard about the announcement on Twitter and confirmed with Andrea Middleton today. As you may recall, I posted about WP Weekend…

Cheers to the GPL

Brian Krogsgard

August 27, 2013

WordPress News

This past weekend, I co-organized WordCamp Birmingham, or WP Y'all, and a couple of our (many) taglines were "In Open Source We Trust" and "Cheers to the GPL." So naturally we toasted the GPL at the after party. Going through…

WordPress and JavaScript with Backbone

Brian Krogsgard

August 22, 2013

Development

I recently ran across this excellent slide deck from K. Adam White on evolving your JavaScript with BackBone.js. It's a really great deck that I highly recommend you fully digest. It's simple enough for people not yet well versed in…

Best practices for WordCamp forkers

Brian Krogsgard

August 20, 2013

WordPress News

In light of some recent WordCamp "forks", Andrea Middleton has posted a draft of policies for people that are WordCamp organizers and decide to organize non-WordCamp affiliated conferences. This is a really good proactive approach in my opinion, and Andrea…

Meet Philip Arthur Moore, Premium Theme Lead at Automattic

Brian Krogsgard

August 19, 2013

BusinessDesign

Philip Arthur Moore is the Premium Theme team lead at Automattic. I'm thrilled to have been able to ask Philip some questions about WordPress.com premium themes, their processes, and working at Automattic. His answers are thorough and very insightful, and…

WordCamp demographics and selection processes

Brian Krogsgard

August 8, 2013

WordPress News

There are many challenges for WordCamp organizers. One of those challenges if finding the right balance of speakers. That includes balancing topics, demographics and having a proper number of local speakers versus out-of-towners, and weighing pros and cons for each…

Maintainn acquires WPSell, an eCommerce support and development business

Crowd Favorite to be acquired by VeloMedia

Fight impostor syndrome

What we learned at WordCamp Boston 2013

WordCamp Europe rewound

Let’s learn in Cape Town

Partner spotlight: The Theme Foundry

Lessons learned from being first to the WordPress theme market

OptinMonster aims to be the dominant WordPress conversion plugin

The case for WordCamp speaker reviews

WP Weekend Phoenix to merge back into WordCamp Phoenix

Cheers to the GPL

WordPress and JavaScript with Backbone

Best practices for WordCamp forkers

Meet Philip Arthur Moore, Premium Theme Lead at Automattic

WordCamp demographics and selection processes

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