The Linux foundation has quietly dropped…
The Linux foundation has quietly dropped community board representatives. This is a disturbing development for the open source project.
The Linux foundation has quietly dropped community board representatives. This is a disturbing development for the open source project.
David and Olivia Bisset sat down for a chat with Matt Mullenweg about open source, Tumblr, and how Matt deals with negativity. Matt has three roles today: CEO of Tumblr, CEO of Automattic, and project lead for the next release of WordPress. He shares what went wrong with post formats and what he would love to acquire next if he could. The answer may (or may not) surprise you! Recorded shortly before WordCamp Europe 2022.
Another really neat project from 10up is the SaaS version of their ElasticPress product. The tagline for ElasticPress.io is, “WordPress Search, Solved.” It’s fully hosted, and geared specifically for WordPress. It’s not cheap (starts at $299 per month), and you can of course use their open source plugin to setup your own Elasticsearch server using…
Jen Mylo has announced the WordPress summer mentorship programs. Google Summer of Code is for college/university students to get involved with development in an open source project. Gnome is an outreach program for women and is open to contributions in any area of the project. Both programs have a stipend of around $5,000.
I missed this article when it was first published, but Zack Rosen has a great post on the open web over at TechCrunch. Zack is the CEO of Pantheon, a web host specializing in Drupal and WordPress sites. He says, “the open web is not keeping up with the wider technology industry,” and notes, “for the open web to…
Decision-by-committee is difficult enough, and decision-by-community is called an election. Surely there must be a way that we can gather information, keep the community informed, and move forward in a mutually-beneficial way.
Google Fonts now supports open source icons, starting with the Material Design icon set. 👍 They’ve “also created an entirely new icon for Google Fonts itself.” In my view, this change makes another Google product logo unrecognizable. 🤷♂️