Tom McFarlin discusses the spectrum of…
Tom McFarlin discusses the spectrum of open source philosophies, and it’s a terrific read. I definitely fall more into Tom’s camp, of utilitarian, versus purist philosophy.
Tom McFarlin discusses the spectrum of open source philosophies, and it’s a terrific read. I definitely fall more into Tom’s camp, of utilitarian, versus purist philosophy.
After the Foundation / new WordCamp organization article last week, I had some followup with Matt Mullenweg regarding several details. For one, the new organization will indeed be a subsidiary of the WordPress Foundation, and it will be a public benefit corporation. Matt said the point of the structure was, “make the foundation’s finances much…
In a recent interview, Michele Butcher-Jones talked with Katie Richards, a Community Coordinator at Pantheon, about how she got involved with WordPress and what open source means to her.
In this episode, Brian is joined by the CEO of Human Made, Tom Willmot, and they discuss steps for building a healthy remote company, and talk about Human Made’s new open source employee handbook.
I’m not sorry to see Google Fonts and other sources of fine typography being dropped as remote sources for WordPress themes. Given the relative ease of modifying existing open source typefaces and creating new ones, I wonder why we don’t see more of them being generated and shared in the WordPress space. It would be…
Chassis is a virtual server for WordPress that’s been made available to the public while it’s still in the early stages of development. It’s an open source community project with commercial support from Human Made. With the Chassis Desktop interface you can choose your PHP version, a few available extensions, and enjoy some keyboard navigation.
In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Dan and Ny take on three issues in the WordPress community that can threaten or impair trust while also revealing how foundational trust and healthy communication are: 1) racism and microaggressions, 2) the sudden removal and uncertain fate of the active install growth chart in the WordPress.org plugin repository, and 3) open source and security. Briefly discussed: emerging US federal policy that aims to secure open-source software. Zero-trust architecture might work well for networked machines, but human relationships and communities need trust.