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Copyright, Selfie Monkeys, and the Hand of God

Dan Knauss

September 22, 2022

The Open Source Initiative has produced a podcast series on AI and its implications for open source out of the concern that "the traditional view of open source code implementing AI algorithms may not be sufficient to guarantee inspectability and…

Why do designers quit their jobs?

Dan Knauss

September 22, 2022

BusinessCareers

Matej Latin did a survey of designers who quit their jobs and discovered: No career progression opportunities and unhappiness with the work they do were about equal, at about 20% each.Problems with company culture came next.A lack of UX maturity…

Revisiting the Notifications Problem

Dan Knauss

September 22, 2022

DevelopmentNotes

Brian Coords has been working on WP-Notify which is described on its GitHub repo as: A feature plugin for WordPress, which aims to create a new (better) way to manage and deliver notifications to the relevant audience. https://wpbuilds.com/2022/09/01/294-how-might-we-fix-the-wordpress-notifications-problem/

WordPress 6.1 Beta 1 • Help Test • #WPTranslationDay • Video Courses #LearnWP

Courtney Robertson

September 21, 2022

DesignHosting

The 6.1 Beta 1 release was briefly delayed a day but is now available. You can get familiar with what's coming in 6.1 with the release by helping test the new features. Please give some consideration to Hugh Lashbrooke's proposal for faster course development on the Training Team with video-based courses.

New Features to Test in Gutenberg 14.1

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2022

DesignDevelopment

A reminder from Anne McCarthy about the importance of your help testing Gutenberg 14.1 in advance of the WordPress 6.1 release: If you have the current Gutenberg (plugin) release installed, you can use block template parts without adopting everything that…

Managing WordPress Dev Environments with WP-CLI and Robo

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2022

DevelopmentNotes

Delicious Brains has a new tutorial about Managing WordPress Dev Environments with WP-CLI and Robo that's worth a look. Robo is an open-source task runner like Gulp and Grunt using PHP instead of JavaScript. It's used by Drupal's Drush, that project's…

Making Events Accessible and Websites Under 1kB

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2022

DesignNotes

From the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), Here's a checklist "for meetings, conferences, training, and presentations that are remote/virtual, in-person, or hybrid." And here's a website with pages under 1kB from Brad Taunt who is maintaining a list of sites…

1,122% 3-Year Growth

Dan Knauss

September 20, 2022

BusinessDevelopment

Multidots was ranked #560 on the 2022 Inc. 5000 Annual List this year. Noted at the end of the listing is a massive figure — they posted 1,122% growth over three years as a WordPress VIP Gold partner. They've also…

What’s in a Name? HPOS for WooCommerce

Dan Knauss

September 20, 2022

DevelopmentNotes

Custom Order Tables in WooCommerce are now High Performance Order Storage (HPOS). It's a technical kind of rebranding that's a really good idea to express not only what custom database tables for orders are but what they do. According to…

Atarim and Rocket.net Partnership

Dan Knauss

September 20, 2022

BusinessDesign

Vito Peleg, Atarim's cofounder and CEO, explains how he "cracked" the partnership problem to find alignment with other companies that can help them all accelerate their growth. Vito explains what Atarim's latest partnership with Rocket.net brings to both companies and their customers — and he anticipates more deals like this in the year ahead.

Want WebP by Default Now? Get the Performance Lab Plugin

Dan Knauss

September 20, 2022

NotesPlanet

If your host doesn't already support WebP by default, you can get it with the Performance Lab plugin, thanks to the WordPress Performance Team.

A Beautiful Life is All About Maintenance

Dan Knauss

September 20, 2022

BusinessDevelopment

RescueTime, which I've used since they started up, often has pretty good articles on time management and such. This is one. Most good habits are about maintenance. https://blog.rescuetime.com/a-beautiful-life-is-all-about-maintenance/

WooCommerce vs. Shopify: Why Do We Make It So Hard?

Dan Knauss

September 20, 2022

BusinessDevelopment

How to make a user experience that doesn't suck has always remained a kind of trade secret among those who make it their trade. That's understandable, but it's Drupal behavior in a WordPress world.

Lessons in Maintenance

Dan Knauss

September 19, 2022

BusinessDevelopment

What's the best approach to maintenance — in software, sailing, or anything else? Hope for the best? Stewart Brand takes a famous solo, non-stop, round-the-world sailing race as a parable about maintenance styles that will win, go beyond winning, or drive you mad.

Tech Roundup for the Week of September 12

Daniel Schutzsmith

September 15, 2022

DesignDevelopment

Fresh off the heels of WordCamp US, here’s a glimpse of what’s going on in the world of design and development in the WordPress space. There were several fantastic talks about design, accessibility, WP-CLI, blocks, and FSE at the event. We’re looking forward to highlighting some videos once they’re online.

Ask a #WordPress Question: As a Senior Developer with little WordPress experience, how can I best showcase my WordPress skills to clients?

Dan Knauss

September 15, 2022

CareersDevelopment

Sometimes we get questions — because we have a form for WordPress Questions. Go ahead, ask away!

This one is from Jordan at DamnGood.tech.

Copyright, Selfie Monkeys, and the Hand of God

Why do designers quit their jobs?

Revisiting the Notifications Problem

WordPress 6.1 Beta 1 • Help Test • #WPTranslationDay • Video Courses #LearnWP

New Features to Test in Gutenberg 14.1

Managing WordPress Dev Environments with WP-CLI and Robo

Making Events Accessible and Websites Under 1kB

1,122% 3-Year Growth

What’s in a Name? HPOS for WooCommerce

Atarim and Rocket.net Partnership

Want WebP by Default Now? Get the Performance Lab Plugin

A Beautiful Life is All About Maintenance

WooCommerce vs. Shopify: Why Do We Make It So Hard?

Lessons in Maintenance

Tech Roundup for the Week of September 12

Ask a #WordPress Question: As a Senior Developer with little WordPress experience, how can I best showcase my WordPress skills to clients?

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