ZippyKid partners with Google PageSpeed
ZippyKid has partnered with Google PageSpeed to “automatically apply web performance best practices” to their WordPress sites. The test cases look pretty promising.
ZippyKid has partnered with Google PageSpeed to “automatically apply web performance best practices” to their WordPress sites. The test cases look pretty promising.
Greg Wilson’s video on “What We Actually Know About Software Development” is pretty fascinating. Greg ends up with some soli data-based rules of thumb that seem to apply whenever you measure variations in performance over a sample of programmers: Count on the best people outperforming the worst by about 10:1. Count on the best performer being…
Automattic is testing the ability for Business plan customers to upload custom plugins and themes on WordPress.com. The test has only been open a few days, and they are enabling the feature for around 10 sites per day, so it’s a very, very soft launch. But if it goes well, one can presume the feature…
I did an email based interview with Andy Wilkerson — owner of Parallelus and acquirer of UpThemes — to learn more about the decision to purchase the small theme shop. Here it is (I added links where it helps): Why did you want to buy it? There isn’t a single big reason, but a combination…
This is a great interview with Ryan MacDonald of Liquid Web and Kevin Ohashi from Review Signal if you value depth and breadth of experience and vision in experts. The history of the hosting industry is interesting on its own terms, and these two go back a long way. You may be surprised at what…
Chima Mmeje on valuing yourself and raising your rates. Making the most of your WordCamp experience. The importance of community. What’s the “WordPress Way” for payment models — and is it the right way?
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