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Show Notes

Host

In 2004, Drew Strojny was drafted by the New York Giants. During the off seasons he was teaching himself CSS and HTML in order to build his own website. He started freelancing and using WordPress for his client websites. From there he released a few themes of his own, and since then he founded The Theme Foundry.

You can contact him on twitter @drewstrojny.

Sippin’ On

Brad – Water

Dre – Diet Canada Dry

Drew – Water

Pressing Topics

The State of the WordPress Theme Industry is Changing

David Perel details some things to consider when navigating the new landscape of theme releases.

Commodification of WordPress Themes

Chris Wallace explores the “commodification” of WordPress themes, and looks at some thoughts to keep in mind when building a successful theme.

WordPress’s 11th Birthday

May 27 marks the 11th birthday of WordPress!

JSON REST API 

JSON REST API version 1.0 was released on May 24.

WordPress for iOS is Featured in Apple iPad Advertising Campaign

A new Apple iPad advertising campaign features a WordPress-powered blog!

Bar Tricks

Dre – SeedProd is a plugin for WordPress (coming soon) to help successfully launch your site!

Brad –  There is a WordPress Helper Class for saving pseudo-metadata for taxonomy terms.

Drew – Close BBPress posts that have had no activity for X days.

Events

WordCamp Philly 2014 – June 7-8

WordCamp Chicago– June 13-15

WordCamp NYC– August 2-3