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Pros and Cons of a Company Twitter

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July 31, 2014

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As social media becomes more integral to our everyday lives, companies frantically work to lock down popular social media platform accounts with their brand name. Twitter, one of the more popular social media networking services, is an excellent multi-tool with a variety of uses ranging from simple networking, to customer support, to marketing. It has been highly recommended that companies have a Twitter account for their brand. Though Twitter can provide extended benefits to a company, there are some difficulties that users should be aware of before creating an an account. Let’s take a look at some of how having a Twitter […]

DradCast Episode 053: Turn Down For What

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July 31, 2014

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[y=e_sXi-GB3jM height=400] Show Notes Host Kevin Dees started with a GeoCities website, nowadays he is the owner of the web consulting agency Robojuice and the creator of TypeRocket. He has also co-hosted the Web Weekly and SitePoint podcasts. Sharing and growing with the WordPress community is something Kevin is deeply involved in. He is passionate about making the web a better place. You can find him online at and on Twitter @kevindees. Sippin’ On Brad – Lectar Fish  IPA Dre – Dos Equis Kevin –  Peach Lemonade Pressing Topics PHPNG (next generation)  A little bit about the next generation PHP branch. Developers Working […]

A Glimpse into the Future of WordPress from WordCamp Milwaukee

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July 30, 2014

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This year’s WordCamp Milwaukee featured an array of impressive speakers who discussed trending topics on WordPress business and development. The speakers even included a presentation on Joomla and how to use other PHP frameworks to overcome the limitations of WordPress. A few weeks ago, I wrote about what you can expect in WordPress 4.0, but at WordCamp Milwaukee last weekend I actually got a glimpse into what the future of WordPress has to offer. Presentations by Andrew Nacin, one of the lead developers of WordPress, as well as the lead developers of the REST API project,  Ryan McCue of Human […]

The Rise of Bitcoin: Should You Accept It?

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July 30, 2014

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The online landscape is changing—in particular in its attitude towards digital currency, also known as cryptocurrency. 2013 was the unofficial year of the cryptocurrency, with bitcoin grabbing huge amounts of mainstream attention. At the start of 2013, a bitcoin was worth approximately $13, but over the 12 months that followed it hit highs of $1,147. If you got in at the right time, you could have earned a whopping 8,000% ROI! Recent trends have seen a surge in tech-savvy consumers calling for online retailers to accept virtual currencies, in particular bitcoin. This has a lot to do with the public’s mistrust […]

3 Ways to Manage Your Plugins

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July 29, 2014

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Plugins are my bread and butter. I spend a great deal of time using them, organizing them, and evaluating them. Many WordPress users out there probably have a few groups of plugins they like to start sites off with. One set for client sites, another for blogs, another for test sites, etc. But keeping track of these various groups and manually installing them to every fresh WordPress install can be a bit of a hassle. Luckily, there are a few ways to approach the task. The Simple Way Fortunately, there are tools out there that allow you to group plugins together, and […]

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