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Automattic Hired 48 New Employees in 2012

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January 15, 2013

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Want to work for one of the best companies in the world? Automattic, the company behind that blogging software that you use every single day is looking to add 60+ passionate “Automatticians” this coming year – they added 48 new ones last year: 19 developers/systems folk – Those who write code and make sure servers are running. 14 Happiness Engineers – Those who support our users in the forums and answer requests for help. 6 themers and designers –  Those who create beautiful themes and sites. 8 in business and operations – Those who work internally with Automatticians and with our VIPs. 2 in […]

Volunteer Meeting for WordCamp Atlanta

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January 15, 2013

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As we shared earlier this month, our team here at WP Daily are helping to lead and organize WordCamp Atlanta and every day that passes is one more day closer to the event. But we, like many other WordCamps, need the help of the incredible volunteer base that exists in our community to pull it off – and I’m always amazed at how it all comes together in the end. It’s one of the best things about our community and it’s the thing that’s really going to speak to those that have not yet experienced WordPress and keep them coming back. […]

A Change of Philosophy with the Release of Mimbo Pro 4

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January 14, 2013

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Mimbo Pro was one of the very first themes that I ever purchased. In fact, it was while I was still working in big business (Dell, Inc.) and I was using it as an internal proof-of-concept piece for a communications project hoping to prove to upper management that blogging was something that shouldn’t just be forward facing but also valuable for internal com as well. Mimbo helped me prove the project and we went on to custom build an internal solution that is still in place today. I have a lot of gratitude for those guys and the product that […]

ManageWP Update Woes, Operation 'Reborn' Coming Soon

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January 14, 2013

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If their current homepage has anything to say about it (as well as their stream via Twitter) then ManageWP is experiencing a few *burps* with their new homepage that they are trying to setup. I’m sure they’ll get it all back together shortly, right? We’ve all experienced this one time or another, so although it completely sucks it’s understandable. I hope their service for their customers hasn’t been interrupted though! Are you a ManageWP customer? Are you stoked?

Going Fireside with BlogDroid

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January 13, 2013

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We’re continuing to interface with very interesting people and we love it when they share some of the neat stuff that they are doing. We recently bumped into Karen Jackie and the stuff she’s doing over at BlogDroid, an “intelligence engine” via managed WordPress hosting. A neat spin from the outside looking in but I was curious enough to inquire more and it eventually made sense to do a WPOI (Word Person of Interest) interview. So, without further ado…

The WordPress Weekend Roundup

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January 12, 2013

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It’s been a very full second week of January as people are definitely back in the saddle and writing and publishing great content. Businesses are attempting to hit their stride as they shake off the dust from the winter break and products are being released left and right. Fantastic for all of us as we continue to grow our own businesses, personal, and professional lives – it’s just tough to keep up with it all! We’ve got nearly 50 resources in this one. Hope you guys have a fantastic weekend and make sure you check out WordCamp Victoria’s Live Coverage as well!

Happy Birthday Matt!

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January 11, 2013

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Matt Mullenweg turns 29 today (born January 11, 1984) and we at WP Daily salute you good sir! Thank you for all you’ve done – we can’t thank you enough. To think that it all started here in a post titled The Blogging Software Dilemma:  

Breaking Git History, Rebase and/or Re-Clone

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January 10, 2013

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There’s a very active discussion over at Make Core surrounding a proposal from Mark Jaquith to create a proper Git mirror. The issue? Forgetting to use the appropriate authors.txt file. So what is the solution? Proposed: That we re-run the git-svn import with a proper authors.txt file. Upsides – We’ll have a proper Git mirror with good and consistent author data, that we can, if desired, use for a future migration to Git. Commits will be properly attributed in GitHub. Downsides – This will break Git history. If you have a Git checkout of WordPress, either standalone or in a submodule, that’ll mean that you’ll have to rebase your master […]

Toni and His Love for Bandcamp

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January 10, 2013

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Apparently Bandcamp is continuing to innovate with the new release of their service Bandcamp for Fans, which now boasts some very neat features: Today we’re giving fans the ability to showcase their Bandcamp music collections, follow their favorite artists, explore the music of like-minded fans, add items to a wishlist, and more. In developing these features, we’ve been guided by one overriding objective: grow revenue for artists while keeping the core Bandcamp experience as simple and clean as possible. Toni Schneider, the CEO of Automattic, apparently has his own growing collection.

A Look at Train'rs and Their Creative Use of WordPress

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January 10, 2013

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We are always on the lookout for creative implementations of WordPress that are a little more “outside the box” especially as people begin to think more critically about frameworks and WordPress as an application. Occasionally we also stumble neat and unique representations of design, UI and UX as well as creative use-cases in not-so-often-thought-of niches and markets. One example of this is Train.rs, a management solution for personal fitness trainers for their clients. Pretty neat, right? They are currently looking for active Beta testers and we got a first-hand look at it recently. To start, the premise is quite simple: […]

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