John Saddington

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January 10, 2013

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It’s always difficult to write a blog title and use the word “must have” since many people consider that link-bait (the tactic of creating a crazy-stupid title for the purpose of click-throughs) but after reviewing this app I am finding it hard to justify not using it for any WordCamp, especially if you’re an organizer. What is Gather App? Quite simple: It’s a text-based alert system for your WordCamp conference (or any conference / gathering for that matter) that’s simple, intuitive, and cost-effective. And Gather lets you do all of this by letting you text your guests as a group (or […]

Start Exercising with Lorelle VanFossen

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January 10, 2013

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Lorelle VanFossen, prolific WordPress blogger-extraordinaire, has started a new initiative to get you (and everyone else you know) in terrific shape – at least related to your blog. She’s calling it “Blog Exercise” and she’s gunning to get you back on track: Blog Exercises are designed to strengthen your blogging abilities… consider this Yoga for your blog. So what will this look like in the days to come? Simple – she’ll be releasing blogging exercises five times a week. Some of them wil be rather simple that most bloggers will be able to engage with quickly and directly while others she […]

Creative Market: Etsy-like Marketplace for WordPress, More

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January 10, 2013

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We are always fascinated (and at times concerned) with the growth of the theme marketplace at large – it seems that everyone and their brother is coming up with not just one theme but multiple themes and then throwing them into an existing marketplace or starting their own. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing as it makes sense for many authors to do that which helps streamline their business process and can save them an incredible amount of time and energy, but what I’m saying is that the level of creativity and innovation that surrounds theme marketplaces is a bit stale. […]

Behind the Scenes: Startup and Long Days

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January 10, 2013

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiN4fUIxnJY It’s been a long and very difficult day but I love my team and what we get to do! Sleep tight my WordPress friends! See you tomorrow for another full and very exciting day. Rock it out.

Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 1.9.2013

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January 9, 2013

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Here’s a look at the updated and new Plugins and Themes of January 9th, 2013:

Top 30 Most Popular WordPress Plugins

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January 9, 2013

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Plugins, plugins, plugins! It’s one of the best (and at times worst) things about WordPress as there are some killer plugins that will make your WordPress-powered blog sing while there are times, especially as a developer and WordPress consultant, when you jump in the back-end of a client’s blog and *gasp* you find 1,000 of them installed with over half of them needing updates. Yes, you know that you’ve seen those sites and the floor drops out from under you and you realize that there is no amount of money that you could be paid to “fix” this incredibly plugin-logged site. […]

Even More Pin for Your Pinterest (and WordPress Site)

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January 9, 2013

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Pinterest – man, that is one site that I’m not that into. I get the attraction and I understand the utility, but I haven’t found a personal workflow or reason for me to necessarily join it in earnest. But I do know that Pinterest can provide a motherlode of traffic when done well. I know this from a personal blog project that leverages pinterest really well – and the traffic statistics are absolutely mind-blowing. So it doesn’t surprise me that WordPress.com has announced Pinterest verification in addition their Google and Bing verification systems. All you have to do is the following […]

VaultPress Simplifies FTP/SFTP, SSH Access

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January 9, 2013

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VaultPress had some big news just a few weeks ago relate with their acquisition of CodeGarage and many have wondered how the two will continue to co-exist and/or be combined since their services can be considered very similar. Regardless of what eventually happens (it’s reported that things for customers will be seamless and uninterrupted) their products are continued to be refined and updated, just like VaultPress’ recent update to their system for accessing and connecting to WordPress sites: We’ve recently made this much easier to do when you sign up or add a new site by asking for the credentials […]

Blogging, Editorial Internship

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January 9, 2013

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I have hired so many people in my lifetime that I feel weird creating a job requisite because they typically are simply boring and have all this extra fluff that means nothing but seems “standard,” right? I mean, when was the last time you read a typical “REQ” and was like: Wow, it sounds amazing! I want to dedicate my most precious and limited resource to this endeavor and business! I’m applying now! Yeah, me neither. So, I won’t create one like that for you and instead I’ll just talk about the role and how pumped I would be if […]

WordCamp Atlanta, March 15-16, 2013

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