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July 02, 2013

Michelle Oznowicz

WordCamp Phoenix 2014 Day One: The Beginner Track(s)

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January 18, 2014

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After working with Sufyan and Meg on WordPress for Beginners: Too Many Choices? last week, I’m particularly interested in WordPress education for beginners at the moment. Considering the extremely high percentage of new users who abandon their sites within 7 days on WordPress.com (96%!)—as discussed in depth by Al Davis in The State of WordPress Education, I think it’s important for us to think about the beginner’s experience, and how it can be improved, from an education standpoint. With this in mind, I decided to follow an all-beginner track for day 1 of WordCamp Phoenix yesterday. Out of the 5 tracks offered—Beginner User, […]

Torque and DradCast Partner for 2.0 Launch!

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January 18, 2014

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Today we are proud to announce that Torque has partnered with the DradCast for their 2.0 launch, sponsored by https://wpengine.com/WP Engine. We will be providing editorial and production support—such as booking guests, creating show notes, and basically being there for anything else that might come up—as they move forward. As always, the show is brought to you by the two infamous knuckleheads it’s named after, but we’ll be there to support, cheerlead, and help them take it to the next level. So check it out! Tune in to their next episode airing on Wednesday, January 22 at 5pm Pacific . Yours truly (me!) […]

Publisher of Torque, WP Engine, Raises $15 Million from North Bridge Growth Equity

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January 14, 2014

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What’s on the front page of TechCrunch this morning? The news that our publisher, WP Engine, has raised 15 million dollars from North Bridge Growth Equity to invest in product development and accelerate growth. Good news for us! Torque is included in the items that will be benefitting from the funding, so we look forward to innovations just around the corner. We can’t wait to see what this news makes possible and watch the company—and our publication—grow (even more!) over the next year! Read more on the TechCrunch article here. Michelle Oznowicz is the Managing Editor of Torque. Whether it […]

WooThemes Hits 2 Million WooCommerce Downloads

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December 19, 2013

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Today, WooThemes proudly celebrates a major milestone—reaching 2,000,000 WooCommerce downloads. Impressive, right? And yes, that’s Torque contributor Matt Cohen of WooThemes sharing his excitement in the photo above. (I “borrowed” a screenshot from the fun video they made to toast the occasion; you should check it out too.) We’re happy for them. According to statistics from builtwith.com provided on WooThemes’ site, 9% of ALL eCommerce websites are now using WooCommerce. Now that’s good business! Here’s the breakdown provided by WooThemes of the industry verticals currently leveraging WooCommerce for their businesses: In other WooNews, the community behind the platform is continuing to […]

Episode #29: The Brett Favre of WordCamps

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December 19, 2013

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Show Notes Host The guest host of Episode #29 was John Hawkins. How did the John get into WordPress? John Hawkins is a long time web developer, WordPress enthusiast, WordCamp speaker and organizer living on the outskirts of Las Vegas with his wife and two teenage children. In 2009 John co-founded 9seeds, a custom WordPress development company. What were they sippin’ on? John was sippin’ on a Sailor Jerry and Pepsi x 2. Dre was drinking a Diet Coke. Brad a lager . Pressing Topics Discussed WordCamp Las Vegas, including John’s organizing experience, the sandwiches, and how the business track […]

Our Heads Were in the Cloud Yesterday at MarketplaceLIVE

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December 6, 2013

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The Torque team ducked out of our workspace for a bit yesterday to attend Telx’s MarketplaceLIVE, a cloud computing conference boasting the tagline “Enhancing Connectivity Through Insight.” With over 600 registered attendees, the event was put on by leading interconnection and data center provider Telx and held at the beautiful Nob Hill Masonic Center. Dozens of exhibitors from all corners of the cloud computing ecosystem came out to share their visions and interact with their community. The first booth we walked up to was that of security company Black Lotus, which had the most striking design (white on black instead of […]

Torque’s Editorial Team Grows

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November 25, 2013

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A little under six months in, Torque gleefully welcomes Kirby Prickett in her new role as Editorial Assistant. I first met Kirby at WordCamp San Francisco, the day of Torque’s launch, where Kirby expressed her interest in journalism—and writing about WordPress specifically. We subsequently worked on an article together, and the experience was terrific. A native of Brisbane, Australia, Kirby has past professional experience in the fields of economics, public policy, and government. Kirby earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Economics at the University of Queensland and and her Master’s Degree at the Australian National University in Government and Commercial Law. With such an interesting background, we […]

WP Remote Rolled Out Even More Changes This Week

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November 22, 2013

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WP Remote provides a great resource for those who have multiple WordPress sites to maintain. Created in 2010, this evolving web app allows users to monitor and update all of their WordPress sites in one place, saving time and effort for those who manage sites for clients. Since announcing “The New WP Remote” on October 4—which marked the launch of their new premium features, a redesign, and the public release of their powerful API—the folks behind the scenes at WP Remote have been working hard to deliver even more improvements to the interface, all rolled out in the past week. […]

Episode #28: Bacon Bad

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November 21, 2013

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Show Notes Host  The guest host of Episode #28 was Robert Neu, CEO and Marketing Engineer of FAT Media. Robert is also one of the hosts of the WPBacon podcast. What were they sippin’ on? Robert Neu was drinking a Fat Tyre Brad a Grand Cru Dre a Corona. How did the Robert get into WordPress? Robert started out in freelance, building sites. He tried Drupal, Joomla, Open Cart, and eventually realized WordPress made him the least angry. While Robert started as a developer, he later transitioned to focusing on SEO and internet marketing. He continues with this focus through […]

Episode #27: Stop Squeaking Lisa

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October 31, 2013

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Show Notes Host The guest host of the Halloween version of the DradCast Episode #27 was Lisa Sabin-Wilson of Web Dev Studios. What were they sippin’ on? Dre was drinking water Brad was drinking Fireball Cinnamon Whisky. Lisa was drinking Fireball Cinnamon Whisky. How did the host get into WordPress? Lisa has several new editions of books coming out—the 6th edition of WordPress for Dummies, 2nd edition of WordPress Web Design for Dummies and the 2nd edition of WordPress All in One For Dummies. Lisa also recently spoke at PressNomics about her journey with WordPress. Pressing Topics of the Week WordPress 3.7 […]

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