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Michelle Oznowicz

8BIT Closes Its Doors

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August 21, 2013

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8BIT surprises once again with a seemingly sudden game changer. As of today, the company is officially closed for business. Their Support Forums will continue to be open for another 30 days, but after that, they will no longer support their products—including their core product, Standard Theme. For those looking for a partner post-Standard, 8BIT recommends Woothemes and StudioPress. The company behind Standard Theme was made up of John Saddington, Chris Ames, Jared Erickson, Tom McFarlin, Michael Novotny, Eric Dye, and Jason Bradley. 8BIT was also the organization behind WP Daily, and the closure of 8BIT comes on the heels of […]

Introducing: Torque Book Club

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August 19, 2013

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The first rule of Book Club is: You do not talk about Book Club. Seriously though… Anyone and everyone is welcome to join! It’s a very low maintenance book club in the sense that there are no deadlines and no meetings. Torque reader Vanessa Blaylock came up with the fun idea to set up a P2 WordPress site for discussion. Vanessa’s thoughts: With an asynchronous book club – asynchronous both temporally across the month, and also in that you could read 2 pages from the middle and go chime in about an idea that inspired you – I think it […]

Week in WordPress: Episode 9

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August 18, 2013

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Hope everyone is having a relaxing Sunday! If you’re having WordPress news withdrawals, feel free to check out this past week’s episode of Week in WordPress with Matt Medeiros, below. I was lucky enough to be a guest this episode, along with Jason Coleman and Brian Casel. Also, if you look close enough you might be able to spot a Mogwai on my couch. I better not let it get wet…or: But back to the show—we talk about WordPress Connect, gossip vs. news, aggregated vs. curated…and widgets. Enjoy!

Editor of Torque on Matt Report

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August 17, 2013

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Matt Medieros, WordPress entrepreneur, podcaster, and co-founder of Slocum Studio, was kind enough to have me on his show, Matt Report, this past week. The interview gave me an opportunity to talk about my background, share details of how Torque came to be, and further explain my role as Editor at Torque. We also got to wax poetic about journalism, blogging and entertainment…and discuss our thoughts on the evolving WordPress community and the future of WordPress news. Matt is such a great host and I had a blast being a guest. I hope you enjoy!

Episode #22: Three Degrees of Dradnado

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August 16, 2013

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Show Notes Host Matt Medeiros, creator of the Matt Report. Matt can be found at @mattreport How the Matt got started in WordPress Matt was a product manager for a local ISP. They purchased a WebDev company that was a Drupal shop. He took over the support team. Commandeered the Drupal team. They moved into WordPress. Matt left the company and started a company with my father. What they are sipping? Brad – Chub soda, cherry vodka and club soda Dre – Big ole’ bucket of water Matt – Linenkugle summer shandy Pressing Topics WordPress.com introduces WordPress.com Connect. Allows users to […]

WordPress News, Aggregated

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August 15, 2013

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We’ve known for a little while that ManageWP has had something in the works, we just didn’t know exactly what. Until yesterday, that is, when they made their project available to those willing to submit their email address to get invited to test it out. Turns out I’m still waiting for my email invite, so I can’t give you my full opinion quite yet. But I can share with you my initial thoughts and reactions! Hmmm…another news site? That’s what I heard through the grapevine (aka saw on my Twitter feed) when I woke up yesterday morning. Upon further investigation, and after […]

Automattic Announces WordPress.com Connect

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August 13, 2013

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WordPress.com Connect is now available for third party developers. This new feature is comparable to Facebook Connect, Sign in with Twitter, and Open ID. It offers a secure and easy way for WordPress users to login to your site or app, by simply using their own WordPress credentials. This makes connecting with other WordPress users that much easier. By integrating WordPress.com Connect on your site, people have the option to login without having to create or remember any new login information. What’s in it for the users? From their dashboard, users can control which apps have access to their data […]

Episode 021: Doing it at Midnight

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August 8, 2013

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Show Notes Host Brian Krogsgard is a WordPress developer in Birmingham, Alabama. Krogsgard the owner of Poststat.us a curated WordPress news platform. How the Matt got started in WordPress Brian found out about WordPress in 2008. In 2010, he came back to WordPress when he realized he enjoyed making websites and began writing for WP Candy. He spent a year learning and writing while making sites for friends and families. What they are sipping? Brad – Chub Soda. Cherry Vodka and Club soda Dre – Water Brian – Dale’s Pale Ale Pressing Topics WordPress 3.6 Oscar released. Oscar includes a […]

WP Avengers Enter the Scene

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August 6, 2013

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In the wake of WooThemes’ controversial price raise, WP Avengers make a unique debut. See it for yourself here. What are they doing? As a customer / developer, I want a source of affordable and high quality extensions with good support. I need a range of extensions – payment gateway, shipping, product configuration, marketing and reporting. And I don’t want to be screwed! Instead of going around problems, I’m actually building this solution along with some ace WooCommerce developers. Who are they? We are a group of WooCommerce / WordPress developers, led by Nathan Walker. Nathan has been doing PHP since PHP 2, […]

WooThemes Clarifies the Term Lifetime and Leaves Decision Up to Customers

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August 5, 2013

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On August 1, WooThemes announced that they are altering their business model and raising their prices. Since then, they have received a lot of attention regarding these changes…some positive, and some negative. In reaction to this controversy, WooThemes responded this morning with An Important Update in which they clarify the meaning of “Lifetime” (the life of the product) and offer their customers the choice of adapting the new business model – or sticking with their initial plan. To do right by you, we would now like to give you the option of whether you want to back our strategy for sustainability […]

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