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July 02, 2013

Michelle Oznowicz

WordPress Community Memes

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August 2, 2013

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During Matt Mullenweg’s recent AMA on Reddit, he was asked by aaronjorbin: Of all the WordPress community memes, which one is your favorite? Matt (photomatt) replied: DerpPress is pretty funny, and some days I miss WP Wank. Recently I enjoyed #thingswpdailywouldpost and the response: torquemag.io/things-wpdaily-would-post. Pretty much anything Mike Adams (mdawaffe) sneaks into the code, be it easter eggs or Ghostbuster references. Mark Jaquith had some pretty hilarious ones but I can’t find them at the moment, maybe other folks could post their favorites too. 🙂 Have you seen all of these? Which on is your favorite? More importantly, any funny ideas […]

Matt is on Reddit Right Now

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July 31, 2013

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Here’s a sample, below. To catch it live, go to www.reddit.com/r/IAmA right now! vegasgeek – “Of all the WordCamp’s you’ve been to around the globe, what was the most unusual location for the event itself and, separately, the after party?” photomatt – “Oh by far and away the strangest location was Davao in the Philippines. I can’t find any pictures at the moment, but my talk was essentially at a restaurant with a swimming pool courtyard — the audience was on the other side of the pool from me, and the food buffet was behind me so when the Q&A got slow […]

Episode #020: Holy Horsehead

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July 31, 2013

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Show Notes Host  Siobhan McKeown can be found at siobhanmckeown.com. How the Siobhan got started in WordPress Siobhan setup a WordPress blog to do some freelance writing. Then James Farmer was looking for someone to write about WordPress. She wrote there for a year and a half. What they are sipping? Brad – Water Dre – hefeweizen by Pyramid Siobhan – Allagash, gin and tonic Pressing Topics WordCamp San Francisco Recap (the who’s who of WordPress). The first day was geared toward themers, and the second day was more for plugin designers. A few things to note from WordCamp San Francisco: […]

Matt Mullenweg on Reddit Tomorrow

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July 30, 2013

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Matt Mullenweg will be dropping into /r/Iama tomorrow, (Wednesday) July 31, at 3pm PDT. For those of you who are not familiar with Reddit,  /Iama stands for “I Am A.”  The thread always starts with the person of interest stating: I am ________.  AMA. AMA stands for “ask my anything” and AMAA stands for “Ask me almost anything.” Past participants include Bill Gates, Stephen Colbert, Stan Lee and even Barack Obama. We are excited to see what people ask Matt, especially since this is happening right after his 2013 State of the Word address. To catch up on what Redditors are chatting about right […]

Torque and The WP Daily Archives

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July 29, 2013

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Torque is honored to be able to offer to our readers a unique resource: The WP Daily Archives. It was quite a shock to the community when WP Daily withdrew so suddenly, and many people were disappointed. It was one thing that the site itself was calling it a day, but pulling down the content entirely created quite a stir. We at Torque – in the middle of a planning our own launch – just couldn’t stand by and watch all of that influential material disappear into a vortex, never to be seen again. We realized that we quite possibly […]

State of the Word Address 2013

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July 29, 2013

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On Saturday, the second day of WordCamp San Francisco 2013, Matt Mullenweg delivered the annual State of The Word address to a standing-room-only crowd of eager WordPress devotees. New statistics, development updates, video teasers, and one last joke about Jay-Z crashing the after party pleased the excited audience. Matt also shared the results of the annual survey, completed by 30,000 WordPress users and developers, and spotlighted WordPress’s recent rockstars. Here are the main numerical takeaways: •   18.9% of the web is now running on WordPress, up 2.2% from last year •   1026 unique WordCamp speakers •   1.4 […]

Introducing Torque: Letter from the Editor

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July 26, 2013

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Dear Reader, Today we are thrilled to be introducing Torque, the WordPress News Core. Our goal with Torque is to create a hub for community building and offer a forum for WordPress news. Dedicated entirely to the advancement of the WordPress ecosystem, Torque operates on the open-source philosophy that together, we can accomplish more than we can separately. We chose the name Torque because we were inspired by the power of tools to create greater motion and force. Our aspiration for Torque is for it to become a resource that propels our community to insightful thoughts, and to serve as […]

When Will the Stable Release of 3.6 Happen?

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July 25, 2013

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We can’t say for sure…but rumor has it that August will be the month. The first release candidate was made available to the public July 13, so developers have been sending in bug reports for weeks to help fix issues. The second release candidate just became available on July 24, and surely there will be more more issues to address, but now that the major setbacks have been figured out and the Post Formats UI and structured data has been completely removed, the stable release of WordPress 3.6 can’t be that far off. We are excited to see improvements in […]

WordCamps: The Importance of Meeting IRL

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July 24, 2013

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How WordCamps are helping fuel WordPress’s global community. By Michelle Oznowicz | July 24, 2013 It seems as if the business world is spinning faster and faster these days. Many companies have multiple locations in different parts of the world, and it’s not uncommon for colleagues to communicate across time zones, or even continents. Thanks to advancements in technology, the amount of time it takes to convey an idea to a faraway location – and get a response – has been minimized. This is a good thing, right? In some ways, yes. We are able to do things so much […]

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