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DradCast Episode 048: Parking Lot Joker

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June 12, 2014

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[y=enkkgvZNamM height=400] Show Notes Host Brian Messenlehner joined the Marine Corps on his 18th birthday. After taking his placement exam, he was sent to Military Occupational School, where he met Brad Williams for the first time. Together they were in charge of setting up servers in the field in Afghanistan. Brian and Brad started doing some freelance work in the early 2000s, and in 2006 they decided to start WebDevStudios. In addition to being the co-founder of WebDevStudios, he is the co-author of Building Web Apps with WordPress. You can find Brian on twitter @bmess Sippin’ On Brad – Johnny Walker Blue Dre – Johnny Walker Blue Brian […]

Are You Attending WordCamp Chicago 2014?

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June 12, 2014

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Where in the world can you find world-famous deep dish pizza and interact with a fantastic collection of WordPress experts and enthusiasts? You guessed it, WordCamp Chicago! The WordPress-centric event will be held at the University Center in downtown Chicago from June 13-15th. The three-day event features some awesome sessions, speakers, and attendees. Foundation Friday This jam-packed weekend kicks off with Foundation Friday! Friday’s events aim to provide WordCamp attendees with a solid knowledge base. Last year, Foundation Friday was geared towards WordPress beginners, but this year options have been expanded: WordPress 101, WordPress 201, WordPress 301, and WordPress 401, […]

Uncovering WPMU DEV’s Free Custom Sidebars Plugin

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June 11, 2014

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Custom Sidebars is a free plugin recently released by the team from WPMU DEV. The creator of this extremely useful plugin, Javi Marquez, is now part of the WPMU DEV developer team. From its title, it’s obvious what this plugin does. But I’m going to tell you a bit more about why it is so useful, and provide a short tutorial on how it works. Most sites running WordPress use one or (maximum) two sidebars. Typically, the same one(s) are displayed on every page, no matter what part of the website a user is browsing. What Custom Sidebars gives you is […]

Is the Timing Right for Apple’s HealthKit?

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June 9, 2014

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Imagine a time when your mobile phone knows more about your health history than your family physician. Well, the truth is that technology is becoming such an innate part of our lives that this epoch actually isn’t that far off. In fact, technology has already become such a vital part of our modern-day healthcare. Apple’s HealthKit Even the tech giant Apple is jumping on the healthcare bandwagon. At Apple’s WWDC last week, Craig Federighi announced that Apple is making its very own health-related app. The new app, appropriately named HealthKit, will be bundled with iOS 8, and will allow users […]

Does Passing the Turing Test Mean That Computers Think like Us?

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June 9, 2014

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A “super computer” made history on Saturday, June 7, by becoming the first in history to pass the Turing Test of artificial intelligence, which asks the question “can machines think?” While previous Turing Tests have been claimed as successes, those included set topics or questions in advance. The computer program, named “Eugene Goostman,” was developed to simulate a 13 year-old Ukrainian boy. It was developed by Russian-born Vladimir Veselov and Ukrainian Eugene Demchenko. The test was staged by the University of Reading at the Royal Society in London. What is the Turing Test? Alan M. Turing was an English Mathematician. […]

3 Takeaways from Apple’s WWDC 2014

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June 6, 2014

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This week in San Francisco, Apple engineers and some 5,000 developers gathered together to attend Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference. As the 5-day event comes to an end, we’re left with some significant insights into the future of iOS and Mac.  Let’s take a look at 3 notable takeaways from the conference. 1. This Year’s Keynote Was Very Revealing  The conference kicked off Monday morning with a special keynote speech. During the  two-hour long event, led by CEO Tim Cook and SVP of software engineering Craig Federighi, the next-generation of iOS and OS X was unveiled. The latest version of OS X includes a complete […]

DradCast Episode 047: Lead Don’t Follow

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June 5, 2014

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[y=xcAL_PifbwE#t=412 height=400] Show Notes Host Joost de Valk started developing PHP in 1994. He created a site called css3.info in 2006, which was his first WordPress site and his introduction to SEO. Joost developed his own SEO plugins to solve his personal need, then turned all of his small SEO plugins into one big one. In 2010, he started his own company, and now he is expanding and hiring his 13th employee. In today’s WordPress community Joost is known for his guru-like knowledge of all things SEO. You can find Joost online at  yoast.com or on twitter @yoast. Sippin’ On Brad – Water Dre – Diet Coke Joost – Dutch […]

Free WordPress Themes: May 2014 Edition

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June 5, 2014

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May was a good month for free WordPress themes, and the official repository saw many new additions, especially towards the end of the month. In fact, even Automattic released 2 free themes recently! In this roundup, let’s take a look at some of the best free themes of May 2014. 1. Fictive Released by Automattic, Fictive is a WordPress theme meant for personal blogs and tumblogs. It supports post formats and has a custom social links menu, and is also translation ready. Demo | Download 2. Pictorico The second theme by Automattic, Pictorico caters to the needs of photobloggers and photographers. It […]

A Discussion Featuring Dennis Crowley, CEO and Co-founder of Foursquare

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June 4, 2014

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Imagine you’re vacationing in Belem, Brazil. You want to know which pubs to drink at, which restaurants to eat at, or which cafe make the best arroz doce. Now, imagine if instead of searching aimlessly for recommendations on the internet, you can simply open up an application on your smartphone, and have immediate access to a database of suggestions. Or better yet, your smartwatch or heads-up display automatically feeds you suggestions as you walk around. While we haven’t yet reached the point of ultimate geolocation domination, there is a location-based social networking website that provides location details from places all around the world—including […]

An Insider’s Look at Ninja Demo

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June 3, 2014

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The problem is fairly common. You’re a WordPress developer that builds themes or plugins and you want to offer users visiting your site a simple demo so they can explore your product a bit. You can set up a dummy account somewhere, install your product, create a user with limited capabilities and add some dummy content. But what if you want users to each have their own sandbox so they can add and delete content without permanently effecting the site? What if you want to give instructions only to these users? How on earth can you prevent spambots from polluting […]

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