Matt Mullenweg gets named as one of the 30 Under 30 in the last Forbes and yet he was, originally, only half of the picture when WordPress was just a concept and idea. Mike Little, on the other hand, has not gotten nearly the same amount of press. According to his own bio he now maintains around 40 or so WordPress sites and continues to do development in a small boutique firm, Zed1: In 2003 he helped Matt Mullenweg start a little project which became known as WordPress. They initially worked together with an ever-growing band of volunteer developers to build and […]
Jetpack 2.1.2: TED Shortcodes, Infinite Scroll Filters
You’ve probably already seen the notice in your dashboard but it’s worth noting that this 2.1.2 release houses not only 34 bug fixes but also 2 improvements, including the neat TED shortcode as well as filters for the Infinite Scroll feature that some blogs are using now. These filters, as reported by the team, allow themes and plugins to provide additional assets that should be loaded before a new set of posts is appended to the DOM. I’ve done a quick test of one of the most popular TED Talks of all time and it works just fine:
Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 2.4.2013
Happy Monday! Looks like I have a number of new plugins for today’s roundup. I’m a big fan of Spotify myself and was excited to see a plugin for it. It could be pretty cool to be able to share your playlists with people using WP Lazy Spotify. Maybe you like sharing the places you go to instead. If so, you might want to check out the FourSquare Checkins plugin. You guys see anything else from this list that jumps out at you?
Let's Return to Our Core Principles in 2013
Now well into 2013 (well, a month in, at least), and now that the new year time has passed and everyone is back from their holiday time away, I feel it’s time to take a look at what I, as a WordPress developer, hope to accomplish this year, as well as what I’d like to see this year in the WordPress community. In order to accurately forecast in which directions the WordPress community should shift in 2013, I feel it’s important for us to look back to the past few years and identify how the community and it’s perceived desires/needs […]
An Interview With Jake Goldman, President of 10up
Whether he is speaking at WordCamps all over the country, teaching classes about WordPress or writing and reviewing for Smashing Magazine, it’s clear Jake Goldman is a WordPress man through and through. On top of this he is the president of the WordPress based web development company, 10up. Rumor has it he’s a pretty slick plugin developer too. Check out our interview with him below.
The Best Time to Buy is Now
So, you just bought a shiny new widget and it’s great. You couldn’t be happier with your purchase. However, a couple weeks later you notice the widget is on sale – 50% off! How do you feel? Do you expect to be refunded the difference? Some of my good friends in the software business don’t think that’s a fair expectation. If you purchased something for $100 last week, you did so because you believed that it was worth $100 to you. If it wasn’t, you would not have spent the money. — From Adii’s article Promotional Leniency If I purchased a product at full […]
Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 2.3.2013
It’s Super Bowl Sunday! We have one plugin and one theme to share on the roundup today with you. They got things submitted just in time to watch the big game. Either they are football fans, or they just love watching some commercials. Who do you think is going to win it? 49er’s? Raven’s? Broncos? My money is on the Giants. Don’t forget to check out our Weekend Roundup as well. You can check them out and our daily roundups here too. We are always open to suggestions and have already implemented a few. Here’s your updated theme and new plugin:
Disappointing: My Beta Look at Feathe.rs
I was so friggin’ excited to see that I had gotten my much-anticipated BETA access to feathe.rs, a new distraction-free writing app for the web. I’m incredibly passionate about publishing and experimenting with alternative blogging and publishing platforms is both my job and hobby and, well, everything else in between. I can’t remember when I had first signed up for the feathe.rs invite but it has been a wait – I put everything on hold the moment I saw it in my inbox and sat down thinking that I would be there for quite some time. 5 minutes later I […]
Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 2.02.2013
How’s everyone’s weekend going so far? I have a couple of new plugins to let you guys know about in today’s roundup. The Gist Shortcode looks pretty sweet, especially for developers who want to share some code snippets from Github. What about you guys? Any other plugins stand out or look interesting? Are you an author of one of these?
The WordPress Weekend Roundup
Wow. Another crazy week in the land of WordPress and we’ve been at the very center of some big conversations. It’s been a fantastic experience to see the community pull out all the stops to support each other around licensing and the GPL. With Collis Ta’eed’s response in regards to Envato’s stance as well as a much more clear look at the differences between Automattic and the WordPress Foundation things are starting to settle and we’re starting to get back to business as usual. Actually, let’s be honest – it’s always been business as usual and most of us haven’t lost […]
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