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WordSesh 2 Underway

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December 7, 2013

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WordSesh 2 is well underway, with over 17 and a half hours already under its belt. WordPressers have been tuning in from all over the world for 24 straight hours of WordPress immersion (although to be perfectly honest, some of us did take sleep breaks). Here are some of the highlights so far. The DradSesh The DradCast hosts Brad Williams and Dre Armeda kicked it off in style, along with WordSesh 2 organizer Scott Basgaard. The WordSesh 2 Rap debuted, and we think it was even better than the first WordSesh rap. More than 100 people joined the the chatroom, and Scott announced […]

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 […]

Toys, Books, and Other Copyright Boondoggles

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December 6, 2013

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably saw last week’s copyright battle between GoldieBlox—a toy company founded to inspire girls to go into engineering and sciences—and the surviving two members of the Beastie Boys. The trouble began with a GoldieBlox promo video that parodied the 1987 Beastie Boys song “Girls”—which went on to receive over 8 million hits on YouTube. There was a two-and-fro between GoldieBlox and lawyers for the Beastie Boys (who are famous for not allowing use of their work in commercials, especially since deceased band member Adam Yauch forbade it in his will). GoldieBlox decided to take the […]

Monetizing Your Blog

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December 5, 2013

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It Started With a Normal Email The email was pretty much like every other one I’ve ever received asking if I have any time for a quick call to provide some insight. That week was pretty free in the afternoons, so I replied that I could get on a call a bit later in the week. I scheduled it and didn’t think about it for a day or two. Then when we got on the phone, I started listening to a story I’d heard a million times before. The software company was focused on building products but struggling under the […]

Authentic Themes: Minimal and Content-Centric Themes

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December 5, 2013

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In continuation with our smaller-and-possibly-overlooked theme shop review series, today we’ll be taking a look at yet another WordPress premium theme seller: Authentic Themes. Authentic Themes is a theme shop started by A J Clarke and Matt Tucker. While the theme shop itself is hardly a year old, Clarke is well known for his premium and free themes collection, and has also been active at theme marketplaces such as ThemeForest and Creative Market. Authentic Themes also offers an affiliate program with a commission of 50% per sale. Authentic Themes Theme Features Authentic Themes currently has over 30 themes in its collection. […]

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