[y=UvIdwPwT3vU height=400] Show Notes Host In 2004, Drew Strojny was drafted by the New York Giants. During the off seasons he was teaching himself CSS and HTML in order to build his own website. He started freelancing and using WordPress for his client websites. From there he released a few themes of his own, and since then he founded The Theme Foundry. You can contact him on twitter @drewstrojny. Sippin’ On Brad – Water Dre – Diet Canada Dry Drew – Water Pressing Topics The State of the WordPress Theme Industry is Changing David Perel details some things to consider when […]
DradCast Episode 045: Scratching Your Own Itch
[y=mWgJADoHfK4 height=400] Show Notes Host Ben Fox got started in tech by using his dad’s 64 bit push cart Texas Instruments computer. He was approached by an acquaintance to build a website for him. Fox researched how to build the site for a whopping $300. Fast forward to today, he’s the co-founder of WPUniversity and SIDEKICK, both aimed at education and support for the WordPress community both old and new. You can find him on twitter @benjaminefox Sippin’ On Brad-Cup of Joe with a splash of Bailey’s Dre-Canada Dry Ben-Mill Street Organic Pressing Topics Dre is leaving Sucuri Dre is leaving Sucuri. […]
DradCast Episode 044: Beeramid Scheme
Show Notes Host Marko Heijnen started writing basic code when he was 11. Then, in 2006, Marko started using WordPress for his personal site. His interest in working more in depth with WordPress began when he started using Custom Post Types in 2009. He started noticing some features he wanted to fix, and that’s how he got into back-end coding with WordPress. After working with the community he started speaking at WordCamps. You can find him on twitter @markoheijnen, or on his website. Sippin’ On Brad – Private Stock Captain Morgan Dre – Diet Coke Marko – AfricCola Pressing Topics WordCamp Miami WordCamp […]
DradCast Episode 043: A Whole Lot of Tacos
; Show Notes Host Vladimir Prelovac manages, directs, and innovates at ManageWP. When he isn’t flying, swimming, travelling, or playing the guitar, he’s inventing game-changing technologies for the WordPress community at large. You can contact Vladimir on Linkedin. Sippin’ On Dre-Starbucks (bold blend) Brad-Water (no ice) Vladimir-Orange Juice Pressing Topics Automattic Joins the Billion-Dollar Club Automattic raises $160 million in venture funding. The company is now valued at 1.16 billion dollars! Summary of Dev Chat Helen Hou-Sandi, release lead for 4.0, has provided a summary of the dev chat on 4/30. It discusses some of the issues going to be addressed […]
DradCast Episode 42: JJJITSU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkABMekbCos&feature=share Show Notes Host John James Jacoby is the project lead for BuddyPress and bbPress. He’s also a WordPress contributor and a BackPress supporter. He’s currently the director of web engineering at 10up. You can contact him on twitter @JJJ, or on his website. Sippin’ On Dre-Aquafina Brad-Red Wine John-Red Wine Pressing Topics WorPress 4.0 WordPress 4.0 kicked off development yesterday. Andrew Nacin announced that Helen Hou-Sandí will be the release lead for WordPress 4.0! WordPress Code Reference On April 25, Siobhan McKeown announced that the first version of the WordPress Code Reference is now live! Google Summer of Code 2014 Earlier this year WordPress was […]

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