Like many others in the WordPress community, in recent years I’ve been a great fan of WPCandy, enjoying the news, comment and quality reporting it has been bringing to the WordPress community. So — back in September 2011, when Ryan Imel (the guy behind the whole WPCandy show) launched an invite-only super-duper bespoke WordPress ad service, Pressed Ads, I was naturally interested. At the time my site WPShout was running BuySellAds and whilst those ads brought in a reliable income, the ads took up a lot of space in the site’s sidebar and switching to something which brought me the […]
5 WordPress Podcasts Worth Your Subscription
Reading about WordPress is great and there are thousands of blogs covering everything WordPress related, from hooks to GPL battles, to themes and plugins and everything in between. In fact, you probably already have “maxed” out the number of WordPress-related blogs that you’re subscribed to – there isn’t much room for another blog, right? Well time to be a bit refreshed – sometimes it’s better to find a new unique voice via audio instead of doing all that reading all the time. Consequently, let’s take a look at some of the best currently active podcasts about WordPress:
Jake Caputo Gets Real with WPCandy
Want to hear some of the perspective of Jake Caputo who has had an incredibly-busy week this week around Envato, WPF, GPL, and WordCamps? Ryan Imel over at WP Candy in their 35th episode has it with his guest, talking over the experience and touching upon more than a few things. One point that Jake reminds the audience is that ThemeForest is his biggest source of income and it’s just not a possibility at this point for his lifestyle and financial needs. In other words, he can’t just up and “quit” ThemeForest tomorrow and be completely ok with it! Again, […]
What the Heck Happened to WPCandy?
WP Candy was an incredible source of inspiration for what we’re doing here at WP Daily – in fact, all of the staff here have the pleasure of watching the property grow into a positive force of information, community, and all-around fun. But if you’ve been around for some time now you’ve seen what appears now to the be rise and fall of such a great site with the last post now dating back more than a month ago. With recent conversation surrounding editorial burnout, Bermuda Triangles, and business models, there’s a lot of healthy reasoning of why an editorial news […]
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