I met Eddie Tabush back in 2010 at CMS Expo, a semi-legendary event with people from across the open source world. It was the start of a partnership that dominated our work during the 2010’s. We worked together on OSTraining and Joomlashack, which…
Over at Joomlashack, we’ve hit on a business model that is working well. Over the last couple of years, we’ve adopted 6 extensions: JCal Pro, jInbound, Shack Forms, Shack Toolbox, Shack Open Graph, and Tabs and Sliders. A few weeks ago, we announced the arrival of…
In this episode of the OSTraining Podcast, I talk with Alex Kuczek, who started a web agency in Poland, then got his SaaS company, Perfect Dashboard, into the Berkeley SkyDeck accelerator. We compare European and American work cultures and talk…
In this episode of the OSTraining Podcast, I talk with WP Engine founder Jason Cohen about what it means for the company to appear in the Gartner Magic Quadrant alongside enterprise giants. We also discuss what this says about WordPress’s…
In this episode of the OSTraining Podcast, recorded the day the GDPR took effect, I talk with Beka Rice of SkyVerge and Jilt. She explains what the regulation actually means for online stores, without the hype. People in this episode
In this episode of the OSTraining Podcast, I talk with Jerry Eadeh of Nexcess, a host that has supported Magento since the beginning, right after Adobe announced it would buy Magento. We look back at Magento’s history and what the…
In this episode of the OSTraining Podcast, I talk with Jen Kramer, who teaches web design at Harvard Extension School and also speaks, writes and records video courses. We talk about teaching web design and her new Bootstrap 4 video…
In this episode of the OSTraining Podcast, I talk with Andrew Embler, founder and CTO of Concrete5, an open source CMS that has offered click-to-edit page editing for years. He talks about running a long-lived open source project and the…
In this episode of the OSTraining Podcast, I talk with Zac Gordon, who has made ‘Learn JavaScript Deeply’ his personal mission. We talk about his React Explained book and why React matters to WordPress developers getting ready for Gutenberg. People…
In this episode of the OSTraining Podcast, I talk with Rod Martin about Mautic, the open source alternative to marketing automation tools that often cost over $1,000 a month, and why it’s worth a look. People in this episode