In this episode of the OSTraining Podcast, I talk with Dusty Davidson, co-founder and CEO of Flywheel, a WordPress host based in Omaha, Nebraska. We talk about building a fast-growing company far from Silicon Valley, and the colorful culture that sets Flywheel apart. People in this episode
In this episode of the OSTraining Podcast, I talk with Dwayne McDaniel, a developer evangelist at Pantheon who attends 30 to 40 WordCamps and DrupalCamps a year. He talks about improv, karaoke and vegan food, and his real passion: bringing people together. People in this episode
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 have gone great. We also teamed up for an attempt at a SaaS project called Admincredible. That didn’t end well, but taught me more than all the successful projects. Recently, we started working on WordPress plugins too. We’ve spent time together all across North America, including in Atlanta, Denver, Cancun, Orlando, Los Angeles, Nashville and Chicago. Back when I met him,…
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 5 more extensions. This week saw the arrival of Shack Locations. Oh, and we’ve adopted WordPress plugins too with Bylines and UpStream. Joomla and WordPress are mature markets and some developers are leaving after 10+ years. We think that adopting code is a win for everyone. In the past, developers had limited options if they wanted to stop work on their…
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 about raising money for a WordPress business. People in this episode
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 growing role in enterprise. People in this episode
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 acquisition could mean. People in this episode
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 series and book. People in this episode
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 ideas it pioneered. People in this episode