In this episode of the OSTraining Podcast, I talk with Chris Wiegman, who went from airline pilot in Hawaii to developer of iThemes Security, one of the most popular WordPress plugins. We talk about security, teaching, and reinventing your career on your own terms. People in this episode
In this episode of the OSTraining Podcast, I talk with Olivier Karfis, who runs FrenchToday.com, which teaches French using WooCommerce for digital downloads and, increasingly, apps built on the WordPress API. We discuss e-commerce, teaching and travel. People in this episode
In this episode of the OSTraining Podcast, I talk with Justin Sternberg, who went from painting houses to leading development of CMB2, the custom fields framework behind hundreds of WordPress plugins. We talk about his career and why CMB2 is worth using. People in this episode
In this episode of the OSTraining Podcast, I talk with Matt Medeiros, who has built his career by being friendly, helpful and sharing everything he learns. We talk about his surprise video review of PublishPress and how being generous built his niche in WordPress. People in this episode
In the first episode of the OSTraining Podcast, I talk with David Bisset about how he grew WordCamp Miami into one of the world’s biggest WordCamps, with 800+ attendees. He also shares how it shaped his career and plans for the event’s 10th year. People in this episode
I drive our kids to the school bus stop every morning (yes, that’s very American, I know). This morning, as I’m pulling out of the garage, I get a notification on my phone: Your destination is 9 minutes away What the …? I look more closely and the notification is from Apple Maps. I haven’t opened Apple Maps since 2012.
Today the Ghost Foundation announced that it is moving to Singapore. This is a very unusual move in the world of open source. Here are the headquarters of some other major software foundations: How unusual? Here are the headquarters of some other major software foundations:
I applied to speak at WordCamp Miami in 2015 and again in 2016. Last year, I was lucky and got accepted. This year, I was lucky and didn’t get accepted.
Last Christmas, I got a Fitbit as a gift. This Christmas, I got an email saying that my 4th Fitbit has shipped. The devices were great and the customer support was excellent, but the devices were just fragile. That pretty much sums up my experience with wearables in 2015: I use them all the time and they break all the time.
All the focus on WordPress’ new desktop app has been about its use of Javascript. I think that’s missing the bigger picture. Brian Krogsgard’s Post Status newsletter has an interesting quote from Matt Terenzio: