In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with media veteran Brian Morrissey, formerly of Digiday and Adweek, who argues that smaller is better for publishers and that relationships beat reach. He has plenty of sharp opinions, including some uncomfortable ones for WordPress. People in this episode
In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Rae Morey, who launched The Repository in 2019, a weekly newsletter that regularly breaks WordPress news. She talks about her path through tech and journalism, and what it took to reach 250 issues. People in this episode
In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with former Automattic engineer Chris Hardie, who earned a journalism master’s degree, then bought Western Wayne News in Indiana. He shares what it’s like to run a small-town paper on WordPress. People in this episode
In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, Dan Knauss and I talk with Andy Dehnart, who has run Reality Blurred, covering reality and true crime TV, for 25 years. We talk about independent reviewing, and how small publishers can still thrive. People in this episode
In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Pantheon co-founder Josh Koenig about Content Publisher. It’s more than a Google Docs to WordPress connector, and he explains the bigger ambitions behind it. People in this episode
In the first episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Seth Rubenstein, lead engineer at the Pew Research Center and an early adopter of Gutenberg. He explains how going all in on blocks has transformed how Pew publishes research and data. People in this episode
For the second time in a couple of years, I talked with Nathan Wrigley on the WPTavern podcast. The first time around, we chatted about Gutenberg Phase 3. This time, we discussed launching a SaaS service. In particular, we discussed how difficult it can be. I had been talking with other WordPress friends who want to start SaaS. They develop successful plugins and want to branch out to launch a SaaS project. So we focused on the lessons we’ve learned from Logtivity over the last couple of years. I ended up turning this podcast into a blog post: “Lessons for…
I joined Nathan Wrigley, Michelle Frechette, and Piccia Neri for episode 305 of This Week in WordPress on WP Builds, subtitled “Subscribe to the Pool Party.” We covered WordCamp scheduling changes, WordPress event sponsorship, and the latest news from across the WordPress ecosystem. People in this episode
I joined Nathan Wrigley, Michelle Frechette, and Piccia Neri for episode 305 of This Week in WordPress on WP Builds, subtitled “Subscribe to the Pool Party.” We covered WordCamp scheduling changes in the Netherlands, WordPress event sponsorship, and the latest news from across the WordPress ecosystem. People in this episode
Logtivity is now part of the team that runs PublishPress, MetaSlider, and TaxoPress. Back in 2021, I told the story of how we became part-owners of Logtivity. And over the last couple of years, I’ve been running Logtivity with my business partner, Ralph Morris. Our aim was to build the best activity log service for WordPress. During 2023, Ralph’s time has been squeezed between a new job and a growing family. Although 2023 was incredibly productive for Logtivity, we talked at the end of the year and Ralph realized he was over-committed. He needed to recover some of his time.…