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Matt Mullenweg Says WPE Lawsuit Could End WordPress… Um Nope!
In a post from Search Engine Journal, Roger Montti reports that Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of the WordPress open source content management system, says that the lawsuit with WP Engine could end WordPress. Honestly this has me fuming. Because WordPress is so much more than just Matt. It has a huge community of supporters and…
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My 2024 Recap
So many people are doing 2024 recaps, so I figured I’d write one too. 2024 was a weird year. That’s even an understatement. At the beginning business was extremely slow. It rather sucked. Most of the business I had this year pushed off to the 2nd quarter or later. Thank goodness for ongoing maintenance and…
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Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays everyone! It’s been a great holiday season so far here. Christmas Eve-Eve to Christmas Eve my wife, son, and I went on our annual trip to Hershey, PA to go to the Hershey Lodge for some swimming and some chocolate goodness. Now we’re in the in-between week. It’s still Hanukkah, but the kiddo…
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On Picking Someone’s Brain
I really hate the term “Pick Your Brain.” First off, it just sounds yuck. Secondly, when you want to pick someone’s brain it usually means you want FREE advice. To me pay people for their time, especially if you’re picking their brain on something they do for a living. What do you think?
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Matt Mullenweg Doesn’t Like Being Called Out On His Behavior
Inc.com posted an article that their reporter did with Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of WordPress. In the article the reporter, David H. Freedman, doesn’t paint a sunshine and rainbows picture of the whole fiasco between Matt (et. al) and WP Engine. Matt, in his right, responded calling the piece a “Hit Piece.” I don’t blame…
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Yes, Pineapple On Pizza Is Great, But That’s Not The Point
Seriously, how old are we? Instead of having people swear they have nothing to with WP Engine they now have to proclaim their love for pineapple on pizza before being let into WordPress.org. WTAF! Come on! In other news State of the Word happened in Japan this AM. It was 4am eastern so I didn’t…
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Drones Over Doylestown!!!!
There have been reports of drones over New Jersey quite a bit lately. The NJ governor has declared a limited state of emergency grounding drones and the FBI is involved. The military says it’s not them. And a congress-critter is saying they’re from Iran. 😵💫 It’s been all over the news and my tech podcasts…
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Matt Mullenweg Loses Injunction… Throws Tantrum… Rage Quits A Slack Group
What is with “Post-Economic” people lately? The judge in the WP Engine vs. Matt Mullenweg et al. case just ruled on the injunction in favor of WP Engine. And… well Matt Mullenweg rage quit the Post Status, a WordPress enthusiast Slack group in a major huff. Now I get being upset. The judge didn’t rule…
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For The Love Of The Web. Posting Publicly Is Going To Get Used In Some Way
Sam Cole over at 404 Media wrote an article about a Hugging Face Machine Learning Librarian making a public data set of 1 million Bluesky posts available to everyone for Machine Learning. People were of course outraged. Afterall it’s the Internet. People thrive on being outraged, pissed off, and otherwise salty. What people seem to…
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Using The WordPress Block Editor For A Site Build… My Thoughts So Far
I’m creating a WordPress site for a client using the Block Editor, not a page builder. I can’t believe I’m brave enough. LOL It’s been eye-opening for a few different reasons: 1. It’s a whole new learning curve to figure out where to adjust things. 2. The design system differs from builders like Elementor and…
