Author: Seth Goldstein

  • Last Night I Saw The Aurora Borealis

    Last Night I Saw The Aurora Borealis

    I saw the Aurora Borealis from the front yard of my house last night in the northern suburbs of Philadelphia. It has happened before, but I missed it. I didn’t this time. It was faint by the naked-eye, but my iPhone camera caught it. Bucket list item checked off.

  • WordPress Accessibility Day Tomorrow For 24 Hours!

    WordPress Accessibility Day Tomorrow For 24 Hours!

    Tomorrow is WordPress Accessibility Day 2024. It’s a 24 hour, yes 24 hour, online conference all about accessibility on the Web and in WordPress. It kicks off at 14:45 UTC, or for us East Coasters is 10:45am, and runs for 24 hours into Thursday! I plan on catch as much of it as I can.…

  • BarCamp Philly 2024

    BarCamp Philly 2024

    It’s not the same without my friend Reed Gustow, who passed at the end of August, but the show must go on. BarCamp Philly, which is happening today, has been going strong for 15 years. I love this unconference, because where else can you learn about knitting and AI at the same event. LOL I’ve…

  • Popcorn Anyone? Mullenweg Threatens Corporate Takeover Of WPE!

    Popcorn Anyone? Mullenweg Threatens Corporate Takeover Of WPE!

    Ummmm, yea. So this is a thing now. “That deal’s not on the table anymore. We’re seeking more, not 8%,” Mullenweg said. “I don’t want to speculate on what the deal might be… In July it was less than 8%, it was smaller. In September it was 8%. The deal they have to do next…

  • Sad Day Today

    Today is when a bunch of us are saying goodbye to a good friend and pillar of the community today, who died suddenly at the end of August. It’s fitting that it’s raining and yuck out today. He will be missed terribly not just by me but by the community as a whole. RIP dear…

  • Fun Biz Networking

    Fun Business Networking Event Tonight!!!

  • More WP vs. WPE Drama Thoughts

    Not loving the fact that stuff said in my WP communities might get sucked into a lawsuit. I want this shit to end.

  • Plugin That Allows You To Post From Mastodon To WordPress

    Testing the latest update to the plugin that @alexstandiford@fosstodon.social pointed out. Last time I tried this. It worked but broke my blog post on certain sites. I noticed that the first sentence will be the title, so keep it short, hit enter, and the write more. Check the plugin out here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-mastodon-apps/ Looks like there’s…

  • Moved Fediverse Resources To Own Domain!

    Moved Fediverse Resources To Own Domain!

    So I finally decided to move the Fediverse Resources page to it’s own domain name. This way I can invite collaborators and grow the list. Check it out here: https://gmedia.sh/fedi-resources-sgnet It’s still rudimentary, but it’s something.