WordPress Weekly #135 – Podcasting with WordPress

In this episode of WordPress Weekly, I was joined by Jeff Chandler and Matt Medeiros of Mattreport.com and founder of Slocumstudio.com. It was a great conversation and the first time that I’ve had a chance to speak with Matt. I really admire the things he is producing from a content perspective. This was the third […]

WordPress Weekly #134

WordPress Weekly

I had the pleasure of joining my co-contributors at WPTavern.com for another installment of WordPress Weekly. In this episode we talk about different aspects of WordCamp safety policies and what might be done to insure a safe, hassle-free conference for attendees. We also discussed three different plugins that I’ve looked at lately, and my reaction […]

Industry Night #5 – David Cramer, My Shortcodes and Caldera Engine

Tonight we are engaged in conversation with David Cramer, the creator of My Shortcodes and Caldera Engine. I identify David’s persona and engineering specialty as an “Engine Creator”. Behind every amazing race car win you ever saw, there was a team of engineers and grease monkeys behind the scenes that fine-tuned the engine of the […]

Give Up vs Get Up Goals

Give Up vs. Get Up Goals

There are two kinds of goals. We set goals every year about this time. Symbolic gestures of the New Year give us pause so we can reflect on the year that was, and what is to be. But again, there are TWO kinds of goals, and you need to be careful who you share them […]

WordPress Plugins A-Z #152

WordPress Plugins A-Z

It’s episode 152 and we’ve got plugins for Email and Sales Stats in the Dashboard, SEO Tips, New Category Widgets, Front End Editing and a new reboot to the old default category widget. All coming up on WordPress Plugins A-Z!

Industry Night #4 – Pippin Williamson

On tonight’s show we’re engaged in conversation with Pippin Willamson, developer of many notable plugins including Easy Digital Downloads. Along with his co-host Brad Touesnard, Pippin produces one of my favorite WordPress Development podcasts, Apply Filters. In our conversation Pippin discusses the development process for creating new plugins, debugging plugin Query Monitor, LinkedIn usage, the […]

Industry Night #3 – Tim Varner of Roost.me on WordPress Based Push Notifications

On tonight’s installment of Industry Night we are joined in conversation by Tim Varner of Roost. Roost is a web-based service that allows you to send push notifications to your content reader’s mobile device or push-enabled web browser each time you create a new post. Notifications are sent with true links pushing readers back to […]

Industry Night #2 – Evan Herman

WordPress Plugin authors like Evan Herman are my favorite kind of developers. He loves the WordPress community to a degree that when he gives his contact information, he always includes his WordPress.org user name! I would classify Evan as a “lunch bucket” type of developer. The kind of guy that isn’t seeking notoriety or accolades […]