Post Status Podcasts

In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller talk about some upcoming Post Status webinars. One will feature Natasha Golinsky from On Purpose Projects . ( You can RSVP here .) Natasha has a great take on scope creep and what she has done to obliterate it. WordPress freelancers and agencies live and die by setting their project estimates on target, so this is really valuable...

Multidots recently released Multicollab, a Google Docs-style internal commenting tool to take suggestions from stakeholders and feedback from editors within your content inside a WordPress site. It's for use with the new visual editor (Gutenberg) and works with most blocks by allowing you to attach comments to them. How Multicollab Works: Key features for Multicollab are inline comments inside pos...

In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller talk about two acquisitions. One involves iThemes , and the other involves GravityView . Cory mentions his recent interview with Michelle Frechette about UnderrepresentedInTech.com , while David notes some news from Post Status Slack that might have missed broader notice. Also covered: Cory wants 🎧. Sigh. Every week Post Status...

In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller talk about some upcoming enhancements to the Post Status job board and Cory's experience with the current #gig channel in Post Status Slack . Also covered: David talks about a Brian Krogsgard tweet rant on WordPress settings screens. David asks Cory if he thinks some old "wrinkles" in WordPress might eventually be harmful. Every...

In the third episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller talk about what they think the future of the "single" or "solo" WordPress plugin developer might be. They also share some good points made by club members in Post Status Slack earlier in the week. Also covered: Cory talks about being approached by a member of the WordPress community about finding employment opportunities to...

Quick previews from this week's Post Status newsletter, WPEngine's Atlas, and Learning JavaScript 🆕 In the second episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller follow up on some positive developments in WordPress 5.7. Then they cover the highlights of this week's Post Status newsletter . David talks about WPEngine's release of "Atlas," which addresses a growing "headless WordPress"...

Chris Hardie has been a web developer since the late 1990s. In this episode of the Post Status Draft podcast, Chris talks with Brian Krogsgard about his career as a deep generalist. Chris has worked as a writer, journalist, political candidate, and consultant, as well as a technologist and web developer. This conversation touches on the challenges of winding down an agency and handling clients. Ch...

With this episode of Post Status Excerpt — the first of many to come — David Bisset and Cory Miller kick off the new show with a quick chat about the latest WordPress release (5.7 “Esperanza”) — what it addresses, and maybe a pet peeve or two about the new editor. Also covered: PluginRank.com and the way it might be useful for WordPress entrepreneurs. 🔌 Every week Post Status Excerpt will brief y...

In this episode of Post Status Draft, David Bisset talks with Angela Jin. Angela joined Automattic in 2018 and is one of the community organizers for the WordPress open source project. She has been helping organize, start conversations, and setting policies for WordCamps over the last few years. David recorded this interview around the time that WordCamp US 2020 would have normally taken place in...

David Bisset interviews Joe Casabona, an independent creator and teacher, and discusses what it's like to be a creator as his job, plus some news topics. Links W3C drops WordPress from consideration for its redesign W3c selects Craft and selection report Disabling full screen mode Creator Courses How I Built It recording notes Camo Partner: Sandhills Development Sandhills Development crafts ingenu...

David Bisset makes his podcast debut for Post Status, as he interviews Joost de Valk, of Yoast, and discusses all things WordPress marketshare related.

In this episode of the Draft podcast, Cory and Brian discuss creating and operating in healthy virtual environments: For work, conference, and personal use -- all in a world that prevents the familiar physical experiences.

Miriam Schwab is co-founder and CEO of Strattic , a business making a big bet on the future of WordPress — and in particular for using it to create static websites. They recently raised $6.5 million dollars in an oversubscribed round. Strattic aims to enable the power and flexibility of a dynamic WordPress website like we all know, with the security and speed of a completely static website. In thi...

Professional WordPress Plugin Development was one of the most helpful books I've ever read. To see a new edition with two returning authors, nine years after the original, is very exciting. This edition of the book will be sure to offer a great resource for developer education for years to come. Brad Williams, Justin Tadlock, and John James Jacoby are each extremely talented developers and communi...

Dr. Sherry Walling is a psychologist and entrepreneur, adept at, “helping smart people do hard things.” She was gracious to talk in a Post Status Webinar with Cory Miller, about how to navigate life in uncertain times like we have now. Topics discussed Managing fear, worry, and anxiety The Coronavirus, and how to handle it Isolation, social distancing, remote work, and our mental health Q&A on wor...

Ken Wallace runs Mastermind Jam , which according to the website, “gives you everything you need to join, create, and manage your mastermind group, all without having to waste time cobbling together a bunch of different software, forms, and shared documents, even if you don't have a large personal network.” Some of the topics discussed about Masterminds Defining what a mastermind is The difference...

Syed Balkhi joins me to discuss the acquisition of AIO SEO. Some of the questions he answers: So who is your target customer with All in One SEO? How is the model structured? You’re directing strategy… is there a Christoff or Atchison in this setup? How does your vision for AIOSEO compare to what you see in Yoast SEO? How do you envision the free/premium divide? What are the first three things you...

A lot of folks in the WordPress economy, whether employed with a side hustle or self-employed, manage multiple things. Also, many of us work with partners, or are interested in partnerships. Cory has long worked with partners, and we're now running Post Status as partners. Also, we are both working on several projects. In this episode of Draft, we talk about how to balance multiple things, how we...

I created Post Status in January 2013 and started the Club in January 2015. January 2020 marks another huge milestone for this community and business. I’m very excited to share that Cory Miller is now an equal partner of Post Status. Cory purchased half the business and will be working with me in the day-to-day management, writing, community engagement, and everything else we do with Post Status....

In this episode, Scott and I dig into his world as an indie developer within the WordPress landscape. Scott has long used JavaScript as a core technology with AppPresser. I think he's on the forefront of thinking about various technologies that are newer to WordPress but out in full force in other worlds. Scott is really into JAMstack (JavaScript, APIs, Markup). He's working on Static Fuse now, wh...

Today I talk to Matt Medeiros, in a wide-ranging conversation about the WordPress ecosystem. It's informal and we cover a lot of different topics, but they all narrow down to various fears and uncertainties some in the WordPress community are experiencing in recent years. What's the future of WordPress? How about the business community? Can smaller businesses make it? What threats exist: leadershi...

I talked with Kira Leigh, a full-stack creative entrepreneur and consultant. Skeptic may be too strong of a word, but she makes it clear that she thinks WordPress is too often used when it’s not necessary. Kira handles every part of her projects, which typically stem with marketing and copywriting, but she takes on design, development, and whatever is required to get the job done. She is the type...

Ben Thompson recently wrote about Shopify and the Power of Platforms . He highlights the difference between an aggregator (e.g. Amazon’s Merchant Services) and a platform (Shopify) and makes a case for how Shopify can successfully compete against Amazon. If you’re new to Ben’s work, I highly recommend following the links he references in the opening paragraphs. Aggregators vs Platforms As Ben expl...

I talked to Matt Mullenweg for over an hour recently, and here I share about 8 minutes of our conversation, a part where we discuss eCommerce, and where WooCommerce currently fits into that world. I also spend several minutes talking about big changes happening with Post Status. I hope you'll check it out, and join us for Post Status Publish , and subscribe to the now free newsletter .

Welcome to the Post Status  Draft podcast , which you can find  on iTunes ,  Google Play ,  Stitcher , and  via RSS  for your favorite podcatcher. Post Status Draft is hosted by Brian Krogsgard. In this episode of Draft, I talk to Anil Gupta, the founder of Multidots . Multidots is a 100+ person company and Anil has established a very people-first environment. We discuss his journey and philosophi...