Matt: Kathy Sierra
I was reminded today of the profound marketing influence of Kathy Sierra, who was a pretty prolific blogger and speaker back in the day. I would summarize her thesis as such: Your best marketing and communication should talk about how you make your users awesome, not how you’re awesome. If you’d like to check out […]
Open Channels FM: Bootstrapping a Successful WordPress Business Through Customer Feedback and Iteration
In this episode, Mark chats with Aurelio Volle from WPUmbrella about his journey in creating a WordPress management tool, maintaining customer focus, and the importance of community and transparency in business growth.
Matt: Battery Scan
One of the cooler companies I’ve seen in a while is LumaField, which does industrial CT scanning, as they describe it. Industrial X-ray CT (Computed Tomography) works on the same basic principle as medical CT, taking hundreds of X-ray images from different angles to capture the internal and external structure of objects in three dimensions. […]
WPTavern: #188 – Bud Kraus on Teaching and Using WordPress With Low Vision
Transcript [00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case teaching and using WordPress with low vision. If you’d like to subscribe to […]
Open Channels FM: From Home Kitchen to International Orders
Using WooCommerce and open source to take kitchen baking into an online cake business, embracing cake in a jar and building a vibrant brand with community support.
I tested 9 best AI automation tools for WordPress (my honest reviews)
I love creating and managing WordPress websites, but to be honest, it sometimes feels like a full-time job in itself. I remember the early days of juggling content, plugin updates, and marketing tasks, often feeling like there weren’t enough hours in the day to do it all. You’re trying to grow your business, not get […]
Matt: Tim & Pablos
Two of my favorite humans, Tim Ferriss and Pablos Holman, had a great interview together. Pablos has a great new book out, and Audrey Capital is a happy LP in his Deep Future fund. Of my many hacker friends, Pablos is probably the most public.
Open Channels FM: How Decentralized Social Platforms Grew from Identica to Modern-Day Mastodon
Matthias Pfefferle discusses the Fediverse’s origins and evolution with Evan Prodromou, highlighting decentralized social networks, protocols, privacy, and the future of federated systems.
Matt: Beeper Updates
Beeper has a fun set of September updates, adding support for Google Voice, LinkedIn now runs on-device, typing indicators for Google Messages and Instagram, full Telegram custom emoji support, and more.
Open Channels FM: Why Linking and Permalinks Are the Backbone of the Open Web
Dave Winer talks about the open web’s basics, emphasizing that linking is crucial for real connection. Platforms limiting links miss out on that vibrant web experience.