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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. Doc Pop’s News Drop Last week, The Week Of REST conference announced they are offering two full-ride tickets to the event for students and underrepresented groups in the tech industry.
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This week, the organizers of the Week Of REST event in the UK announced that they are offering two full-ride tickets to the event for students and underrepresented groups in the tech industry. Week of REST Scholarship Don’t forget to check out our other editorial toons!
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We had a great weekend watching talks and chatting with WordPressers at WordCamp New York at the United Nations. While I was there, I was lucky enough to talk with some inspirational people about WordPress, open source, and the community. You can watch the entire set of videos, with Mikel King, Kari Leigh Marucchi, Sonja Leix, Vova Feldman, Jenny Wong, and more, on this YouTube playlist.
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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. Doc Pop’s News Drop To keep up with all of your WordPress news, don’t forget to sign up for our free weekly newsletter.
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This weekend is WordCamp NYC and we’ll be there shooting videos, talking WordPress, and hunting Pokémon. In fact, we are even planning a little Pokéwalk on Friday night. Hope you can make it! PokéCamp Don’t forget to check out our other editorial toons!
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Are you heading to WordCamp NYC this weekend? If so, join the Torque team for a Friday night Pokéwalk through Manhattan. To participate, just show up at Isaiah Wall at 5:30 p.m., across the street from the United Nations HQ. We’ll walk slowly through the city towards Bryant Park, capturing exotic Pokémon along the way, where we’ll end at around 6:30 p.m. If you’re interested in joining us, make sure to download Pokémon Go for free, if you haven’t already. Here are some tips to get you started. We hope to see you there!
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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. Doc Pop’s News Drop Learn more about the stories discussed in this week’s news drop: Bulgaria goes Open Source Dan Cameron’s announcement To keep up with all of your WordPress news, don’t forget to sign up for our free weekly newsletter.
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Earlier this week Woo co-founder Mark Forrester announced that WooThemes.com has officially moved to WooCommerce.com! WooMagic Don’t forget to check out our other editorial toons!
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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. Learn more about the stories discussed in this week’s news drop: Plugin Repository Redesign PHP Compatibility Checker To keep up with all of your WordPress news, don’t forget to sign up for our free weekly newsletter.