Pete Davies, the Growth Team Lead at Automattic, has recently shared an epic list of tools and applications that can help you understand not only how WordPress.com tracks and measures their growth but also how they optimize their experience for their users. Up until just a few short years ago the tracking opportunities really weren’t there – the rise of better tools and better use has continued to platform WordPress.com as a ever-growing website and service: I tell anybody that will listen that much of the work I do on growth and analytics for WordPress.com wasn’t really possible until the last […]

As Dan shared over in make.mobile the latest iOS version of the WordPress mobile app was released. I downloaded it last night as was pleasantly greeted with the ability to see not only real live preview my blog post draft but to feel much more comfortable doing so with a greater security with edits being saved on my local device. For example, I was able to create a draft (see the auto-save in the bottom corner), then preview it live:

Kevin Gillen of Merge, an agency based in Greenville’s NEXT building (which is neighbors to an accelerator program I had the pleasure of working with, The Iron Yard), is not just some production shop – they focus more on the on-going strategy of a clients needs so that we can deliver unprecedented results. Those results are different for each client (some are sales goals, some are community engagement, some are back-office efficiencies that we create for companies).  Their job is to find what their needs are and tailor solutions to those needs, not just build pretty sites. And, they decided to […]

Ugh. I hate delays. One of the last pieces to our new office build-out is the one single meeting room that will be both a conference area as well as our soundproof podcasting room for Hello Dolly. Oh, and it’ll also be my official napping room so I can take much-needed breaks from all the activity. But if you’ve ever worked with contractors then you know what I’m talking about with delays – permits from the city, regulations, and being “up to code” all make things incredibly slow. It slays me! We’re almost there and it’s going to be amazing, especially when we get […]

We’ve been going nearly non-stop since we started just a few short months ago and it’s been hard to keep pace even internally with all of the work that goes on to building a successful blog, a passionate community around it, and the technical components of pulling it off. For those that know, it is really like trying to replace a wing of an airplane mid-flight; it just doesn’t work that well (and yet you know it’s still possible). As a result, things like a responsive design and advanced features are bigger tasks than they might seem as we try to […]

Pippin Williamson shared his thoughts recently with Matt Medeiros on how he created a WordPress-powered marketplace and was big on helping others to see the possibility of actually creating your own, rather than leverage or completely bank on the large and existing networks, like WordPress.com or ThemeForest. Pippin lays out the strategy fairly concisely: Create great products, in his case, plugins. Create great customer service. Don’t be naive, creating a business is tough work. Do it! Scaling the business, staffing, and compensation strategy matters! Reinvest in your own product. It might be worth your next 64 minutes if you’ve got some time […]

It’s interesting to even consider the possibility and even hear that title sift through your brain for a bit, but it’s true, at least in a small way – Marissa Mayer, the CEO announced a new “modern look” to their homepage that has gone live, which is a great move for them: Designed to be more intuitive and personal, the new Yahoo! experience is all about your interests and preferences. Since streams of information have become the paradigm of choice on the web, we’re introducing a newsfeed with infinite scroll, letting you experience a virtually endless feed of news articles. Whether you […]

We’ve mentioned that DradCast was coming and it hasn’t even been two full weeks and they actually have two broadcasts in the can – nice! Using Google Hangouts they’ve recorded two episodes with Cory Miller and John Hawkins which have covered a host of topics, from theme development, GPL, the global economy, design, and more. It would be hard to pin-down exactly what each episode is succinctly about but that doesn’t really bother me at this time – I love the fresh flavor and conversation style of the work so far and how could you possibly go wrong with the world’s longest intro bumper ever? […]

Freakin’ crap. The editorial flow for 3.6 was the feature that I was most looking forward to in the upcoming 3.6 release, especially with all the editorial work that we do here on WP Daily. And I know that many of you also shared similar excitement with the coming addition to core as it would significantly increase your productivity and content management. Alas, it was heartbreaking to hear that it’s been dropped – the justifications are reasonable and I’m not that upset but I may pour out a little liquor for my editorial flow homies. Mark Jaquith broke the sad news yesterday: I’ve […]

I’m on the hunt for creative work spaces – no, not just pictures of your desk; I want to see much, much more! So, as a part of growing this community and thinking of neat ways to showcase you and your work I thought it would be neat to take submissions on creative work spaces. What does this mean? It means providing a much deeper look into not just where you work but why you work that way. I want to investigate why you have chosen to have 3 monitors instead of just 1, why you like your standing desk better than sitting […]