The GDPR, or General Data Protection Regulation, is coming May 25th. It’s similar to the European Cookie Law, but a lot more strict and specific on what data sites can collect from users. In spite of many recent news stories about big companies mining our data, I still find myself oddly dreading designing a site post-GDPR. We wrote about the GDPR in more detail here.
Torque Toons: GDPR TLDR
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Torque Toons: Scary Stories
Happy Halloween, here’s a spooky toon. If you enjoy spooky WordPress stories, be sure to check out our recent Press This podcast, “WordPress Horror Stories.” Don’t forget to check out our other editorial toons! Have an idea for a Torque Toon? Leave your ideas in the comments below!
Torque Toons: Friday The 13th (in technicolor)
It’s Friday the 13th… time for a scary comic! Don’t forget to check out our other editorial toons! Have an idea for a Torque Toon? Leave your ideas in the comments below!
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Torque Toons: Don’t Fear the Headless WordPress
Headless WordPress may sound scary at first, but it’s really not that bad.
Torque Toons: Wapuu Panda Fusion
Did you know The San Diego Zoo is only an 8 minute drive from this year’s WordCamp US location? The San Diego Zoo is one of three zoos in the United States that has giant pandas. That got me thinking about a Wapuu/giant panda mashup.
Torque Toons: WordCamp US travel tip #1
I’m so excited about WordCamp US in September. Like many of you, I haven’t been to a WordCamp in years, so I thought I’d share some travel advice for San Diego. If you’d like some better travel advice, we’d recommend this WCUS travel thread by @GoGinaMarie.
Torque Toons: Generating WordPress Mascots With AI
Generative text-to-image tools, like Dalle-2 and Midjourney, are all the rage this summer. I used an AI tool called Craiyon to generate an image based on the prompt “WordPress mascot” and then redrew the results in a more consistent style. Here are the results:
Torque Toons: Long Form Tweets
Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter yesterday. So far he’s discussed enabling “long form Tweets”, Open Sourcing the algorithm, and adding an edit button.