Podcast E105: Should I stay local or go national with my business?

Updates Kyle: Hi. I’m Kyle. I work for Sandhills Development and co-host a podcast with Adam Silver. Nice to meet you. Adam: Work, work work.  Oh.. we had a Hurricane.  Kids off school for 2 days.. Overly cautious. //  WordPress Essentials Course News Anders Norén to Design Twenty Twenty Default Theme, Shipping in WordPress 5.3…

Podcast E104: How do I go from customer service to web development?

Life Updates Dustin: Sabbatical is over, school is in session, the dad shuttle is in full swing, Automattic’s GM in is a few days Adam: Been awhile.. Kyle off galavanting, painting, kids bday.. New role at sandhills, super busy!  //  Took kid to college!  Boys started HS!  //  Celebrated 3 years running CWP! News WP…

Podcast E103: What do you think about web sites without a search?

Updates  Kyle: Getting ready for a family campout. Adam: 1st-semester college has been paid for.. // going on vaca again! Different lake but excited.  Today… stout festival?   News Josepha Haden proposes WordPress Advisory Board Changes Tim Nolte is becoming a full-time WordPress Developer with Forum One out of Virginia Caldera Forms has been acquired by…

Podcast E102: Should WordPress be headless?

Life Updates Kyle: Screw in the tire.  Adam: Work. College Tuition.  Beers. WordPress News WordCamp Asia will be in Bangkok, Thailand Changes Katie Richards is the community manager at Pantheon Dwayne McDaniel has started his own business Zack Skaggs has moved to ProctorU to be the Product Owner Afyia Smith is now an experience designer…

Podcast E101: How should I outsource?

Updates  Kyle: Transportation woes.  Adam: Heat Wave w/NO AC downstairs.   Song: After Party Changes Mike Hale – joined impress.org as PM Song: Market consolidation Wearing/Drinking/Reading?  Adam:   Get Options Fitness t-shirt / Coffee  / Health insurance docs?!  Kyle: BlogVault WCEU Berlin t-shirt / French Press Coffee / Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Questions…

Podcast E100: How Should I Name My Company?

Updates Kyle: 10th wedding anniversary coming up. Any ideas? Adam: Staffing changes at CWP. Joe: Talk about WP Buffs + WPMRR stuff Supporter Spotlight #1 News Did you know… classicpress.net is still a thing.. active/current info/blog.    → The WordCamp Ann Arbor 2019 schedule is out Supporter Spotlight #2 Wearing/Drinking/Reading? Adam: Gravity Forms t-shirt /…

Podcast E099: What feature would be the cornerstone of another CMS if it were to overtake WordPress’ prominence?

Life Updates Adam:  Summer in full swing. Summer time blues?  New camps to mentor assigned. Kyle:  Remove trees? News WordCamp Central America might happen WP Engine acquires Flywheel Ghost / Automattic bashing? Changes Tessa Kriesel joins CircleCI as Community Manager Wearing/Drinking/Reading Adam: WCUS  2016 / Coffee + Water  / Every Tool’s a Hammer – Adam…

Podcast E098: What are good WordPress developer interview questions

Updates Kyle: Very productive while out of the USA. Drinking more… more affordable. Not in excess. Adam: Mini vacation was great at a lake house  // looking forward to the next one!   // One kid done with HS.. actual graduation is in a few days from when this episode goes live. News Pantheon acquires StagingPilot…

Podcast E097: How can I make eCommerce easier?

Life Updates Kyle: I did not die on a boat. Dustin: “Survived” a tornado, well 12 to be exact. And my MacBook stopped charging WordPress News Happy Sweet Sixteen Wearing/Drinking Dustin:   Big W shirt /Water / Make Your Bed Kyle:  Host Duplex t-shirt, WordPress trucker cap/strawberry and cream tea / Knight Errant (A Star Wars…

Podcast E096: Why get involved in WordCamps?

Life Updates Kyle: Hi. I am in another country right now. It is fun. Adam: Graduation in a few weeks. College. Carson: Football? BackupSpeaker.com News:   Automattic acquires Prospress Changes Prospress acquired by Automattic Wearing/Drinking/Reading Adam: Code is Poetry shirt/ water / Freed to Lead Kyle: WCUS 2018 t-shirt / water / Path of Destruction…

Podcast E095: Options for using LinkedIn

Life Updates Dustin: Sabbatical / Vacation and work trip over / Time for house projects Adam: Daughter, Prom. /  BackupSpeaker.com / Adam taking vacation days. WordPress News Matt Launches new blog and podcast!  Distributed.blog Wearing/Drinking Adam:  GiveWP / Water // Mindset by Carol S. Dweck Dustin: Old School WOO // Protein Shake / Water // Basements Complete…

Podcast E094: Any ideas for recurring revenue for WordPress freelancers?

Life Updates Kyle: We had some trees cut down this week. Adam: Went to WCOC..3 year later. Surprised peeps. Saw Avengers: End Game…no spoilers! WordPress News WordPress 5.0 release retrospective Wearing/Drinking Adam:  WC Raleigh 2019  / coffee  / The Making of Amazon Prime Kyle: GoWP T-shirt & WCA2 Hoodie /Coffee & Juice / Harry Potter…

Podcast E093: Should I add more sliders or make the logo bigger?

Life Updates Kyle: Spoke at career day at a local elementary school. Adam:  Had a storm?  //  signing NDA’s IP © stuff / oh.. And more fun…my daughter picked a college! / WC OC?   WordPress News PluginVulnerabilities.com is Protesting WordPress.org Support Forum Moderators by Publishing Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Wearing/Drinking Adam:  WC Raleigh 2019  / coffee…

Podcast E092: Which is the best way to price?

Life Updates Kyle: Yay! Taxes were great this year. Adam: 2 week hiatus..   Good: WordCamp Raleigh.  Bad:  Pulled muscle/location!  Ugly: Taxes.   WordPress News A multitude of plugins with issues Duplicate page Pipdig Jetpack   Alex Vasquez ran into Matt Mullenweg in Japan. Changes Bethany Heck and Joshua Goldenberg join the A8C design team Tom McFarlin…

Podcast E091: How do I close down my business?

Life Updates Kyle: Having trouble with my ice maker and the family room painting project turned into quite the debacle. Adam: Just Working. Didn’t go to San Francisco.  Bought a 6TB HD to help consolidate all my old drives. Was interviewed on 2 podcasts. March Madness! WordPress News Disney + Fox merger Changes Christie Chirinos…