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Podcast: Chatting about WordCamp Helsinki
I was a guest on the 7th episode of the only Finnish-language WordPress podcast around, Se Alkuperäinen WordPress Podcast . We chatted about attending WordCamps, organizing WordCamps and the upcoming WordCamp Helsinki in particular. This year I’m not on the organising team but I’ll be giving a lightning talk on the WordPress Customizer. https://sawp.fi/jakso-7/
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Good For The EU, But
Some very sad conclusions regarding Brexit by analysts working for Algebris Investments on the World Economic Forum website. Brexit is a symptom of Britain’s deeply rooted economic imbalances: a growth model too concentrated on finance and services and dependent on foreign goods, human and financial capital; record-high social and wealth inequality; a lack of investment…
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10up’s NodeifyWP Marries WordPress and Node.js
Looks like 10up just released something I was waiting for but didn’t know it: NodeifyWP. With NodeifyWP, we can serve a true isomorphic application from within PHP: we get the benefits of WordPress and the benefits of isomorphic Node.js technologies. No separate Node.js/Express server is necessary. Sounds crazy. Can’t wait to try it out! Read…
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Valerian Trailer
The countless hours I spent in our local library after school as a teenager reading through all the Valerian comic books… this is a dream come true.
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R.I.P. Leonard Cohen
And even though It all went wrong I’ll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah Leonard Cohen, 1934–2016
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Jeremy Keith nails it again, on progressive web apps
There seems to be an inherent assumption that native is intrinsically “better” than the web, and that the only way that the web can “win” is to match native apps note for note. But that misses out on all the things that only the web can do—instant distribution, low-friction sharing, and the ability to link…
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My Takeaways from WordCamp Europe 2016 (so far)
The fourth WordCamp Europe was organized this year in Vienna, Austria. It’s the biggest WordCamp in the world to date, with over 2200 attendees. Along with most of my colleagues, I’ve been to all of them. One of the biggest things that has kept me using and building with WordPress for over 11 years is…
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Sad to see you go
Almost all the votes are in at it’s clear the UK has voted to leave the EU. I feel sad, mainly because the reasons given for Brexit were almost all about fear and lies. I sincerely hope though that the UK and EU together can figure out a deal that makes sense for both parties,…
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