• WPWeekly Episode 18 – Open Mic 2

    Well, another week has passed which means another edition of WordPress Weekly. In this episode, it was more like a free for all, talk about anything we want kind of deal. Although during the show, I did bring up a number of news items that I thought were worth discussing. During the introductions, I gave…

  • WPWeekly Episode 17 – Interview With Matt Mullenweg

    Wow. Episode 17 of WordPress Weekly went off pretty well. For those of you who couldn’t make it to the live version, Matt Mullenweg was the special guest but to my surprise, he also brought with him Andy Peatling, lead developer of the BuddyPress project. In this weeks episode, I had Matt answer the following…

  • WPWeekly Episode 16 – Open Mic

    This week on WordPress Weekly, it was open mic week. However, it didn’t work out as I imagined and thankfully, I had a list of news items to use as a backup plan. It also helped that a couple of regulars who had some free time on their hand showed up to participate in the…

  • WPWeekly Episode 15 – Interview With David Peralty

    WordPress Weekly Episode 15 featuring David Peralty, formerly of BloggingPro.com and SplashPress media has come and gone. I thought it was an hour and a half of excellent information, particularly for those who are interested in the topics related to the business of blogging. This podcast featured a mix of topics such as, making money…

  • WPWeekly Episode 14 – Interview With Nathan Rice

    Episode 14 of WordPress Weekly featured an hour and a half interview with Nathan Rice of NathanRice.net. We covered premium themes, the theme market, some of the pros and cons of Small Potatoes theme club model, the issue of finding things in themes that shouldn’t be there and much more. I really enjoyed my time…

  • WPWeekly Episode 13 – Interview With Lorelle Van Fossen

    Well, I think this interview might go down as the best one I’ve done yet. Really enjoyed my 2 hour long interview with Lorelle where we covered everything from WordCamp Dallas to tips on using WordPress and then dove into some of the concepts of using WordPress to make money as well as general blogging…

  • WPWeekly Episode 12 – Round Table Discussion Post WordCamp Dallas

    Episode 12 of WordPress Weekly went into detail in regards to WordCamp Dallas. Near the end of the show, we delve into WordPress 2.5. We ended up sharing our favorite sessions at the WordCamp event as well as giving our 2.5 upgrade experience. Next Friday will be episode 13 where Lorelle Van Fossen will be…

  • WordPress Weekly Episode 11 – Interview With Small Potato

    Episode 11 of WordPress weekly features a one hour interview with Small Potato, formerly of WPDesigner.com. We’ll be talking about his inspiration that lead him to creating themes in WordPress, why he chose to work with WordPress and not another publishing platform, the reasons for WPDesigner going up for sale, his outlook on themes in…

  • WPWeekly Episode 10 – WP 2.5 Delayed / WPDesigner Up For Sale

    On this weeks episode we discuss color schemes and admin themes for WordPress 2.5, WordPress 2.5 is delayed, WpDesigner.com up for sale and more. Panel Members: Michael Castilla of WPCandy.com Ronald Huereca of ReadersAppreciationProject.com Patricia Mayo of ComHacker.org Jeremy Clarke of Simianuprising.com Ptah Dunbar of Ptahdunbar.com Jacob Santos of Santosj.name Stories Discussed: WPDesigner is up…

  • WPWeekly Episode 9 – Automattic Acquires BuddyPress

    Join us for Episode 9 where we’ll discuss the Buddy Press acquisition, Gravatars with and without a plugin, Ebay decided to use WordPress?. We’ll mention the WordPress icon pack and the WordPress.com February wrap up. Panel Members: Brad of Strangework.com Ronald Huereca of ReadersAppreciationProject.com Jacob Santos of Santosj.name Patricia Mayo of ComHacker.org Stories Discussed: WordPress…

  • WPWeekly Episode 8 – Interview With Brandon Rosage of MVN.com

    In episode 8, I interview Brandon Rosage. Brandon is the webmaster of MVN.com, a WordPress powered site that covers sporting events from A-Z. We cover the news of the week such as Matt’s speech at the Future Of Webapps Conference, Should You follow or NoFollow, Sniplets plugin security woes, an article highlighting how WordPress has…

  • WPWeekly Episode 7 – Interview With Tommy Of Buzzdroid

    In episode 7, I interview Tommy from Buzzdroid as I try to figure out the inspiration behind the Shifter WordPress theme. We then dive into the news of the week which stems from WordPress.com experiencing a DoS attack to a topic of WordPress upgrading being more of a fuss, than a must. Near the end…

  • WPWeekly Episode 6 – WordPress 2.5 Frozen Solid

    This week on Episode 6, we finally see WordPress 2.5 feature froze which is a standard practice for all versions of WordPress. A live WP 2.5 demo site has been made available to the public in case you want to see what you have to look forward to, WP.com intros summarized stats for the stat…

  • WPWeekly Episode 5 – WordPress 2.3.3 / Is WP A CMS?

    I haven’t been inside the feed reader too much this week because of the redesign of this blog. But this week, we have a wide variety of news topics to cover, including the release of WordPress 2.3.3. Sony gives back to the community with two custom coded WordPress plugins, one for image rotation and the…

  • WPWeekly Episode 4 – Automattic Secures 29.5 Million Bucks

    In this episode of WordPress Weekly, we cover the story of how Matt and Toni of Automattic secured a Series B round of funding for $29.5 million dollars thanks to the NY Times. WordCamp Dallas is right around the corner and we give you the 411 about the event as well as a primer as…