Ever dreamed of seeing the mobile app of your membership site or course in the App Store and Google Play?  Imagine your members pulling out their phone and tapping your app on their home screen. That means they can instantly dive into your courses, community discussions, and exclusive content without worrying about multiple browser tabs…

Think back to February 2020. If you were paying close attention, you might have noticed a few people talking about a virus spreading overseas. But most of us weren’t paying close attention. The stock market was doing great, your kids were in school, you were going to restaurants and shaking hands and planning trips. If…

Este ensayo también está disponible en español. This is my story with WordPress, a tool that changed the way I work and how I connect with the world. The Starting Point: From Sociology to Design I am often asked how someone with a degree in Sociology ended up specializing in web design and development. My…

Today someone was discussing the goal of linting HTML, specifically of detecting unclosed attributes. Consider the following snippet: <p class="important><img src="alert.png">This is important!</p> It’s clear that a mistake led to a missing double-quote on the class attribute of the opening <p> tag. While WordPress’ HTML API doesn’t directly report this (because “unclosed attribute” isn’t particularly…

Nathan and Bob reminisce about the “good ol’ days” pre-internet, lamenting over lost patience and tactile experiences while praising modern conveniences. It’s a nostalgic roast of technology’s double-edged sword.

I want to start by thanking the Automattic board, and in particular General (Ret.) Ann Dunwoody, for encouraging me to step away from the endless work of being CEO of Automattic to focus on training and development. Ann, as one of this generation’s great leaders, did it herself before recommending it. She took the course…