Open Channels FM: Why Context Matters in Accessibility Conversations
Discussions on digital accessibility should prioritize context and collaboration among teams, focusing on empathy and practical scenarios to enhance user experience and support.
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Matt: Beware Unearned Wisdom
One of Carl Jung’s famous quotes is to “Beware unearned wisdom.” Sometimes it’s brought up in the context of psychedelics. From LSD and the Mind of the Universe by Christopher Bache: Psychedelics give us temporary access to realities beyond our pay grade, allowing us to experience things beyond our normal capacity. It’s all too easy…
Open Channels FM: Open Channels FM Announces the Return of Do the Woo as a Dedicated WooCommerce Podcast
PRESS RELEASE: The relaunch of the Do the Woo podcast under the Open Channels network aims to create a dedicated platform for the WooCommerce ecosystem. It will provide insights and discussions tailored for merchants, developers, and product teams, starting with guest Matt Mullenweg.
Open Channels FM: Relaunching Do the Woo Podcast for the WooCommerce Ecosystem
Today we are officially announcing the relaunch of Do the Woo as a fully dedicated WooCommerce podcast under the Open Channels network. The show returns with a new mission, a refined focus, and a commitment to becoming the central place where the entire WooCommerce ecosystem can learn, share, and connect. More information about the relaunch…
Open Channels FM: Do the Woo Podcast is Back with Conversations for Builders, Merchants, and Developers
The “Do the Woo” podcast is returning, focusing on WooCommerce insights, featuring industry leaders. It will include lively discussions, audience Q&As, and monthly episodes with hosts James Kemp and Katie Keith.
Introducing WPFilters: The Easiest Way to Add Advanced Search Filtering to WordPress
Ever looked at the search filters on Amazon or Airbnb and wished you could make the content on your own website just as easily discoverable? Imagine if your visitors could simply click a few options in the search filter, like “Price: Low to High,” “Rating: 4 Stars,” or “Color: Blue”… and instantly, the perfect results…
Matt: Cloudflare CMS Stats
Cloudflare released their Radar report for 2025, one fun stat was they analyzed the top 5,000 domains, and it had some interesting results for website technologies. Open Source tech came in at 47% for WordPress and 4.7% for Drupal, which wins the majority! Then in proprietary there was Adobe at 16%, Contentful at 8%, Shopify…
7 Best WooCommerce Sliding Side Cart Plugins (I Tested 13)
Cart abandonment is one of the most frustrating challenges for any online store owner. You’ve done the hard work to attract shoppers, but many still leave before completing their purchases. One common reason? Shoppers get annoyed when they have to leave the product page just to check what’s in their cart. That’s where sliding side…
Matt: Nex Playground
The Wall Street Journal has a fun article about the Nex Playground, The Hottest Toy of the Year Is Made by a Tech Startup You’ve Never Heard Of. I think this is the first time one of Audrey Capital’s companies (we invested when it was the Homecourt app) is the hot Christmas item. Here’s it…
Matt: Apple iWeb
The new X/Twitter algorithim is hard to predict, but I’ve had one go viral with over a million views now, a quote-tweet of a cool demo video of Apple’s website builder from 2009, with themes and blog support and everything. Interesting to compare its interface to Gutenberg and WordPress today. We don’t even know how…