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Jonathan Wold & Luke Carbis
Perspectives on WordPress and the Open Web.
Episodes
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Jul 21, 2020 • 15min
Hamilton’s Open Web
EPZ

Jul 13, 2020 • 15min
Kids, Jetpack, and WeChat
What's the equivalent of TikTok in the WordPress world? We discuss WordPress as the go-to publishing tool for creativity, and compare Jetpack's sordid privacy record with Chinese social media.

Jul 7, 2020 • 15min
Google and WordPress
Luke rants about Google. Then we talk about the recent history between WordPress and Google and what we both think about their involvement in the WordPress project.

Jun 30, 2020 • 15min
A Design System for WordPress
We discuss some proposed changes to the WooCommerce Dashboard design, the trend for WordPress plugins to embrace their own design language (separate to the WP Admin), and the idea of creating a Design System for WordPress.

Jun 24, 2020 • 15min
WWDC and the Plugin Repository
Season #2 premier - episodes now 15 minutes long! We jump straight into a discussion of WWDC, Hey.com, and the WordPress plugin directory.

Mar 31, 2020 • 28min
Season Finale
We discuss Season #1 and explore the wide range of topics we're interested in covering in Season #2.

Mar 12, 2020 • 35min
COVID-19, Virtual Events, and Gradients
We discuss COVID-19 (and how Luke was wrong), the opportunity for virtual events, the recent introduction of full screen editing on by default in WordPress 5.4, and gradients in Gutenberg.

Mar 11, 2020 • 37min
WP Notify
Jonathan Bossenger joins us to discuss the WP Notify project and better ways of introducing new features in WordPress.

Feb 13, 2020 • 31min
WordCamp Asia and Themes
We discuss the cancellation of WordCamp Asia and then, to happier matters, the first "Future of Themes" meeting, including what an easier-to-use WordPress means for the builder ecosystem.

Feb 6, 2020 • 18min
Democratizing Commerce
We discuss the idea of "Democratizing Commerce" and what it actually means. Also, we're looking forward to WordCamp Asia.