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Jun 17, 2024 | 
jamesgiroux.ca | James Giroux
SummaryAttending WordCamp in Torino has inspired me to reflect on Matt Mullenweg’s Summer Update. From making WordPress more intuitive for newcomers to fostering vibrant plugin and theme communities, Matt outlined 11 principles for the future. Here are my thoughts on each one and how they can shape the next 21 years of WordPress. I’m in Torino, and my feet are sore. If you’ve ever been to a WordCamp, you can probably relate.
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May 7, 2024 | 
jamesgiroux.ca | James Giroux
SummaryThe conversation around “Peak WordPress” explores whether WordPress remains the optimal solution for all use cases as its ecosystem matures. Observations from my past market experiences, like at Envato, hint at similar challenges facing the WordPress community today.
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May 2, 2024 | 
jamesgiroux.ca | James Giroux
SummaryShutterstock is acquiring Envato in a $245M all-cash deal. This move marks the end of Envato’s independence, raising concerns about future changes in leadership, priorities, and the support for code-based creators. The acquisition may merge Shutterstock’s broad reach with Envato’s rich content base, possibly at the expense of individual author earnings and the distinctive culture that has supported WordPress developers and authors. This news hits home particularly hard for me.
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May 1, 2024 | 
jamesgiroux.ca | James Giroux
SummaryShortly after its one year anniversary, TeamWP announces a rebrand to Future of Team and introduces Remkus de Vries as a co-founder. Future of Team is expanding its services to include more people operations such as recruitment, employee onboarding and leadership development. Future of Team is also launching a new podcast with co-hosts James Giroux and Dee Teal. Just over a year ago, TeamWP made its (almost) quiet launch onto the WP stage.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
jamesgiroux.ca | James Giroux
SummaryOn the heels of an emotional conversation about the state of Gutenberg and the growing divide between the WordPress codebase and the developers able to understand it, Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress and overall project lead, took to X himself to discuss the 2025 roadmap of releases. This article explores how a ‘Year of Iteration’ could benefit the Project and WordPress ecosystem.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
jamesgiroux.ca | James Giroux
SummaryThis article delves into the complexities and frequent misunderstandings of the principle “Assuming Positive Intent” in remote work environments, particularly within the WordPress community. It highlights how this well-meaning principle can lead to miscommunications and strained interactions, especially when cultural values differ or are not universally adopted.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
arxiv.org | James Giroux |Patrick Moran |Karthik Suresh |Hemalata Nayak
[Submitted on 5 Apr 2024] Title:Physics Event Classification Using Large Language Models View a PDF of the paper titled Physics Event Classification Using Large Language Models, by Cristiano Fanelli and James Giroux and Patrick Moran and Hemalata Nayak and Karthik Suresh and Eric Walter View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:The 2023 AI4EIC hackathon was the culmination of the third annual AI4EIC workshop at The Catholic University of America.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
wptavern.com | James Giroux
The first-ever WordCamp Canada is callin’ out for Speakers, Sponsors, and Volunteers, ready to bring the community together, post-pandemic style. It’s a beaut chance for all us Canadians to showcase what makes us unique, from our love for poutine to our bilingual chats, all while diving deep into WordPress, inclusivity, and Indigenous perspectives. So, grab your toque and let’s make it a good one, buddy!Neighbour. You have no idea how good it feels to drop that little ‘u’ in there.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
wptavern.com | James Giroux
WooCommerce 8.6, delayed due to an Order Attribution Tracking issue, has been released. It features a new Product Details block style, six new layouts for the Product Collection block, and a sales column for marketing analytics. For developers, it offers improved logging, a notice on Legacy REST API removal, simplified customer history calculation, and 8.6.1 patching four issues. After a slight delay, WooCommerce 8.6 was released last week.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
wptavern.com | James Giroux
Seven folx from the WordPress Community have been selected as finalists for two positions as writers for the Tavern. May the odds be ever in your favor. If you’ve been around the Tavern for a while you’re probably aware that it has been without a full-time writer or two since December 2023. Back in November, the Tavern’s last standing writer, Sarah Gooding joined her predecessors Jeff Chandler and Justin Tadlock in announcing her departure.
