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Life Updates
- Kyle: Had a scary dream. Moving forward with WCA2 and WC Jackson. Accepting Speaker apps for WCA2.
- Adam: Back from WC PHX. Loads of new work coming in. Good, bad? Busy. Managing client expectation. Selling stuff. Chair. Desk. etc.
WordPress News.
- WordPress 5.1 released.
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: Woo Ninja shirt, WC Chicago Hoodie, WCUS Beenie / coffee / Dealing with Problem Clients by Nathan Ingram
- Kyle: WordCamp Northeast Ohio baseball t-shirt / Keurig Mocha / Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)
Changes:
Questions
- I’m thinking about creating my first-ever free WordPress theme and have questions on coding ethics. For example, snippets of code to create a responsive mobile menu are freely available on places like tutorial blogs, Stack Overflow and within free themes, but am I allowed to use those codes as long as I credit the source and make them open-source on a platform like GitHub? Or, should I ask for an explicit permission from authors? If licensing terms are mentioned, of course I’ll follow, but if not mentioned, what’s the best way? Thank you in advance for your advice. -Joey Q
- What's the most rewarding thing about doing a show like yours? ~ Joe Casabona
Segment: Vague Rant Up
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Life Updates
- Kyle: Today's Valentine's Day! Planning on doing something special for Ashley, shhhh don't tell her!
- Dustin: Dealing with a water main break in Dayton. Water supply is running low. Dehydration is setting in. Feeling delirious. What day is it.
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Dustin: Blue WordPress University t-shirt / water / The Minimalist Home & Everyday Millionaires
- Kyle: WordCamp Chicago 2014 t-shirt, WordPress slippers / water / Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4)
Questions
- Any advice for staying connected with remote co-workers? Do you only talk about work, or do you make it a point to also have a personal connection? ~ Sara Dunn
- What is an aspect of WordPress which is really not working for you these days?: Speed + WooCommerce ~ Anonymous
Segments: Tagline You're It and Personal Questions
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Life Updates
- Kyle: Awesome gig last night at Ironbark Brewery.
- Adam: 80f here. Then 35 Crazy! / Heading to AZ next week WordCamp! 🙂
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: MailChimp shirt. / coffee / Breaking and entering : the extraordinary story of a hacker called “Alien”
- Kyle: GoWP t-shirt, WordPress slippers / cappuccino / Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4)
Questions
- Has anyone seen the WordPress.com commercials? What are your thoughts? Todd Jones
- What is an aspect of WordPress which is really not working for you these days? Plugin conflicts and how to figure out what they are and how to resolve them // Plugin Detective Plugin -Kim Smith
Segment: Unordered Lists
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Life Updates
- Kyle: Planning a trip to Europe. 1 month.
- Adam: Biz. Good. Busy. Speaking, Teaching next week.
- Sara: Brr, Cold—Low was -18 degrees! Didn’t leave the house from Monday-Wednesday. Started relationship podcast:
Changes
- Marieke van de Rakt is the new CEO of Yoast
- Daniel Bachhuber now works for Food Blogger Pro
- Eyvonne Elyane Myers – was at Cloud Access – going to back to school/equestrian career focused.
Wearing/Drinking
- Adam: Workout Gear / Coffee in JetBlue tumbler / Breaking and entering: the extraordinary story of a hacker called “Alien”
- Kyle: Sandhills Brewing t-shirt, Jilt socks, WordPress slippers / Keurig Coffee / Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4)
- Sara: Winter Coat / Water / Road Back to You (Enneagram Journey to Self Discovery)
The Thing
Questions
- How has community involvement helped your business? ~ Joe Casabona
- How do you pay yourself when you own your own business – schedule regular paychecks, just pay yourself willy nilly (very technical finance term there)? ~ Tara Claeys
Segments
- Deletable History
- Personal Questions
Sara's Tweet:
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Life Updates
- Kyle: planning travel for work events. Taking pro active approach vs procrastination!
- Adam: Avalon is 5 for 5 for colleges. Met w/ listener for on boarding. Processes.
- Tara: Son off to CA for a new job. Empty nester.
Wearing/Drinking
- Adam: Coffee / WPEngine Been / Daily Stoic & Atomic Habits
- Kyle: Coffee / Prospress shirt+ hoodie by empowered by WP /
- Tara: WPEngine shirt + 9seeds jacket / Tea in Hallway chat mug / Fiction: Monk of Mocha + Atomic Habits.
Questions
- With the advent of page builders and the rise of Site Implementors, how can traditional “code it myself” freelancers stay competitive? ~ Joe Casabona
- Can you talk about the challenges of finding guests for your show? Are there any? ~ Joe Casabona
Segments:
Top Dev & do_enqueue()
Adam
- Book: The Daily Stoic
- Book: The Fifth Season
- Podcasts: The Arc Benders, Focused, WP Square 1
Tara
- Book: Atomic Habits
- Book: Everybody Writes
- Book: Treating People Well
- Book: The Go Giver
- Podcasts: The Daily, The Gist. The Moth
- Movies: Oscar nominated movies.
Kyle:
- Podcast: Radiolab: The Punchline
- Podcast: Unexplained: Season 4
- Podcast: Surviving Y2K
- Podcast: Slow Burn
- Podcast: Waking Up with Sam Harris: Conquering Hate with Deeyah Khan
- Blog: Pippin’s year in review
- Blog: Igor Benic year in review
- Podcast: Hallway Chats
- Song: Olalla by Blanco White
- Song: Winter in Chicago by Flatfoot 56Song: Collie Man by Slightly Stoopid
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The Get Options Podcast – Episode 82
Life Updates
- Kyle: We committed to going on a big trip.
- Adam: More F3. More client work. No new domain/ideas launched this month just yet! So there!
WordPress News
- Matt posts new “leads” on the marketing team. Josepha and Yoast. Congrats!
- We are going to WordCamp Dayton!
Changes
- Brian Bourn – leaving bourne creative to go to 10Up
- Cory Miller – leaving Liquid Web
- Cate DeRosia is starting a freelance copy editing business
Wearing/Drinking
- Adam: WC Dayton Baseball Shirt/water/ Atomic Habits
- Kyle: GuteNerd t-shirt, WordPress slippers / Kestrel Gose from Sandhills Brewing / Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Questions
- When it comes to retainer-based clients specifically maintenance, what are some options to handle non-payment or really late payments each and every month? — Paul
- What is a topic that is confusing you and has not been explained yet in a way that you understand? Hooks & loops & taxonomies –Kim Smith
Segment: “Get Meta”
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Life Updates
- Adam: “Joined” F3. Sore. oh so sore!
- Dustin: Still unpacking boxes and house projects, installing smart home things, garage door openers.
WordPress News
- WordPress 5.1 to Replace “Blogging” References with “Publishing”
Changes
- Mendel GD to Geek Adventures
- Jeff Matson left Gravity Forms
Wearing/Drinking
- Adam: WCUS 2017 shirt/water! / Mindset
- Dustin: yellow Gutenberg shirt / never coffee/lots of water / Atomic Habits by James Clear / just finished Jack Reacher – Past Tense
Questions
- How do you get started freelancing in WordPress and making websites for clients? via Sara Dunn at WCUS
- What is an aspect of WordPress which is really not working for you these days? > Bot attacks and working with the host to correct it. from WC Jackson Questions.
Segment: Tagline you're it.
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Life Updates
- Kyle: Played the worst game of poker I’ve ever played last night. But it all ended well.
- Adam: Rain. Lots of Rain. Still weird to see car missing from driveway..ala Avalon took it. Going to Join F3.
WordPress News
- WordPress.com – national advertising/commercials to start 2019! “Anything is possible”
Kyle’s Latest Song over on Soundcloud
Wearing/Drinking
- Adam: WPEngine Beenie / coffee / The Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday
- Kyle: BigCommerce “Kind of a big deal” t-shirt, Sandhills Development hoodie / virgin mimosa / Harry Potter of Chamber of Secrets
Questions:
- What are the best options and practices for emoji use and do you recommend a resource for determining possible meanings? – Jen
- Is there a question you were afraid to ask? > Location services: Block or allow? Is there any risk with allowing this? – Nehemiah
Segment: Top Dev
- A segment where we give each other “ingredients” to build a site with certain required tools.
Lyrics to Kyle’s Song I’m the biggest WordPress fanboy that you’ve ever seen making websites every day now Every single one is optimized and feature rich and so incredible everyone is asking me how Well sit down and let me show you how to develop a website install WordPress everything is just right A couple points a couple clicks now we’re almost there load it up in the browser and prepare to stare Oh no! Too slow! I guess I’ll go to Magento Goodbye WordPress You couldn’t pass this test It’s you, not me You lack this one thing that I need WordPress, no contest Is the world’s OKest CMS Ecommerce is my specialty I employ WooCommerce, Ninja Shop and EDD especially Every site that I deploy brings joy but more importantly makes big money I’m a master, earning profits much faster, every alternative would be a total disaster Get rich I shall but what’s this I’ve gotta ticket ‘bout a problem with PayPal… Oh my! Can’t buy! I guess I’ll move to Shopify … The WordPress admin is so easy to use I point and click and publish, round the interface I cruise When I release new posts I watch my traffic soar all my followers are begging me for more I live by the rule that content is king and benefit from open source publishing I’m a gifted writer all my fans say I am I’m moderating comments which…are mostly spam? I shoot, I’m toast I guess it’s time to switch to Ghost … I got all the themes and plugins that I’ll ever need giving me the design and features to succeed These tools are so powerful with prices so low But one of them is asking me to upgrade to pro? What a disgrace I’m now migrating to Squarespace … I’ve got menus and custom post types and these new block things that seem alright There’s nothing more stable you will find that’s a fact oh shoot did my site really just get hacked? I’m filled with rage and sticking to a Facebook page
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Life Updates
- Adam: Back from Cali. Boys. Friends. Family. Good time.
- Kyle: Holidays with the family. Things are good.
Changes
- Adam’s friend Jessica joined Automattic as Happiness Engineer
Wearing/Drinking
- Adam: WordPress Engine Beanie / Coffee / Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs
- Kyle: LearnDash / Coffee / Harry Potter – 1st book
This week we recapped our 2018 Predictions and gave ours for 2019.
- For 2018, Kyle “won” 9 to 8.5 in the points.
Adam’s 2019 Predictions
WP Software Project
- 2 releases: 5.1 and 5.2
- core Trac open tickets down by 1000
- I will get “props”
Community – jobs/ changes
- 1 big merger with hosting
- 1 medium-sized agency closing.
- 9 people making a move that we both know.
- 2 new guests on this show
- Sara Dunn and Dustin Hartzler both on show at the same time
Personal for myself.
- grow the maintenance biz by 3x (or shut it down! )
- launch a new podcast/show
- Surprise Dustin.
- Attend 8 WordCamps / 2 other conferences
- Speak at a non WP conference. Possibly for money!
- Take at least 2 vacations of more than 3 days each.
- Visit another country.
Personal for kyle
- another blessing? cat / dog / baby?
- live outside USA for 4-5 weeks
- be in a documentary.
- run in a 5k
Kyle's Predictions:
WordPress the software
- One major release
- Something will be gutted from core and there will be some commotion about it
- Core trac will surpass 50,000 tickets all time=
- We’ll see the final 4 digit tickets closed (83 remain)
WordPress the community / ecosystem
- WordPress will get another reference in pop culture which gets written about in WP news
- One major change to the WordPress journalism space will occur (Tavern, Torque, Post Status, WP Lift, etc.)
- One of the camps that Adam or I plan on attending (Dayton, Jackson, Ann Arbor, US, Raleigh, Asheville, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Chicago) will end up cancelled
- Someone will make a WordPress graveyard site/page
Personal
- Adam will take a job
- One of us will produce a musical piece which gets attention outside of our normal audience
- We will present something together at a WordCamp
- I will surprise someone else in WP
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Life Updates
- Kyle: WCUS. Wow. I spoke.
- Adam: WCUS. Wow! I spoke! Surprise! // Daughter 4/4 colleges apps!
WordPress News
- WCUS 2019 – dates announced – Nov 1-3, 2019
Changes
Wearing/Drinking/Reading
- Adam: JetPack WCUS 2015 / coffee / Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs
- Kyle: Pantheon shirt + SandHills hoodie / coffee / The Drawing of the Three
Questions
- What are your predictions for the eCommerce space in 2019
- What are examples of jargon you heard people talk about but don't understand? -> JasonAPI
Segment: The Personal Question
Thanks to Project Panorama for sponsoring this weeks episode.
