I just pushed a new plugin to the WordPress.org repository that lets you quickly navigate around wp-admin using just the keyboard, similar to Dash/HUD in Ubuntu or Spotlight in OS X:
Update: Version 0.2 is out now, and it’ll also include your posts, pages, and other content types in the results.
Nacin gave a great talk at php[world] dispelling a lot of the myths about WordPress that still exist in the developer community.
Why Websites get Hacked is a good high-level article to sends to clients or friends who don’t understand why someone would want to attack their site — and therefore doesn’t see the need to protect it — or are curious about how it happens.
Today is the Internet Slowdown, to show support for Net Neutrality.
If you want to participate, you can install the Cat Signal plugin on your WordPress.org site, or enable the setting for your WordPress.com blog.
We just posted the Call for Speakers for WordCamp Seattle 2014. If you’ve got some knowledge or experience you’d like to share with the WordPress community in Seattle, check it out.
I’ll be speaking at WordCamp Dayton 2014 this Saturday about best practices for customizing WordPress plugins. If you’re attending and would like to follow along, you can check out the slides.
It’s really disheartening to read stories like this coming out of the WordPress community, but kudos to Sarah for speaking out about it. We all need to be more aware of these issues and look for ways to prevent things like this from happening in the future.
WordCamp.org now has an RSS feed that announces when new WordCamps are scheduled.
The video from my presentation on the Model-View-Controller pattern at WordCamp Columbus 2013 is now available on WordPress.tv.