The immediate future of The WordPress Podcast has been determined. Joost de Valk has purchased the name and rights to The WordPress Podcast for an undisclosed amount. Over time, PressThis and The WordPress Podcast will merge together with The WordPress Podcast eventually being the mainstay of the show. Also as part of the new format, Joost will be joined by Frederick Townes, author of the W3 Total Cache plugin and CTO of Mashable.com. He’ll be doing the news segment of the show each week. Personally, I enjoy listening to the show and am a fan of what they are doing. With WordPress Weekly, I’m either all news or all interview. These two will be mixing it up so you get the best of both worlds.
2009 has been an unfriendly year for Charles with financial troubles, personal issues, technical problems and sadly, the death of his mother. Charles is using this as opportunity to start fresh on a new project that will involve video. I wish him the best of luck. He’s a great guy and the primary inspiration for me starting WordPress Weekly.
In one of my favorite episodes of the podcast, I had the unique opportunity to chat with Charles Stricklin about his foray into WordPress, the difficulties involved with producing the show, podcasting in general and a few other tidbits.
Back on November 18th, I released the interview I conducted with Matt Mullenweg during WordCamp New York. The audio in the interview was terrible and even though I tried for 30 minutes to fix it, I just couldn’t figure it out so I released it as is. Special thanks goes out to Sallie Goetsch of PodcastAsylum.com who edited the MP3 so that it now has Stereo sound and comes across much better than the original. I’ve since replaced the recording on Talkshoe with the new one in case you want to listen to it again with better audio quality.
Not long ago, I put the call out that I was looking for a new co-host to help me with the WordPress Weekly podcast. I didn’t think I would receive much feedback regarding the position but I was wrong. I ended up receiving a couple of great applications but during the search for a new co-host, I decided on a new way to do the show which I couldn’t do before.
Using the WordPress Weekly forum, I will create a new thread that will correspond to the next episode. I’ll add in two to three stories during the week that I want to talk about. If you are interested in either having a story discussed or to be a guest co-host on the show, this is where you would tell me. I’m going to limit the amount to 4 co-hosts per episode as anything more will just get confusing. The co-host spots for each episode will be first come first serve. The only time I will not have guest co-hosts on the show is when I do an interview.
With this system, I hope to create a bit more diverse crowd of co-hosts to weigh in on different stories each week. Also, the previous hurdle of not knowing what is going to be discussed is removed thanks to the forum. I’m hoping that the guest co-hosts will submit a story or two for discussion so you don’t constantly have to hear my big yapper. Most of the feedback I have received regarding the show is that the roundtable episodes end up being their favorite, so why not do them all the time?
To all those who got in touch with me regarding the position, I thank you for showing so much interest. If I regain interest in having a dedicated individual to serve as co-host, I have a few good people to contact.
There will not be an episode of WordPress Weekly for October 13th as I work on other things and because of some pitfalls last week, I’m not in the position to record the show. There will be a show for October 20th though.
Unfortunately, the time has come yet again to announce that I am looking for a new co-host for WordPress Weekly. David hasn’t been fired or anything like that, but his interests and passions have changed to the point where it doesn’t make sense for him to continue on with the show. I have until episode 80 to find a new co-host or I’ll be doing the show solo until I can find someone to fill the void. Here are the details.
First off, this is not a paid opportunity. However, there have been times where based on performance or just sheer gratitude, I have made a sizable donation to the co-host. The candidate needs to be consistently available Tuesday evenings at 8PM Eastern time. Preferably, the candidate needs to do a good job on their own account to monitor what is going on in the WordPress community. This person also needs some experience with using Google Docs as that is what I use to share the shownotes document.
Benefits with the position include getting the chance to talk with some notable folks in the WordPress community. Also, the co-host always gets an opportunity to announce projects they are working on, sites they run, etc. Not to mention, those who co-host the show for a reasonable amount of time gain notoriety so when you go to a WordCamp, you have a better chance of those in the crowd knowing who you are.
If you are interested in co-hosting the show with me full-time, please get in touch with me and let me know what you have to offer.
Joost De Valk who hosts the PressThis podcast recently conducted an interview with Mark Jaquith to discuss the future of WordPress. Mark is one of the core committers to the project so he would obviously know a thing or two with regards to the future direction of the software. During the interview, we get to find out what’s on tap for WordPress 2.9, some discussion around post types, taxonomies, using WordPress as a CMS, roles and capability simplification, and much more. If you’re interested in the future development of WordPress, definitely download this episode and give it a listen.
You can listen to Joost De Valk live on WebmasterRadio.FM on Tuesdays at 5PM EST. Three hours before the life recording of WordPress Weekly.
Angelo Mandato who produces the PluginsPodcast, a weekly show dedicated to WordPress plugins recently pushed out episode 24 which featured an interview with Mitcho, the developer of my favorite related posts plugin YARPP (Yet Another Related Posts Plugin). Not only is the interview informative, but during the second half of the show, we find out about another plugin Mitcho is developing called HookPress. HookPress is a plugin that enables WordPress to use Web Hooks. While I did watch the video presentation, I’m still trying to figure out myself how useful this is but considering the fact that these web hooks can be written in any language I believe is a killer feature for developers. If I’m wrong, feel free to correct me.
Webhooks goes beyond the HookPress plugin though as evidenced by the Webhooks blog, Anil Dash and his idea of the Push Button Web, and slides created by Jeff Lindsay explaining the concept. The following is a video presentation of HookPress.
If you’re a developer, please tell me more information about this concept and how it can be useful to you. Also, Mitcho is looking for feedback on his plugin so if you end up using it, be sure to contact him.
Joost DeValk aka Yoast in the community has produced his first episode of his WordPress podcast called Press This published through Webmastradio.FM. In his first episode, Joost interviews John Gridley who is an Automattic new hire. Also during the show, Joost answers questions from the chatroom on optimizing WordPress for Search, one of his specialties. After all, he’s the one responsible for the Joost Boost (SEO Optimization) for StudioPress themes. The show comes in at 33 minutes so it shouldn’t be too hard to consume.
Earlier this week while I was at work, I was thinking about WordPress Weekly and possibly recording the show at the same time but on a different night. I have a day in mind but without diluting the results, I won’t say which day that is. Instead, I want to see what you folks think before I possibly go through with the change.
What Day Of The Week Should I Record WordPress Weekly?
Joost de Valk known for his plugins as well as his knowledge of SEO as it relates to WordPress themes has announced that he will be a co-host for a new weekly WordPress centric podcast. The name of the show as well as the time slots have not been figured out yet but Joost is taking ideas in the comments. So far, “press it with Joost” seems to be leading the way in terms of suggestions.
This week on WordPress Weekly, I have the privilege of interviewing both Randy Hoyt of AmesburyWeb who will discuss making WordPress work for business oriented sites while Scott Clark, co-author of the Pods plugin will discuss using WordPress as a CMS. Both of these guys presented at WordCamp Dallas two weeks ago so it will be a treat reviewing what went on at that event. I know many of you who listen to the show have wanted to hear an episode dedicated to the topic of ‘Using WordPress As A CMS‘ and I hope to deliver on that with Scotts help this week.
But the exciting news is that WordPress Weekly will notch a new milestone with this episode as Randy has informed me that there will be an ongoing listening party as the show is being recorded. How cool is that?
We are turning this recording into a full evening for local technical WordPress users and developers to meet and discuss using WordPress as a CMS. We’ll have pizza and drinks from 6:00-7:00, the live recording of the podcast from 7:00-8:00, and a question and answer session with Scott and Randy from 8:00-9:00.
I’m certainly interested to see how this all turns out. The only concerns I have is their ability to call into the show via Skype or some other piece of software and the background noise. The background noise is my main concern and I hope it won’t drown out the interview although if it were subtle, it would add a nice tough.
The immediate future of The WordPress Podcast has been determined. Joost de Valk has purchased the name and rights to The WordPress Podcast for an undisclosed amount. Over time, PressThis and The WordPress Podcast will merge together with The WordPress Podcast eventually being the mainstay of the show. Also as part of the new format, Joost will be joined by Frederick Townes, author of the W3 Total Cache plugin and CTO of Mashable.com. He’ll be doing the news segment of the show each week. Personally, I enjoy listening to the show and am a fan of what they are doing. With WordPress Weekly, I’m either all news or all interview. These two will be mixing it up so you get the best of both worlds. 
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