Category: General

Oct 05
Tammie Lister: Why Gentle Leadership Builds Better Products

We’ve all seen it. A product launches, a feature ships, a choice gets made. And within hours, the not-so-hot, more grumpy takes arrive. Threads dissecting every misstep. Social media posts stating how they’d have done x or y better. Statements across the web cataloguing failures. Commentary that positions the critic as the one who would […]

Oct 05
Matt: Greenwashing

Tonight there was a lovely event at TinkerTendo by Raman Frey and Karin Johnson of Good People Dinners, this one honoring David Gelles’ new book, Dirtbag Billionaire: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It All Away. I’m a huge fan of Yvon Chouinard and really enjoyed his book Let My People […]

Oct 04
Welcome to the World of Glamping

Welcome to the World of Glamping. Introduction to Glamping in Japan Glamping, a term that combines “glamorous” and “camping,” offers a luxurious way to engage with nature while enjoying the conveniences of modern life. Within the context of Japan, this trend has gained remarkable traction, appealing to both domestic tourists and visitors from abroad. The […]

Oct 04
Gutenberg Times: Blocks galore, test template management, Woo product collections, and more—Weekend Edition 343

Howdy, And just like that, the last quarter of 2025 has begun. It’s been an interesting year again, and now we are on the home stretch, heading into a Holiday season. It’s become my favorite time of the year when Autumn make nature paint trees and bushes in so many colors. After a life near […]

Oct 04
Matt: Linkrot

One of the things I hate most on the internet, and part of the reason I started WordPress, was to fight linkrot. Ever since 1998, when Tim Berners-Lee wrote “Cool URIs Don’t Change,” I’ve been obsessed with content management and ensuring that links don’t break. (BTW, TBL, a pioneer of creating the World Wide Web, […]

Oct 03
How I Use AI to Autogenerate WooCommerce Product Descriptions

The other day, I met my friend for coffee, and we were talking about her WooCommerce business. She told me that sometimes, she hits a wall and ends up reusing the same adjectives for her product descriptions—sleek, nice, stylish—across multiple products. The worst part? She often doesn’t notice until much later, when her store pages […]

Oct 02
Matt: Blocktober

It’s so exciting to see what the creative minds like Nick Hamze or Tammie Lister are doing with Automattic’s AI vibe coding tool, Telex. Tammie is doing a Blocktober, a block every day this month of October, you should follow along.