We have a powerful and insightful show this week. Our main story is a recent podcast discussion between Matt Mullenweg and David Heinemeier Hansson one of the joint founders of Bascamp and also the head of “Ruby on Rails” a leading open source internet development language project. We also have Matt Medeiros of the Matt-Report podcast joining the panel this week to not only to discuss this particular story but also his recent interview on Post Status podcast where he covers some similar areas as “The REWORK podcast!” We also have a special guest panelist Kim Shivler.

Basically, who is going to control the future of WordPress is it only going to be totally be controlled by Matt Mullenweg and his investors or should the hundreds to thousands of volunteers who have given their time “free of charge” over the past 15 years plus of this open source project should also have a clear voice connected to its future direction of this software that drive 34% of all websites on the internet at the present moment?

#1 – The REWORK podcast

Discussion Between Matt Mullenweg and David Hansson one of the founders BaseCamp and Ruby on Rails

https://rework.fm/open-source-and-power-with-matt-mullenweg/

Matt Medeiros is interviewed by Brian Krogsgard of the Post Status

Fear and uncertainty for WordPress, with Matt Medeiros

https://poststatus.com/fear-and-uncertainty-for-wordpress-with-matt-medeiros/

#2 – All Hands On Desk

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/1/20756701/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-leak-audio-ftc-antitrust-elizabeth-warren-tiktok-comments

#3 – Brian Gardner Steps Down From StudioPress

https://wptavern.com/brian-gardner-steps-down-from-studiopress

The WP-Tonic Regular Round Table Show Panel

Morten Rand-Hendriksen pinkandyellow.com
John Locke LockedownSEO.com
Sallie Goetsch wpfangirl.com
Chris Badgett lifterlms.com
Spencer Forman wplaunchify.com
Matt Medeiros MattReport.com
Adrian Tobey groundhogg.co
jonathan wp-tonic.com
Joe Casabona casabona.org

This Week’s Panel’s Recommendations

John Locke: https://frankchimero.com/writing/designing-in-the-borderlands/

Sallie Goetsch: https://risingstarreviews.com/

Matt Medeiros: https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-support-videos/

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