getoptionspodcast's podcast: Recent Episodes
Adam Silver & Kyle Maurer
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 148
Life Updates
Adam: Surprise .. I’m here!
Kyle: I’m shocked. I’m flummoxed. I’m gaffed. I’m bamboozled. But mostly I’m delighted. So nice to have my good friend here for an unexpected visit.
WordPress News
Too many things to recap for the past 6 months but let us try ..
Changes:
Kyle #1
Kyle #2
Kyle #3
Wearing/Drinking
Kyle - Jemaine/ Brett 2016 t, drinking an ipa, Wizard and Glass by Stephen king
Adam- WC Birmingham hoodie/bacon shirt, Water, The Art & Skill of Buddhist Meditation
No Questions.. Rather our annual – albeit really late…
2021 Predictions Recap – How’d we do?
Kyle Wins. 5.5 to 4
Segment: The Personal Question
Life Updates
- Adam: Just working. Running. A lot. runadam.run
- Kyle: Believe it or not, I’m actually working on building a website.
- Rick: Working
WordPress News
- GoDaddy Data Breach Exposes 1.2 Million Active and Inactive Managed WordPress Hosting Accounts
- AWS was down! 😱
- Automattic Acquires WPScan
- Birmingham to Host First In-Person WordCamp, February 4-5, 2022
Changes:
- Christie Chirinos now works at Chase
- John Wright works at Jackson High School
- Tyler Lau works at Function House
Wearing/Drinking/Reading
- Adam: beanie / coffee / IKIGAI - The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
- Kyle: Easy Digital Downloads t-shirt / water / Devil in the White City
Question 1:
Hi Guys
I’m a veteran developer and recently joined a startup. I love writing code, and am fairly good at my job. What drives me crazy is the PMs at the company keep getting distracted with “shiny new object syndrome” They are always trying to find / trying the latest greatest tool and make us switch. It’s slowing down our dev time.. as the SOPs are always being re-written. As I’m new at the company.. what are some options to indicate this isn’t helping. -Carl
Question 2:
Hey guys —
So I am ready for a change as the company I work at is going through some changes which I won’t get into. That said, I’ve applied for a handful of jobs but am pretty consistent in getting reply “we’ve found someone who better fits our needs” email. Someone suggested that my resume may need tweaking and be tailored to each specific job posting. Do you have any options / thoughts on that practice? -Anonymous
Segment:
- Unordered Lists // Rick wins?! Beginner’s luck.
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 146
Updates
- Adam: New planner. new website. KitchenSinkWP - Episode 400! ( OMM ) ?
- Kyle: New electric guitar.
- Courtney: Developer topics on weekly meetup, Get Hired seeking interviewees in all the WP jobs
News:
The HeroPress Network Launches - cate and topher derosia
- The HeroPress Network
- HeroPress
- Hallway Chats
- WP Podcasts
- Find It WP
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: G / Coffee / The Rumi Prescription & Uncommon Service
- Kyle: WCA2 hoodie, Cloudways Hosting t-shirt / coffee / Devil in the White City
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Courtney: WordPress university t-shirt, WordCamp Baltimore 2015 speaker hoodie / Coffee /
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Build Your Own Website for Beginners
- Building Brand Communities: How Organizations Succeed by Creating Belonging
- Harry Potter: The Half-Blood Prince
Question 1:
Hey guys -
I’ve been offered an amazing job that is totally in my wheelhouse as a developer, with room to grow. The issue is, I found out that some in leadership/upper management are on the opposite side of the fence than me when it comes to social causes. If it were you, would you still take the job?
-Anonymous
Question 2:
I’m recently single (divorced) and haven’t had a “normal job” in a few years as my partner was the sole bread winner. That said, I’m looking for a job. My question is how would you explain a long gap in work history? -Jane Doe
Segment: Deletable history
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11Dszy9xVitQQXf-0RmeixlTYx7jHnW7p6P85KF_Lm84/edit
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 145
Updates:
Adam: Went to visit my parents. Doing well. Getting ready to take CWP and KSWP to the next level… + cooler weather. Finally.
Kyle: I’m rocking the NFL predictions challenge.
WordPress News.
SandHills!!
LearnDash to StellarWP
Changes:
Rich Tabor joins Extendify
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: WC Birmingham hoodie / coffee / The Plant Paradox
Kyle: A2 Hosting t-shirt, Sandhills Development hoodie / Pumpkin spice coffee / Devil in the White City
Question 1:
So I recently took a job after going though the ringer.. i.e. a multitude of interviews and the dreaded “project” that many company’s require. In this case I actually wasn’t even paid for it.
That said.. the salary was negotiated, and an offer was made and I accepted. Sadly within a few days I just knew that I made a mistake. It’s now been 30 days.. and I’m kicking myself… Options on leaving by not burning a bridge. -Quinn
Question 2:
The company I work for just got acquired… what are the best options? Do I stay? Leave? Aka “so your favorite plugin just got acquired. Will you stay with it?” -Courtney Robertson
Segment: Personal Question
Adam to Kyle: 1 year later -- 5 kids, what advice would you tell yourself.
Kyle to Adam: Movies/Songs/books that make you cry?
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 144
Updates
- Adam: So many.. Wedding anniv (23 years) Ellens Bday (AGE REDACTED). Kid graduated HS. Koid back at college. Kid back in HS... and 5 years at CWP. I win! oh.. and I might have bought a new domain(388 days) .. finally! (let 3 go)
- Kyle: has a new podcast! I’ve never really talked into a mic for anything public that wasn’t WordPress related….until now!
WordPress News
- Mailchimp to Intuit for 12B! That’s bananas!
- Since we’ve been gone there were a lot of acquisitions including Frontity, GiveWP, Yoast, KanbanWP, SearchWP, Advanced Custom Fields, Pocket Casts, Amplify Plugins, Day One, IconicWP, Plugin Rank, Understrap,
Changes:
- Andrea Middleton leaving Automattic - heading to Reddit.
Dustin - no longer Woo Happiness - now VIP Dev apprentice
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: WP Trucker Hat / Coffee / Jackpot & Essentialism - The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
- Kyle: Nexcess Hosting t-shirt, WPMRR trucker cap / orange juice / The Devil and the White City
Question 1: Hey guys… I run a medium agency with a dozen FT employees. We are based in a mid-market (not too expensive, but not cheap) and with C19 not going away anytime soon, I wonder what your thoughts are on salary based on location. Specifically, I have 2 employees who want to move away to where their cost of living is MUCH less expensive, one being overseas. They are good employees - but Ii’m torn on the salary issue. I’ve read that even the big companies (sales force, facebook, etc) are adjusting salaires if/when employees move. Looking for options. Thx -Anonymous
Question 2:
I am a UX/UI designer and my boss wants me to track my time …for each project down as to see what projects are taking up resources. As a “creative” this feels weird to me. What are my options? -Sarah H
Segment: Bomb Dot Com!
Adam’s
- Monotoneandboring.com
- Squirelleactivitises.com
- runtohard.com
Kyle’s
- cheesesneeze.com
- complacentpoodles.com
- shorple.com
- wpipweallp.com
- doubleyoupee.com
- theunacquired.com
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 143
Life Updates
Adam: College kid coming back next week for summer. Other kid deciding on where to go to college next year. Which means I need a side hustle! HA! Oh.. and lots of running lately.
Kyle: Coaching T-Ball. Bought a bike.
News:
Hallway Chats -- new hosts. Tara Clayes & Liam Dempsey have handed it off to Cate and Topher DeRosia.
Changes:
Cate is also joining WP Buffs!
AJ Morris is now a product manager at Gravity Forms
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: BB HAT // coffee // just finished Pancakes in Paradise & Hatching Twitter - started reading Principles by Ray Dalio
Kyle: WP Engine t-shirt, Sandhills Development hat / Pomegranate Kiefer / The Last Wish
Question 1: Hey guys —
So .. turns out that 1/2 of the team I work with lied to get their jobs. Some are “Developers” others are in “Marketing”. I’d say that both are a problem as the devs keep taking forever to “learn” (i.e. Google) the answer/fix and the Marketing team is just copying other websites for ideas and strategy. Upper management has no idea. Options? -Colby R.
Question 2:
Any ideas or options on how to get other developers to collaborate in a productive manner? What I mean by this is that many of the other developers I work with are very non social/socially awkward. Additionally some of them don’t like each other very much. It’s tense to say the least. Or lead developer isn’t aware of this as she isn’t a part of the daily operations. -Brian
Segment: Bomb Dot Com!
Adam’s:
- laptopandabackpack.com - travel blogging
- findabetterwaytooffend.com - snarky humor
- Noneedforyou.com - family blog
- Fixedandvacinated.com - Vet/Human vaccine dosages
Kyle’s:
- aarondontgo.com
- finishthebookgeorge.com
- nicholasfury.com
- plungerz.com
- gludge.com
Updates
- Adam: parents celebrating 55 years. Had a client offer to give me a raise.. And overall ..raised CWP prices too. :)
- Kyle: I celebrate 4 years with Sandhills Development.
News:
- Sectigo acquisition of SiteLock
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: GOP Shirt, coffee, The Psychology of money Morgan Housel
- Kyle: WP Engine t-shirt, Sandhills Development hat, Pomegranate Kiefer, The Last Wish
Question 1: A coworker reached out to me in confidence to say that another coworker, is leaving in a few months,. That second co-worker then told me that the first one is also looking to leave and has been interviewing. A funny as this may seem, what do I do in regards to telling HR and or management as I’m afraid that their workloads may be dumped on me.
Question 2: I work at a non profit as a developer and really like my job. I also like a bunch of my co-workers. That being said,.. there is too much drama (IMO) in our company and it drives me bonkers. I even created a non-company slack workspace so that I can communicate with some other co-workers that are on the same page with me. What are some options to squash the rumor/drama mongers at a company?
Segment do_enque
Kyle
- The Last Blockbuster on Netflix
- Song Exploder on Netflix
- Falcon and the Winter Soldier on Disney+
- The Big Sick on Netflix
- Still Watching: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier podcast
- Dua Lipa on Spotify
- Cautionary Tales podcast
- Audible God podcast
- Shaquille O’Neal on Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast
- Darknet Diaries 87: Guild of the Grumpy Old Hackers podcast
- Shopify COO Harley Finkelstein on Tim Ferris podcast
- Paul McCartney on Smartless podcast
- Your Favorite Band Sucks podcast
- Michelle Ames interviewing Matt Mullenweg on WP Coffee Talk
- The Dangers of Whitewashing Black History TEDx talk
Adam
- The Last Blockbuster
- Falcon and the Winter Soldier
- Darknet Diaries 87: Guild of the Grumpy Old Hackers podcast
- Wandavision — next up.
- Documentary Kid90— Punky Brewster
- American hustle
- JoJo Rabbit
Life Updates
- Kyle: adding role at Sandhills at Product Mgr for EDD
- Adam: Dad turned 90. applied for FAFSA for Parker. Yikes!
Changes
- Aaron Campbell moved over to NewFold Digital
- Christie Chirinos leaving WPMRR podcast.
- Josh Pollock and Joel Worsham join 10up
- David Beja and Nina Pacifico join Sandhills Development
Wearing/Drinking/Reading
- Adam: Pagely hoodie / coffee / Ultralearning
- Kyle: A2 Hosting t-shirt, WC Ann Arbor hoodie, WC Ann Arbor hat / Kahfie / The Last Wish
Question 1: I currently work as a developer at an agency and am looking to switch into more of an operations or PM role. What are some options to make that interest known to upper management? -Doug
Question 2: I been promoted to a lead dev and with that promotion, I’ve been tasked with doing code review. Truth be told I hate code review. Matter of fact, I get angry when i look at other peoples code. How to I stop getting so mad at that!?
https://www.restartcbd.com/
Segment: Deletable History
Reviewing some old proposals.
Life Updates
- Kyle: Joining a couple masterminds. Never done one of these before but I think they’re neat.
- Adam: Selling a domain. 7 years if KSWP! Launched a service/new site!!
Changes:
- WP Engine has hired WPGraphQL creator and maintainer Jason Bahl as a Principal Software Engineer.
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: WCPHX - hoodie.. / Water / Ultralearning
- Kyle: Apply Filters t-shirt, Nexcess Hosting hat / Water / The Last Wish (book 1 of The Witcher series)
Question 1: I’m a lead developer at the moment and heard that I am about to be promoted to “team lead”. Oddly enough I am very close to accepting another job and leaving the current company. What say you in regards on how to approach this with my manager? -Dave
Question 2: I just left a large company to go solo/freelance. Turns out there is a lot of busy work that I’m not a fan of… first and foremost getting proposals/estimates to new clients. That said, are are some best practices in delivering proposals/estimates? -Maureen
Segment: BombDotCom
- wpgraveyard.com
- shquart.com
- epicstrollers.com
- mealsonmeals.com
- elevenfeetapart.com
- Hereiswhatyoumissed.com
- hopefullyonedaysoon.com
- canyoustartyesterday.com
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12YoygN5I1ydvjnLAIg6XannA6GPuVidkhTYKv39vsfc/edit
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 139
Life Updates
Kyle: watching shows - Rhythm and Flow on netflix, MCU,
Adam: Happy New Year! Working. Set up new system. Takes time… plus trying to make it rain?! Plus about to try an experiment with Time Blocking on the calendar.
WordPress News
Modern Tribe sold their calendar - The Events Calendar → Liquid Web
WordPress.com offers website development!
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: Hoodie WC Chicago // Coffee / The Simple Path to Wealth
Kyle: Freemius t-shirt / Coffee / The Last Wish
No Questions this week as we review our 2020 predictions and make new ones for 2021
How’d we do ?
The Score Card
Adam: 1
Kyle: 3
Kyle wins 2020
2021 Predictions
Kyle:
- I will guest appear on more podcast shows than you
- Both of us will speak at a WordCamp again
- NO IPOs in WP
- Some business will launch a “Hosted {WP product}” that is not WooCommerce
- I will write more blog posts than you
- You will tweet more than me
- Featured plugins will be different (currently 7: classic editor, akismet, jetpack, bbPress gutenberg, health check, buddy press)
- We’ll find a way to meet in person
Adam
The WP Project —
- Getting PROPS!! Dangit!
Personal For Me
- Sunset 1 maybe 2 projects
- Launch 1 new for money
- Learn Guitar
- Learn Language
- Biz Debt cut by 1/2 this year. Vs personal.. which I’d like to be zero!
Personal for Kyle
- Dog
- No more kids
- Run a 10k?!
- Be a guest on 2 podcasts.
Updates
- Kyle: Oh, not much going on really. Went from 1 child to 5!
- Adam: working.. Planning. Launching. All the things! GitIdiot.com
News:
- Friend of the show - Dustin -- hit 500 episodes of his show last week.
State of the Word 2020
Changes -
- Adam - Hired new Social Media Mgr - for backupspeaker.com
- Taylor Jackson is a new Application Support Specialist at Sandhills Development
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: WC Birmingham hoodie / water/coffee / The Art of Invisibility
- Kyle: Digital Summit Detroit t-shirt, GoDaddy hat / Egg Nog / The Last Wish
Question 1: What options do you have when it comes to being offered a job that that you are qualified for, but is oddly low in salary/scale for the role. -Anon
It’s Joey from Singapore. Glad to hear that the show is coming back (and Kyle is, too)! My question is this. Have you thought about leaving WordPress? Or, in what kind of situations do you see yourself leaving WordPress? When WordPress is no longer the top choice CMS? When WordPress foundation makes a bad call? As of today, I don’t see my leaving WordPress at all, though! Thanks and happy holiday season!
Segment: Bomb Dot Com - 3 ideas
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 137
Life Updates
- Adam: Hack. Clients Birthday! oh my .
- Scott: Painting house! Not tan.
WordPress News
- WordPress 2020 Survey open
- Baremetrics blog about selling the company
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: WCSD 2015 / Water / Traction (via book club)
- Scott : WCUS 2017 / Tea / not reading!!
Question 1: To stay relevant and not get complacent in my current job, I’ve been interviewing.. (via zoom) a few times per month since covid started. I want to stay sharp with that skill.. The issues is, I’m not really looking to move companies, but have been offered a few of the jobs! .. so.. how can i politely decline job offers that I never intended to accept in the first place? -Name withheld per request
Question 2: I’m looking for a new job and have had some interviews recently. The issue I have is that in my current job, the company (along with myself) are under NDA’s. How do I work around that in the interview as I can;’t give too many details if any on the projects. -Stefanie
Segment: Bomb Dot Com - 3 ideas
- theQuarantinePod.com — educational
- getoffmylawnpunk.com - blog
- PunchTheClown.com - satire
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 136
Updates
Sally: All monitored systems are functioning within established parameters. I’m excited to be on the same podcast as Sara Dunn was!
Adam: Biz as usual Happy BDAY to Ellen. // finances caught up! Regarding our book club!
News:
WordPress iOS App - Apple store .. in app purchases..
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: WC OC 2014 / water / The Organized Mind
Sally : T-shirt I bought on vacation last year/unsweetened iced tea/Profit First
Question 1
What do you think is the role of a website in the era of social media?
For example, recently I went to a clothes store after finding it on Facebook. On their Facebook page, there was a button to contact by WhatsApp, so I clicked it to ask for a question, which was instantly answered. The store seemed very popular without having a website. Thank you for sharing your thoughts! Take care. :) - JOEY
Question 2
How do I tell my team lead I can’t complete something? case and point: I was trying to implement some new functionality and i said it would take me about 7 days of work. 4 weeks later.. I just couldn’t quite get it to work. I finally sucked it up and told my boss the situation and though he wasn’t mad, he was disappointed. -Julie R.
Segment: Bomb Dot Com
Sally’s
Unfinishedprojects.com help with projects or just wall of shame
Yesdear.com arguments you have lost
imstealingthat.com inspired by Adam and ideas he steals
Adam’s
stickishnotes.com: a lower quality post it not that doen’t stick much.
Imprettyok.com: daily blog on feelings?!
Thewaydoesnotexist.com: businessblog on reaching for goals.?
Follow us each online
@get_options
Adam: @heyadamsliver
Sally: @YepItsSal
SOUNDCLOUD @get_options
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 135
Life Updates
Kyle: I’ve been doing some long distance running.
Adam: It. Is. Done! Launched the new site! BackupSpeaker.com Good night! ;) / Taking time off -- I think.
News:
Google Delays mobile indexing to 2021
Changes:
Jeremy Ward joins Rocket Genius
Matt Medeiros leaves Pagely. Heads to CastosHQ as Director of Podcaster Success.
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: GOP / caffeine . Everything is Figureoutable
Kyle: SiteGround hat, Restrict Content Pro t-shirt / orange juice / Meaningful Work by Shawn Askinosie
Question 1: I was hired recently at a company in a marketing role. Then covid hit. The issue is my 6 month review has come and gone, and I was told that there may be a raise at 6 months if goals were hit. I’m pretty sure I hit them. How do I bring that up without sounding greedy, especially in these days of pandemic? -anonymous
Question 2: I’m at a point where I need to hire to grow my service but really can’t afford it myself. What are some options in getting funding. Should I ask family? Put the word out online? Venture capital ? Angel Investors? Exchange for equity? -Owen Goulding
Segment: Unordered Lists
Updates
- Dustin: got new “W” MacBook Pro 2 times!!
- Adam: Taught money lesson to son#1: Too good to be true it is! .. // Side hustle… backupspeaker.com launching!
WordPress News
- External Linking Policy – “Commercial blogs” - not linking!
- WooCommerce News 4.3 beta 1
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: Do What you Love (WeWork) & Beaver Builder Hat / Water / So Many Books!
- Dustin: Woo Commerce payments shirt / water / think and grow rich,
Question 1: In the past I’ve been both “let go” aka fired and “laid off” Whats options would you suggest if asked about those positions when interviewing for a new job on sharing the situation? -Mark B
Question 2: Audio clip from Kyle: What song should I make next?
segment: do_enque
ADAMS
- Podcasts: Nested Folders, Rabbit Hole, The Perfect Scam
- Documentary: Magnetic, Inside Bill’s Brain (gates), Fittest in Dubai
- TV Show: space force
Dustin
Movies/TV
- Spaceforce
- All the Marvel movies
- All AppleTV+ (Greyhound, The Morning Show, The Titan Games)
Books
- Think and Grow Rich
- Atomic Habits
- The Bullet Journal (ebook)
- Podcasts
- The Whoop Podcast
- Learn to code w/dot me podcast
- Syntax.fm
- YouTube
- Fitness/Cross fit content
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 133
Life Updates
- Kyle: 2020 is half over now.
- Adam: New client project w/Project Mgr! // backupspeaker.com about to launch!! // up to 4 workouts with F3 and feeling good.
News:
- WordPress Contributors Seek Sponsorship for Improving Gutenberg Developer Docs
Changes
- Lisa Canini has joined Sandhills Development
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: W Trucker Hat / Ashwaganda Tea / 2 books! - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy & Retire Before Mom & Dad
- Kyle: North Stack hat / Coffee / Meaningful Work by Shawn Askinosie
Question 1: How do you find remote employees? -Serena Dawn
Question 2: Have you ever put mascara on your eyelashes? -Raquel Landefeld
Segment: Vague Rant Up
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 132
Updates
- Kyle: Celebrated Father’s Day.
- Adam: Celebrated Father’s Day/ I won a book!
- Scott: Celebrated Father’s Day & life marches on.
News
- SmashBallon to WPBeginner
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: WCLAX VIP WP HAT / H20 / TAO TE CHING
- Kyle: Open.film t-shirt / Cranberry juice / Meaningful Work by Shawn Askinosie
- Scott: gravity forms t-shirt. Water wc denver bottle / not reading
Question 1: Hi Adam and Kyle, it’s been a while. My first question here! How do you see website design trends evolving in the next 5 to 10 years? Nowadays, we see a lot of websites using a full-page/full-screen (like Adam’s ConciergeWP website), compared to those fixed-width websites (e.g. 800 pixels) often seen in the past. Personally, I like the look of a simple two-column design (sidebar on the left), but I’m not sure if such design is seen as old-school or timeless. I would love to hear your thoughts! —Joey J
Question 2: What are some options/ etiquette for a code review for a pull request? -Stephen
Segment: Deletable History
Life Updates
- Kyle: Happy New Year!
- Adam: Schools out for the summer! // Kids needs jobs / car?
WordPress News.
- PHP Marks 25 Years! WP Tavern article.
Changes
Shayne Sanderson and Robin Cornett have joined Sandhills Development
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: WC Raleigh tshirt / JAVA / Douglas Adams book(s)
- Kyle: Sandhills hoodie + WC Jacskon 2018 shirt / Coffee / Meaningful Work by Shawn Askinosie
Question 1
Do you think online meetups will be here to stay beyond COVID-19? Since meetups were moved online, I’ve been attending not only local (Singapore) WordPress meetups, but also those hosted in Sydney, etc. as there is little time difference from where I live. I’ve enjoyed attending overseas meetups and would love them to continue hosting online. Any thoughts on the future of WordPress meetups? I also miss the in-person meetups, so hopefully both will be mixed in the future. -Joey J
LONDON TUBE STUDY : The Benefits of Forced Experimentation: Striking Evidence from the London Underground Network∗
Question 2
What are some options with dealing with noisy co-workers.. at the moment its not an issue as we are all home bound, but when our office opens again, we’ll be expected to go into work… the noises.. ..music too loud from one person, and the other smacks/chews gum (and food) really loud! -Ron P
Segment:
- Personal question
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 130
Life Updates
Kyle: Our company marketing meeting was interrupted by a loose chipmunk in the house.
Adam: Vaca was great/Little sore.. Domain up for renewal.. Should I keep?
Shawn: making pizza on fire. $ going to bonus.
WordPress News
Google plans to incorporate “Page Experience” into the search algorithm as a ranking signal
Wearing/Drinking/Reading
Adam: JetPack / Water / Douglas Adams books
Kyle: WP Hat, Blogvault tshirt, jilt socks / Hard Seltzer / Meaningful Work by Shawn Askinosie
Shawn Dickies blue collared shirt / water (soon dirty martini) / untethered soul
Question 1: I’ve been a developer going on 9 years now and am looking for a change. I’m thinking management. The issue I have is that I’ve never managed before. How do I apply for a job as a manager without managerial experience? -Name withheld per request
Question 2
Someone recently left the company I work for .. not sure exactly why. As they were exiting the position, they asked if I would be open as a job reference…. IMO, they weren’t that good. What should I say? - Thomas S.
Segment: Personal Question
Updates
- Kyle: Flooded basement and a friendly squirrel.
- Adam: Rain. Sun. Short week next week! Vaca!!
- Dustin: New laptop, a vacation next week, home projects galore!
WordPress News
- The Get Options question bonanza
We want way more questions! Starting today and going for two weeks, sending us quality questions will earn you rewards.
- 5 questions: Quick thank you and pitch your business or cause
- 10 questions: a song or some other full length produced commercial
- 20 questions: Get Options t-shirt
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: Woo purple / water / Writing Down The Bones /
- Kyle: Nexcess Hosting t-shirt / White Claw hard seltzer (Mango) / Meaningful Work by Shawn Askinozie
- Dustin: Regular uniform - dark gray WordPress T / Spindrift / Story Brand by Donald Miller
Question 1
Most of my profession and personal friends are software devs who fall into the age range of 25-35. It’s odd to say the least. Where are the older people? Lets say 50+? -Kimberly K.
Question 2
I work at a medium-sized agency and mostly love my job. The issue is one co-worker who often postpones things. Two issues in this case. 1. they are pretty high up the chain … 2. they are the bottleneck. What are some options to help move things along and keep my job! -Russell
Segment:
- WordStress
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 128
Updates
- Kyle: Hunting for worms with a two-year-old.
- Adam: Vaca in 2 weeks! / New podcast/kids going back to school in fall 1 week early. And they are upset about it!!! Cmon!
News
Envira Gallery acquired the juggernaut of WordPress and photography -- Imagely. Imagely is the owner of NextGEN Gallery
Changes/Whose Hiring?
- Thrive - Support Techs
- Automattic _ contractors via UpWork.
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: GetOptions Workout Shirt!! & BeaverBuilder cap / Caffeine / The Big Leap
- Kyle: Sandhills Brewing t-shirt, WP Engine hat / Orange Juice / Traction by Gino Wickman
Question 1
A few months ago, I was hired to help a company with their social media. At first, things went well, they paid my bills, sent more work. But recently they have ghosted me. They don’t owe me any money, but the lack of communication suddenly is awkward, to say the least. -Jennifer R
Question 2
What are some options to encourage a co-worker (a few of them actually) to get to the point. I don’t think I’m impatient, but cmon people, stop the over-explanation of things! - Carl Henkle
Segment: get_meta()
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 127
Life Updates
Joe: Parental leave as baby Morrision is now 4 months old.
Kyle: chicken coop close to being done.
Adam: Had physical. so/so… so.. back at it “Exercise” ..eating right. Dropped 8lbs
WordPress News
GoDaddy SSH hack
Changes
Sandy Edwards is now a US Field Marketing Manager at GoDaddy
Allie Nimmons at WP Buffs
Wearing/Drinking
Adam: Jetpack / Coffee / Big Leap
Kyle: Nexcess hosting t-shirt, WordPress hat, WCA2 2017 hoodie / Bailey’s Irish Cream / Shape Up by Basecamp
Joe: non WordPress crossfit shirt // green mint tea / book 6 of Old Mans War book 6
Question 1: How do you help employees pursue their own career ambitions?
~ Anonymous
Question 2: I am a indie/freelance advanced developer. That said, I keep busy and make pretty good money. Oddly enough, my family doesn’t think I work hard enough or deserve the money. Options to convince them of their error? -Dave
Segment: Bomb dot coms
Kyle
thirtysecondmotivation.com
buffswp.com
wpdrr.com
wpkitchensink.com
mattmullenberg.com
wpgraveyard.com
kylefancommunity.com
isitsafetotouchmyface.com
methreefreetreeskispreekey.com
howtomakeaquarantinemusicalparodyvideo.com
Adam
invalidstatement.com — band site developer specific info?
upandtotheright.money - financial blog
removetheex.com (removemyex.com is taken)
thesystemsbooks.com docs based
Joe:
bombsdotcom.com
wp.club only --> $5499.99
wp.news. $500
bufftastic.com
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 126
Life Updates
Kyle: New original music. Song writing challenge.
Adam: New month..all new things...new client. New “diet” .. very sugar. Non if possible. And tracking what i eat, how I fee. Oh.. and the “new site” is 98% done..gonna put out “call” for submissions today/tomorrw.
WordPress News
ICANN blocks .org sale
List of TLDS
WCUS 2020 now an online event
Wearing/Drinking
Adam: WooCommerce / Coffee/Water(lots) / starting “new” either The Big Leap or The Artist’s Way, or Writing Down The Bones.
Kyle: Cloudways hosting t-shirt, SiteGround hosting hat, AffiliateWP flip flops / coffee / Shape Up by Basecamp
Questions
- At what point does your life with WordPress become too much? What would you sacrifice, ( thinking of WCAsia, as I ask) ~ Jen
- Do you ever geek-out and think about watching Saturday morning cartoons? ~ Raquel Landefeld
Segment: Unordered Lists
Winner: TIE!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MtTPy7uUv23tzyKSoa2eq9s6ihCz-Ut3bkBrSGnt8Uw/edit
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 125
Life Updates
Kyle: Writing lots of songs.
Adam: Dr Appt. Blood work. Bleh. not expecting great results to be honest diet has been meh. Lack of exercise. Etc.
WordPress News.
Frontity - raises 1M E capital from Automattic
Wearing/Drinking
Kyle: WorkFront socks, Empowered by WordPress hoodie, North Stack hat / coffee / The Wastelands by Stephen King
Adam WC AA / coffee // Good to Great .. really good and into it now.
Question 1
How do you make employees happy? (Don’t know who asked this question)
Question 2
When you get hungry, what’s your go to snack?
~ Raquel Landefeld
Segment
Vague Rant Up
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 124
Updates
Kyle: 4 of 7 chics getting named. “Chloe”, “Coco” “cheek-cheek” “Reggie White”
Adam: Wife’s 2nd test came back less than 24hrs and negative. :) // Painting crew in the house.. Super slow!
Scott: Kids. Managing life. Arizona is still there!
News
Scott’s plugin “Leave it at the Door for WooCommerce “
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: WC Birmingham Hoodie, TextExpander T // Water // Good To Great
Kyle: Siteground socks, Happy Camper Media Temple t-shirt / Lemon tinted home brewed IPA / The Wastelands by Stephen King
Scott: Loop conf / Water / not reading.
Question 1
What suggestions do you have for balancing WordCamp attendance and/or organizing so that day to day client/biz life is maintained as an entrepreneur or employee?
~ Jen
Question 2
How many screen displays do you run?
~ Raquel Landefeld
Segment
Bomb dot coms
Scott’s contributions
- BombDotComs.com
- SneakySelfie.com
- AprilFoolsJokes.com
- AprilFoolsJoke.com
Adam’s contributions
- heykylemaurer.com
- heyscottdeluzio.com
- tobeadog.com
- dogsrulecatssuck.com
- catsruledogssuck.com
Kyle’s contributions
- covid39.com
- recipesincludingstalegrahamcrackersandpintobeans.com
- wpandemic.com
- sixfeetapartgames.com
- zoomscuseme.com
- wpbagpipes.com
- shouldishower.com
- getevenmoreoptions.com
- tigerkingwp.com
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 123
Life Updates
Kyle: Chicken Coop
Adam: school starting for boys, finally!. Taking coures: Keyboard Maestro New site/podcast coming together!! // henry rollins podcast… kcrw.. ( CA )
WordPress News
How’s business at Sandhills w/Covid19
Wearing/Drinking
Adam: WC Dayton / Vodka-Cranberry / Good to Great
Kyle: WC Ann Arbor 2017 hoodie, Pantheon hat, Flight of the Conchords t-shirt, Mongo DB socks / Jose Cuervo / The Wastelands
Question 1
how do I find good contractors to work with?
~ Heather
Question 2: Just wanted to ask if you would be interested in getting external help with graphic design? We do all design work like banners, advertisements, photo edits, logos, flyers, etc. for a fixed monthly fee.
We don’t charge for each task. What kind of work do you need on a regular basis? Let me know and I’ll share my portfolio with you. ~ Stephen M.
Segment: WordStress
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 122
Updates
Kyle: My toe hurts a lot.
Adam: Ellen feeling much better. Same w/Avalon.
WordPress News
WordPress 5.4
Changes
Jeff Chandler launched WPMainLine
Wearing/Drinking
Adam: JetPack / coffee in Maui Mug / Stack of magazines for project? Oh & giving books away! Last 2 for now.. → “Will it Fly” & QR Codes Kills Cats ? Anyone want them ?
Kyle:
Question 1: Did you ever get burnt out on the WP community and what did you do. Or, if you felt close to burning out… -Stephen
Question 2:
What is the proper way to load your toilet paper roll into the receptacle? -Raquel Landefeld
Segment: Tagline, Your’re it
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 121
Updates
Kyle: practicing guitar
Adam: grocery bill up 27.2% - feeding 5, vs ~3.5. People. // take course.. Flatironschool.com.
WordPress News.
WordCamps going online. San Antonio.. Kent.
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: WC SD 2016 / coffee / Good to Great
Kyle: Sandhills Brewing t-shirt, Work Front socks, WC Ann Arbor 2015 fleece / coffee / The Wastelands
Question 1:
How do I review new plugins/themes and determine if they are a good, sustainable solution? ~ Heathe
Question 2: What do non-WP people think you do when you tell them you work in WordPress?
~ Michelle Frechette
Segment:
Personal Question
Life Updates
- Kyle: Trying to break out of the minor pentatonic scale.
- Adam: rested. Relaxed. Moved daughter…. Home. early.
WordPress News
- The call for speakers for WordCamp US 2020 (October 27-29) has been issued.
- mycamp.rocks has a growing directory of virtual WordPress meetups and conferences. If you are a meetup or conference organizer, please reach out to David Bisset and he'll add your event to the list.
Wearing/Drinking
- Adam: WC Dayton / Caffeine - costa rica - // Extreme Ownership
- Kyle: WC Miami t-shirt, Empowered by WordPress hoodie, / coffee / The Wastelands
Question 1: How can we survive and thrive while stuck at home with our families?
do_enqueue()
Adam's Podcasts:
- Darknet Diaries
- The Daily (NY TIMES)
- Over The Road (Trucking in America)
Movies/Docs
- Meru - amazon prime
- Vue.js: The Documentary
- Taylor Swift!
Kyle’s Podcast Que:
- The Other Latif (Radiolab)
- Darryl “DMC” McDaniels on Broken Record
- Who Let the Dogs Out on 99% Invisible
- The 27 Club podcast
- Cautionary Tales podcast
- Darknet Diaries podcast
- Closing Time on Song Exploder
- Coldplay Tiny Desk on Youtube
- Jojo Rabbit
- BlackKklansman
- Kick out the Windows by Parsonsfield
- Nicola Benedetti on Spotify
- Working from home tips on Kitchen Sink WP
- Work from home tips on Your Website Engineer
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 119
Updates
Kyle: Holy crap, the hiring process is exhausting. I’m emotionally spent.
Adam: We had snow. Credit of $6.52 to utility bill? // educated son this AM.. PJs to Work Meeting
Tara: i hate cold calling. And I am sick of cold weather by now. Heading to Miami!
News
No more “featured themes” on w.org
WooCommerce licensing change
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: WC Asheville 2018 / Coffee / some fiction! NEXUS by Ramez Naam
Kyle: Sandhills Brewing t-shirt, Sandhills Development jacket, GoDaddy hat/ coffee / The Wastelands
Tara: Nerd Network from Amy Masson and Design TLC fleece/ Coffee in HC Mug / Nothing - trying Name of The Rose and The Four Agreements
Question 1: I don't. Know if this will fit, but how does Tara search to find the “cold email” businesses? Are there tips on how to search?
Question 2: How do you keep WordPress and family/real life separate?
~ Michelle Frechette
Segment
Personal questions
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 118
Life Updates
Kyle: Talkity talk talk talk.
Adam: Chiropractors do work. WC Santa Clarita
Sara: Haven’t left my house since I got home from California on Tuesday.
WordPress News
Pagely on Today Show
Changes
Tessa Kriesel has accepted a position at Twitter
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: Code is Poetry shirt / caffeine / Coders & Atomic Habits
Kyle: Build Beyond Boundaries Bluehost t-shirt, Sandhills Development jacket / orange juice / Traction
Sara: A parka / hot water / Meaningful Work by Shawn Askinosie
Question 1
What’s wrong with hourly billing? -Michael Maurer
Question 2
How do I generate good leads? - Heather S
Segment - Vague Rant Up
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 117
Updates
Kyle: I need Valentines Day ideas.
Adam: Strange dream. Nic Cage. :) // Half Marathon? Should I?
Changes
Awesome Motive acquires Semper Plugins
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: WC Chicago 2016 / Caffination / Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
Kyle: WCA2 2014 hat, WCA2 2015 t-shirt, WCA2 2017 hoodie / Orange juice / The Rule of Two
Question 1
How do you motivate remote employees? -Serena Dawn
Question 2
I provide mostly hourly & monthly maintenance services to clients who find me mostly by referral. I am looking to grow faster then referrals.. And thinking by way of acquisition/buying another business like mine.. what are some options to make that happen? How do I find out and see who wants to sell? How do I value that? -Jeremey Chhannois
Segment
Deletable History
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 116
Life Updates
Kyle: Busy with interviewing candidates.
Adam: 49ershad a great season.
Changes
Cory Miller has partnered with Brian Krogsgard to help run Post Status
Remkus de Vries has joined Servebolt
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: WP Birmingham Hoodie + Woo Ship it / Water / Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
Kyle: Digital Summit Detroit t-shirt, Sandhills Development jacket / Tea / The Rule of Two
Question 1: Hello gents! I was wondering what your thoughts were on how best to select presentation proposals for WordCamps in order to promote diversity and inclusion? Is it better to use demographics to ensure diversity? Or use a completely blind selection process? -Guy Cicinelli
Question 2: How do you provide good, productive feedback to employees or contractors when they've done something wrong?
Serena Dawn
Segment - Tagline, you’re it.
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 115
Life Updates
- Kyle: wrapping up work projects. Basketball pickup.
- Adam: boys back in school. Daughter on her way. Better for me! :)
WordPress News.
- Jason Schuler created a cool new WordPress product: WP Landing Kit
- Buffer’s work trends predictions
Changes
- Jeries Eadah has joined Platform.sh
- Ben Meredith has been promoted to head of support GiveWP
- JavaScript Joe -- I'm beyond excited to share that next week, I will be starting a new role as an Open Source Developer Advocate at @facebook in Seattle
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: host duplex shirt / water / Coders : the making of a new tribe and the remaking of the world
- Kyle: Gravity Forms t-shirt / Tea / The Rule of Two
2019 Recap & 2020 Predictions
- 2019 Predictions: Adam wins!
- 2020 Predictions: Stay tuned!
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 114
Updates
- Kyle: Heading out to play some music with the band for seniors at a nursing home.
- Adam: Son turned 17. Sis in law visiting. Dog.
- Scott: Life. good. Kids on vacation.
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: ATO 2018 / coffee / Invested: How Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger
Kyle: WC Miami 2017 t-shirt, SiteGround socks / OJ / Star Wars: The Rule of Two
Scott: WC 2019 US / Tea + Water / Extreme Ownership
Question 1: What is your advice for how to get some of your first website projects if you’re just getting started building WordPress sites? -Sara Fun
Segment 1: Personal question
Segment 2: Unordered lists
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 113
Life Updates
Kyle: Watched some movies recently.
Adam: Delvis The Dog on instagram!
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: Pressable + WCCHI / coffee / I will teach you to be rich! -by Ramit Sethi
Kyle: WCUS 2019 St Louis t-shirt, Real Big Marketing hoodie / Coffee / Star Wars: The Rule of Two
Question 1: What decisions now can WP plugin companies make to be relevant 3yrs from now? Your personal opinion and the direction you see being taken at Sandhills. —Justin Ferriman
Question 2: What Site Health warnings are present on your highest priority sites right now? —Alex G
Segment: OpenSource
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 112
Life Updates
Kyle: Interviewing family for a “Family Podcast”
Adam: Leading WC Raleigh. // Got Avalon from college, // F3 holiday party, Milk Stout // Meeting DELVIS / // Q for y.. “a/watch?”
Changes:
Jeries Eadah has left Nexcess
News:
Ross wrote a great post about website project deliverables
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: Pagely / coffee / Invested: How Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger Taught Me to Master My Mind, My Emotions, and My Money (with a Little Help from My Dad)
Kyle: MongoDB socks, Nexcess hat, WP Engine WCUS 2019 shirt / Coffee / Rick Steve’s Ireland Travel Guide
Question 1 -- Does anyone have a good analogy to explain to non-techy people the difference between hosting and domain registration?
I have a long-time client (non-profit run by a committee agghh) whose domain registration just expired and they’re flabbergasted because “We paid your last bill on time.”
We don’t handle their domain registration because I think that should always be in the client’s name. I still don’t have a good way to explain how that’s different from the hosting/maintenance they pay us for.- Sara Dunn in Slack
Question 2 -- what is the status of ClassicPress and who is using it (and why)? Happy holidays! Hope you are well! -Tara Claeys in Slack
Segment: WordStress
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AIpB-1Au2wq3B5qBZhOqD02fLCLGsC470UPKWkEkPwM/edit
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 111
Life Updates
- Kyle: thinking about buying dontbuythatdomainadam.com
- Adam: Thanksgiving break was nice. Didn’t work for most of it. Had episode 300 for KSWP. my college kid comes back for winter break/month soon! :) oh.. As i told u.. Listening to Dustin show.. Had an idea! .domain is avail. Haven't bought it yet! Stay tuned!
WordPress News
- Joost de Valk writes commentary on W3Techs CMS market share data
Wearing/Drinking / Reading
- Adam: WC Dayton shirt / coffee / Invested: How Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger Taught Me to Master My Mind, My Emotions, and My Money (with a Little Help from My Dad)
- Kyle: WC Columbus 2016 t-shirt / Egg Nogg / Traction
Question 1 -- Hi Adam and Kyle, this is Joey from Singapore. Today, let me ask your honest opinions about the Gutenberg block editor. Do you really like it? Among you two, Kyle always sounds more positive towards Gutenberg, but I don't like it at all. When I write posts, I always use Classic Editor by even disabling visual editor, as I hand-code everything using paragraph tags, image tags and fancybox tags and et cetera, which leads to a concern that all these hand-written tags might be stripped out when old posts are converted to Gutenberg, and fancybox might become non-functional.
As of writing, Gutenberg plugin gets only 2 out of 5 stars with nearly 3000 reviews while Classic Editor gets 5 out of 5 stars with 700 reviews. I understand that WordPress plans to support Classic Editor for the next few years, but after that, do you think we’ll all be forced to use Gutenberg? Or, it simply means WordPress stops updating Classic Editor plugin but were still free to use it at our own risk? I’d like to hear your honest opinions, thanks!
Question 2 -- What are a few of your office “must-haves”? (might be an interesting discussion since Kyle just took his office overseas for a bit) -Serena Dawn
Segment: Vague Rant
- Kyle: People upset about Yoast?
- Adam: People answering phone calls…
Life Updates
- Kyle: Talked with a life coach yesterday.
- Adam: Kid with not fully dev’d frontal lobe.. I.e. 22F + shorts? Cmon! / Pipedrive / Guitar for bday!
WordPress News
- ACF finally updates their pricing
Wearing/Drinking
- Adam: WP Engine / coffee / Valley of genius : the uncensored history of Silicon Valley, as told by the hackers, founders, and freaks who made it boom
- Kyle: Apply Filters t-shirt, WCA2 2017 brown hoodie, Mongo DB socks, GoDaddy hat / coffee in GoT mug / Traction
Question 1 -- How do I transition into full time freelancing - Michelle Ames
Question 2 -- How many cups of coffee are required per client per day? -Alex G
Segment: do_enqueue()
Adam’s Que:
New Podcasts
- The Admin Bar
- CodePed RadioShop Talk
- Wireframe
New Show:
- The Boys - Amazon Prime.
Kyle’s Que
- Beach too sandy, water too wet podcast
- Get rich Nick podcast
- Dolly Parton’s America podcast
- With Ether on Youtube and Spotify
- Wyze Plug commercial
- Tiny Desk: Dave Matthews, Steve Martin, Nickel Creek, John Reilly, Taylor Swift
- Dave Chappelle and Aziz Ansari specials on Netflix
- Mipso on Spotify
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 109
Life Updates
- Kyle: I’m going to Ireland.
- Adam: I’m going to Ireland too! ?!? Back from WCUS 2019
WordPress News.
- Post Status is releasing a resource for everyone who wants to find work in this industry
- Open.film — The documentary
Changes:
- Mendel Kurland is joining Liquid Web
- Adam Pickering sold Astoundify and has joined Gravity Forms
- Leland Fiegel works for LearnDash now
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: WCUS 2019 / coffee / health insurance paperwork!
- Kyle: WP Engine WCUS 2018 t-shirt, WC Chicago 2016 hoodie / orange juice / Traction
Question 1 -- Is it possible for someone older like myself who has no technical background to learn the necessary new skills and get a remote job in the WordPress space? —Michael Maurer
Question 2 -- Hi Adam and Kyle, this is Joey J from Singapore! I’d like your advice on caching plugins. Firstly, a caching plugin is an absolute must to use? Currently, I use W3 Total Cache (I know Kyle doesn’t like it!), but thinking about removing it to reduce the number of plugins (I don’t use any SEO plugin, either). Do you think it’s a good idea? Or, if you were to choose one caching plugin, which one would you recommend (preferably free, as my website is for a hobby and makes no money)?
By the way, I recently attended my first-ever WordCamp in Singapore and enjoyed very much! I’ll try meetups next time. I remember you encouraging me to attend a WordCamp in the previous episode. Thank you for that. :)
—Joey J
Segment: Personal Question
Updates
- Kyle: Raking leaves!
- Adam: Long/fast week. Started with..20hr day on monday… The Monster Squad - buddy in it + documentary: Wolfman's Got Nards
News:
- Our WCUS coffee gathering.
- getoptions.com/coffee
Changes:
- Mark Davies is new CFO of Automattic
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: WCUS 2017 / Coffee / W magazine.
- Kyle: WCUS 2018 t-shirt / WCA2 2017 hoodie / orange juice / Traction
Question 1: With holidays around the corner, what are the options for connecting with customers for the black friday/cyber monday crazyness - JoJo Rosenhaus
Question 2: Fork WordPress right now… what do you name it for maximum visibility? -Alex G
Segment: Tag, you’re it.
WP Podcast Coffee Event at WordCamp US st louis.
- Nov 2 @ 7:30am - 9:30am
- Coffee with me, kyle , joe and christie from WPMRR Podcast.
- RSVP: --> https://getoptionspodcast.com/coffee
Like Running?
- Also.. friend of the show and past guest - Tara Clays is leading a Saturday AM run! 6:45AM
- RSVP: --> https://getoptionspodcast.com/run
Banter/Updates
- Kyle: Life good.
- Adam: Gotcha! surprised Kyle at WC Jackson.
News:
- Come to our WCUS get-together for coffee.
- Shoutout to the Women in WP podcast.
Changes:
- Sal Ferrarello joins WebDev Studios
- Tessa Kriesel - leaves CircleCI, joins Tugboat & launches Devocate
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: WC Miami / Coffee / Ask by Ryan Levesque
- Kyle: Cloudways t-shirt, Sandhills Development hoodie / cranberry juice / Traction
Q1 When is the right time to fire a client? And how? - Michelle Ames
Q2 - Any favorite productivity tools to keep you on track with your to-dos? -Serena Dawn
Segment:
- Vague Rant Up
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 106
Life Updates
Kyle: Attended Digital Summit Detroit. Saw a weird apple tree.
Adam: Visited Avalon. Really really good to see her!
WordPress News.
Duda nabs $25M to take on WordPress with a web development platform aimed at agencies
Acquia gets acquired for $1B
WordCamp Jackson!!
Coffee at WCUS
Changes
Justin Tadlock is saying goodbye to Theme Hybrid
Wearing/Drinking
Adam: GOP / Coffee & Water x2 / Architecture Explained & Python
Kyle: Jetpack t-shirt (WCUS 2018) / Apple Cider / Traction
Question 1: How do you find a mentor? -Michelle Ames
10 qualities of a great mentor:
- challenges you
- is experienced
- is where you want to be
- supports you
- is a great listener
- invested in your success
- guide you to the answer
- provides constructive feedback
- respects you
- is available
Question 2: What do you think about blog posts without published dates? Ok? Annoying? - Sara Dunn
Segment: Unordered List
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 105
Updates
Kyle: Hi. I’m Kyle. I work for Sandhills Development and co-host a podcast with Adam Silver. Nice to meet you.
Adam: Work, work work. Oh.. we had a Hurricane. Kids off school for 2 days.. Overly cautious. // WPE… realized i made an error staging vs live pricing/
News:
- Anders Norén to Design Twenty Twenty Default Theme, Shipping in WordPress 5.3
- WordPress Governance Project Looks for New Leadership
- Mention WCUS - Coffee event? Maybe not until we have actual specifics?
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: WC Kent / Coffee / Company of One (sent by a fan of KSWP!)
- Kyle: EDD / Coffee / Traction
Questions
- For someone starting out in the WordPress space as a small website design and maintenance business, would it be better to focus on the smaller WordPress community, local WordCamps, than going to WordCamp US? - Darrell Jordan
- A local organization that you are presenting for sends you a long non-fillable PDF for your presentation information. Then they ask you to “fill it out and email it back ASAP” What do you do? -Serena Dawn
do_enque()
Kyle's Que
- Aziz Ansari Netflix special
- Packers defense
- JJJ’s WCEU talk
- John Butler Trio on Spotify
- Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
- Smarter Every Day video about oscilloscope
- Distributed podcast
- The Memory Palace podcast
- The Product Business podcast (Justin and Justin and Brad)
- Business Wars: Blockbuster vs. Netflix podcast
- Crime Town Season 2 podcast
Adam's Que
- Podcast
- Distributed - Matt’s show.
- Getting Paid Podcast - claire pells
- Video:
- Docs
- Beyond the Curve - Netflix
- American Factory - Netflix
- TV Show
- The Boys - Amazon Prime
- The Dodo - youtube
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 104
Life Updates
Dustin: Sabbatical is over, school is in session, the dad shuttle is in full swing, Automattic’s GM in is a few days
Adam: Been awhile.. Kyle off galavanting, painting, kids bday.. New role at sandhills, super busy! // Took kid to college! Boys started HS! // Celebrated 3 years running CWP!
News
WP Notify proposal
David Bisset is starting an email newsletter with tips for event organizers and speakers
Changes
Alex Juchniewicz joins the partnership team at WP&Up
Kathy Zant is now head of marketing at WordFence
Automattic acquires Tumblr
Jeff Chandler has left WP Tavern
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: WC Birminham Y’all / Coffee & Water / GRIT & Never Split the Difference
Dustin: WCUS Jetpack 2018 / Water Per Usual / Smart Things I learned by doing dumb stuff - Chip Gaines
Question 1: If someone works in customer support for a WP oriented agency but aspires to dive in deeper as a developer, what training resources would you suggest? - Courtney Robertson
- Wes Bos
- Lynda.com
- Zac Gordon
Question 2: Would you ever consider ending your respective podcasts. -Kyle
Segment: Unordered Lists
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 103
Banter/Updates
Kyle: Getting ready for a family campout.
Adam: 1st semester college has been paid for.. // going on a vaca again! Different lake. But excited. Today… stout festival?
Is your computer back
News
Josepha Haden proposes WordPress Advisory Board
Changes
Tim Nolte is becoming a full-time WordPress Developer with Forum One out of Virginia
Caldera Forms has been acquired by Saturday Drive
Dragon Army has acquired two incredible agencies, Sideways8 and Watchword Brand!
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: WCOC 2017 / Coffee / Grit, Angelea Duckworth
Kyle: WC Dayton 2015 t-shirt / Dunkin Donuts Coffee / It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work
Question 1: Where in the WordPress space would I want to monitor and be a part of to see upcoming trends in the WordPress industry? -Darrell Jordan
Question 2: What do you think about web sites without a search? - Patte
Segment: Tag(line) You’re It
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 102
Life Updates
Kyle: Screw in tire.
Adam: Work. College Tuition. Beers.
WordPress News.
WordCamp Asia will be in Bangkok, Thailand
Changes
Katie Richards is the community manager at Pantheon
Dwayne McDaniel has started his own business
Zack Skaggs has moved to ProctorU to be the Product Owner
Afyia Smith is now an experience designer at EA
Kyle is now the Director of Operations at Sandhills Development
Wearing/Drinking
Adam: Gravity Forms t-shirt / Coffee / Bitcoin Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
Kyle: A2 Hosting / Dunkin Donuts Coffee / Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Question 1: I see the WordPress ecosystem changing quite a bit in the coming years with a lot more headless. Could be a fun topic. -Jeff Matson
Question 2: What people outside of the WordPress world do you wish were involved in it? I hear Jony Ive is available. - Alex G
Segment: Vague Rant Up
Adam: Convenience fees to pay online
Kyle: Shopping experience in brick and mortar stores.
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 101
Updates
Kyle: Transportation woes. Do you listen to music ?
Adam: Heat Wave w/NO AC downstairs. :( //
Song: After Party
Changes
Mike Hale - joined impress.org as PM
Song: Market consolidation
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: Get Options Fitness t-shirt / Coffee / Health insurance docs?!
Kyle: BlogVault WCEU Berlin t-shirt / French Press Coffee / Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Questions
- What do we do when a premium theme/plugin shop keeps selling their warez but has checked out? How do you tell clients that things likely will start breaking and get out of this dumpster fire ASAP? - Courtney Robertson
- How do I outsource? - Michelle Ames
Segment: Personal Questions
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 100
Banter/Updates
- Kyle: 10th Wedding anniversary coming up. Any ideas?
- Adam: Staffing changes at CWP.
- Joe: Sup, I’m here too. E100 BABYYYYY!
Supporter spotlight #1
- Adam: 11Web
- Kyle: Locke
News
- Did you know… classicpress.net still a thing.. active/current info/blog. :? → :)
- The WordCamp Ann Arbor 2019 schedule is out
Supporter Spotlight #2
- Kyle: last lights (Joey J)
- Adam: Dustin
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: Gravity Forms / water - WC Miami water bottle / Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: Betty Edwards
- Kyle: Freemius t-shirt and WordPress cap / Tart Side of the Moon from Brewery Vivant / Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Joe: EDD / Matcha / Radical Candor
Questions 1: What about how to come up with a business name? This is on my list for this year. I do WP design/dev, care plans and lead gen/email marketing. Would like something to encapsulate that. Don't think I want WP in the name as I don't want to be tied to that (and that's not all I do) -Rene
Supporter spotlight #3
- Adam: Alex
- Kyle: Tara Clays
Question 2: How do you measure your ROI on a podcast? Or at least know doing it is worth your time? -Serena Dawn
Support spotlight #4
- Kyle: Joe Howard
- Adam: Guy Cicinelli
Segment: Unordered Lists
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 99
Life Updates
- Adam: Summer in full swing.. Summer time blues? New camps to mentor assigned.
- Kyle: Remove trees?
News
- WordCamp Central America might happen
- WP Engine acquires Flywheel
- Ghost / Automattic bashing?
Changes
- Tessa Kriesel joins CircleCI as Community Manager
Wearing/Drinking/Reading
- Adam: WCUS 2016 / Coffee + Water / Every Tool’s a Hammer - Adam Savage
- Kyle: LearnDash t-shirt / Coffee / Knight Errant (A Star Wars Tale)
Questions
-
Someone who would consider themselves an “advanced user”, not a designer or developer. Where would they fit in if looking for employment in the WordPress community? -John Parkinson
-
What feature would be the cornerstone of another CMS if it were to overtake WordPress’ prominence? - Alex Gustofson
Segment: Get Meta
Topic: Should we do another talk together this year?
http://wpbattles.com/
Updates
- Kyle: Very productive while out of USA. Drinking more… more affordable. Not in excess.
- Adam: Mini vacation was great at a lake house // looking forward to the next one! // One kid done with HS.. actual graduation is in a few days from when this episode goes live.
News
- Pantheon acquires StagingPilot
- Joost steps down as WordPress marketing lead
Changes
- Pantheon acquires StagingPilot
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: Woo Ninja /Coffee/couple of books..
- Kyle: WCUS 2018 Nashville t-shirt / Cherry tea / Knight Errant
Questions
- Would love to hear your thoughts on Gutenberg, now a few months after launch. -Serena Dawn
- WordPress developer interview questions
Segment: do_enqueue()
Adam's List
TV Shows
- Billions
- Designated Survivor
Documentaries Auto / Car Racing
- Gentlemen Driver
- Apex: The Story of the Hypercar
- F1: drive to survive
- Senna
Music
- Pet Shop Boys
- Depeche Mode
- Midnight Oil
- Inxs
- Billy Idol
- Erasure
- Crowded House
- Bronkski Beat
- Tangerine Dream
Kyle's
- Jilt’s team retreat recap 2019
- Matt Mullenweg on The Big Web Show
- Future of Forestry - Slow Your Breath Down
- CNBC story about the mother of a doctor and the CEOs of Youtube and 23&Me
- Game of Thrones Theme Song by rock guitarists
- Interesting Twitter thread about speaker compensation
- Star Wars ep.9 Teaser
- Strong Songs episode about You Can Call Me Al
- Why just getting traffic isn’t the answer
- Confident Couples Podcast: 3 Rules for Arguments
- S.O.S. by The Glorious Sons on Spotify
- First episode of Factually podcast
- Pacific Daydream by Weezer on Spotify
- Weird Al on Bunny Ears podcast
Life Updates
- Kyle: I did not die on a boat.
- Dustin: “Survived” a tornado, well 12 to be exact. And my MacBook stopped charging
WordPress News
- Happy Sweet Sixteen
Wearing/Drinking
- Dustin: Big W shirt /Water / Make Your Bed
- Kyle: Host Duplex t-shirt, WordPress trucker cap/strawberry and cream tea / Knight Errant (A Star Wars tale)
Questions:
- What is the biggest question relating to WordPress or the web or your work that you are struggling with right now? “WooCommerce” - Kim Smith
- AUTOCOMPLETE (A segment where we find interesting WordPress related Google auto-complete queries and answer them in an audio format If you type “WordPress i “ into Google, you will get “WordPress I don’t want a blog“. That’s our question.
Segment
- Unordered Lists
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 96
Life Updates
- Kyle: Hi. I am in another country right now. It is fun.
- Adam: Graduation in a few weeks. College. Carson: Football? BackupSpeaker.com
News:
- Automattic acquires Prospress
Changes
- Prospress acquired by Automattic
Wearing/Drinking
- Adam: Code is Poetry shirt (new) / water / Freed to Lead
- Kyle: WCUS 2018 t-shirt / Water / Path of Destruction
Question 1: Why should someone get involved in organizing a WordCamp? What are the benefits you've experienced?
Question 2: What is the biggest question relating to WordPress or the web or your work that you are struggling with right now?
Segment: Deletable history.
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 95
Life Updates
Dustin: Sabbatical / Vacation and work trip over / Time for house projects
Adam: Daughter, Prom. // BackupSpeaker.com // Adam taking vacation days.
WordPress News
Matt Launches new blog and podcast! Distributed.blog
Wearing/Drinking
Adam: GiveWP / Water // Mindset by Carol S. Dweck
Dustin: Old School WOO // Protein Shake / Water // Basements Complete
Question 1: Can we talk about LinkedIn for a second? Does anyone still use it? Does everyone just accept connection requests from everyone? -Serena Dawn
Question 2: Parenting Mistakes?
Segment: Unordered List
https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/glossary/definitions.mvp/terms/index
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 94
Life Updates
Kyle: We had some trees cut down this week.
Adam: Went to WCOC..3 year later. Surprised peeps. Saw Avengers: End Game… u see it? Care? Spoilers?
WordPress News
WordPress 5.0 release retrospective
Wearing/Drinking
Adam: WC Raleigh 2019 / coffee / The Making of Amazon Prime
Kyle: GoWP T-shirt & WCA2 Hoodie /Coffee & Juice / Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (book 7)
Questions
Got any ideas for recurring revenue for WordPress freelancers (design, dev, etc)? - Serena Dawn
if my self-employed 14-year-old daughter wants to sell recurring deliveries of Butter Beer in a flask, what Dreamweaver module should she use to bridge WooCommerce with Easy Digital Downloads that would work with Gutenberg?
- Daniel J Louis
Segment: Unordered Lists
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 93
Life Updates
Kyle: Spoke at career day at a local elementary school.
Adam: Had a storm? // signing NDA’s IP © stuff / oh.. And more fun…my daughter picked a college! / WC OC?
WordPress News
PluginVulnerabilities.com is Protesting WordPress.org Support Forum Moderators by Publishing Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
Wearing/Drinking
Adam: WC Raleigh 2019 / coffee / The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone
Kyle: WordCamp Jackson 2018 “Democratize Publishing” t-shirt and WordCamp Chicago 2014 speaker hoodie / orange juice / Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (book 7)
Question 1. WC Jackson Q's
What aspect of WordPress which is really not working for you these days? WP posts to social media (auto or manual) - anonymous
George Carlin “A place for my stuff”
Question 2: Hypothetical: would you rather—Be forced to add a slider to the home page or make the logo bigger?
- Serena Dawn
Segment
The Personal Question
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 92
Life Updates
- Kyle: Yay! Taxes were great this year.
- Adam: 2-week hiatus.. Good: WordCamp Raleigh. Bad: Pulled muscle/location! Ugly Taxes.
WordPress News.
A multitude of plugins with issues
- Duplicate page
- Pipdig
-
Jetpack
-
Alex Vasquez ran into Matt Mullenweg in Japan.
Changes:
- Bethany Heck and Joshua Goldenberg join the A8C design team
- Tom McFarlin joins WebDev Studios
- Carole Olinger takes time away from Plesk (and contributing to WP)
- Rich Tabor joins GoDaddy
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: Beaver Builder Hat. / water / Howard Shultz book
Kyle: Nexcess Hosting t-shirt and Wired Tree Hosting hat / chocolate milk / Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (book 7)
Questions
- Pricing: hourly vs. project. Which is better? When and why? ~ Sally Gradle
- What are some options for me to sell my music? I have a website I have tried both woo commerce and EDD and like them both but I’m also considering getting my music on to Apple or Spotify to reach a broader audience and thought since you are quite the musician yourself, Kyle.. you would be a good person to ask. ~ Allen David
Segment
Tag(line) You’re It
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 91
How do I close down my business?
Life Updates
Kyle: Having trouble with my ice maker and the family room painting project turned into quite the debacle.
Adam: Just Working. Didn’t go to San Francisco. Bought a 6TB HD to help consolidate all my old drives. Was interviewed on 2 podcasts. March Madness!
WordPress News
Disney + Fox merger
Changes:
Christie Chirinos joins Liquid Web
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: WCA2 2017 / coffee / Took a break. Still same books as last week!
Kyle: WordCamp San Diego 2016 t-shirt under Sandhills Development jacket / coffee / nothing, I’m in between books
The Thing
Question 1: Hi guys, As Kyle as indicated, he is happier than ever not having clients and Adam seems to be all in lately, my question is if one were to want to close down their biz and join a company, but has a small team and clients along with re-occurring maintenance contracts, how would you handle that. I don't have a biz partner that I could sell to, so I am unsure how to approach this. -Regor Lledgood
Question 2: My kids have expressed some interest in what I do as a WordPress developer and have also said they want to attend a WordCamp. But I wonder, are they serious. How would you gauge true interest to see if it was worth investing the $ on a ticket for them? Would their age come into question for you?
Segments: WordStress & Vague Rant Up
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 90
Life Updates
- Kyle: All the snow has melted. Which means now I get to rake all the leaves I couldn’t get in time over the fall. 😒
- Adam: Said no to a potential new client.. Good feeling. Prepping for for Corned Beef and cabbage!
Changes:
- Raquel Landefeld now the Event Coordinator for Elegant Themes
Wearing/Drinking
- Adam: WC OC 2016 shirt/coffee in WCOC 14 mug / Exit West: A novel & picked up a new book at the library yesterday From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America by Howard Schultz
- Kyle: Restrict Content Pro t-shirt, RBM hoodie/coffee/ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, book 5
Question 1: What has been the biggest shift marketing/client request-wise, in making websites since you started? ~ Joe Casabona
Question 2: I saw you guys frequently write about remote work, thought Id reach out. I’m founder of…. .
Segment: WordStress
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 89
Life Updates
- Kyle: Added hops and oak chips to my fermenting dark sour.
- Adam: Back home after a great few days in Ohio with you! // Have yet to buy a new domain… so close though! // my client won re-election!
WordPress News
- WordPress Contributors Propose Shorter, Time-based Release Cycles: monthly!
Wearing/Drinking
- Adam: Get OptionsShirt/caffeine in WC Maui 2015 mug / Exit West: A novel
- Kyle: WordCamp US 2018 t-shirt, WordCamp North Canton 2015 hoodie/orange juice / Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, book 5
Question 1: Any topic you think should be covered _more_ at WordCamps? Any topics that are under-served? - Sara Dunn
Question 2: What is a topic that is confusing you and has not been explained yet in a way that you understand?
Local, staging and pushing live
Segment: do_enqueue()
Adam
Documentaries Lately on netflix
Nikoli Telsa
The American Meme
Quincy
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Inside Einsteins Mind
one podcast : Everything is alive
Kyle
Life Updates
- Kyle: Shared favorite Dayton memories and facts about Dayton.
- Adam: 5 year anniversary of KSWP was TODAY! Listener feedback for Kyle?
WordPress News
- Amy, Tracy, and Angela started the Women in WP podcast
Changes
- Spencer Finnell joined Sandhills Development
Wearing/Drinking
- Adam: Code is Poetry shirt / something from flask / Driven To distraction Audio Book
- Kyle: Get Options Shirt! / water / Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)
Question & Segment with Alex Gustofson
• Is it selfish to be self-employed? - Anonymous
• Unordered Lists
Question & Segment with Dustin Hartzler
• Is anyone doing recurring payments (subscriptions/membership/etc like maintenance packages) using WooCommerce with Stripe? What WooCommerce extension are you using for the recurring functionality? - Alastair McDermott
• Deletable history
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 87
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: Wooshirt, 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:
- JEFFREY ZELDMAN is now Creative Director of a Special Projects team at Automattic
Question 1: Hi Adam and Kyle! It’s Joey from Singapore back again. 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
Question 2: What's the most rewarding thing about doing a show like yours?
~ Joe Casabona
Segment: Vague Rant Up
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 85
Life Updates
- Kyle: Awesome gig last night at Ironbark Brewery.
- Adam: 80f here. Then 35f WTH? // 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
Life Updates
- Kyle: Planing 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: https://budandsara.com/
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
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.
Question 1: With the advent of page builders and the rise of Site Implementors, how can traditional "code it myself" freelancers stay competitive? ~ Joe Casabona
Question 2: Can you talk about the challenges of finding guests for your show? Are there any? ~ Joe Casabona
Segments: Top Dev & do_enqueue()
Adam
Books
The Daily Stoic
The Fifth Season
Podcasts: The Arc Benders, Focused, WP Square 1
Tara
Books:
Atomic Habits
Everybody Writes
Treating People Well
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
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
Question 1: When it comes to retainer-based clients specifically maintenance, what are some options to handle nonpayment or really late payments each and every month? — Paul
Question 2: 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”
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 81
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
- What is an aspect of WordPress which is really not working for you these days? > Bot attacks and working with a host to correct it. from WC Jackson Questions.
Segment: Tagline you're it.
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/commericals 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
//
Lyrics to Kyle’s Song
I’m the biggest WordPress fan boy 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
Recapping 2018 & Predictions for 2019
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.
follow us Twitter:
@get_options
@MrKyleMaurer
@heyadamsilver
//
SOUNDCLOUD @get_options
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 78
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
Brian Krogsgard is doing part time project work for Skyverge and Jilt
Wearing/Drinking
Adam: JetPack WCUS 2015 / coffee / Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs
Kyle: Pantheon shirt + SandHills hoodie / coffee / The Drawing of the Three
Question 1: What are your predictions for the eCommerce space in 2019
Question 2: 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.
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 77
Updates
- Kyle: Lots of time practicing talk for WordCamp US next week. It’s pretty set. But fitting this amount of information into ten minutes is a real challenge.
- Adam: Landed a new client for CWP Maintenance.
WordPress News
- WCUS is this week! Woohoo! We are there right now?
Wearing/Drinking
- Adam: WooCommerce WCUS 2015 shirt / coffee / The Upside of Irrationality
- Kyle: /Polyverse t-shirt and WC Chicago Hoodie /eggnog/ The Drawing of the Three
Question 1: What does custom database tables mean
Question 2: Best automatic membership plugin? (users pay a fee to become a member, renewals are automated)
Segment: Vague Rant Up
- Kyle: Why are WordCamps always on weekends?
- Adam: Clients baffled when prices go up, 8 years later!?
Updates
- Kyle: Holy Hickory! I cannot handle all the leaves. Please send help….with rakes!
- Adam: Low Key Thanksgiving. Turkey sandwiches and all the sides! Yum.
WordPress News
- WP 5.0 Delayed… until.. tba
Wearing/Drinking/Reading
- Adam: Code is Poetry long sleeved / coffee / The Upside of Irrationality
- Kyle: Local by Flywheel shirt / eggnog / The Drawing of the Three
Changes:
- Human Made hires Shinichi Nishikawa as Director of Client Services
Questions
- Question 1: How to pick a niche -Karen
- Question 2: How do I get a guest spot. -Elizabeth
Segment: do_enqueue()
Adams Que:
- Podcasts
- Revisionist History
- Broken Record organ
- Bookworm
- Show:
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Holiday movies -
- Elf
- The Last Holiday
- Die Hard
- Home Alone
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Sponsor: OrganizeWP.com.
Life Updates
- Kyle: Back from Vacation. Thx to JetBlue!
- Adam: Clients… PM using PP? // Daughter accepted to college!
- Ross: Open digital marketer position. Internal rebranding.
WordPress News
- WordPress.tv needs new lead volunteers
Changes
- Adam Warner - now at GoDaddy
- Chloe Condon - now at Microsoft
Wearing/Drinking
- Adam: WCA2 2016 shirt / Coffee / Never Split The Difference
- Kyle: Water / The Drawing of the Three
- Ross: WCA2 Pull-Over / Water / Creative Strategy and the Business of Design
Question 1: Why do columns not work in Gutenburg? - Gregg Franklin
Question 2: Where do you draw the line between personal and professional development? ….Like how do you choose which conferences to attend and in those which sessions to go to? Jen Miller
Segments: Personal Questions & Unordered Lists
Life Updates
- Dustin: New house update - still not done. Getting cold in Ohio.
- Adam: Clients stuff. Garage bookshelves 2/3 done!
WordPress News.
- WP 5.0 pushed from Nov 19 to 27th
Changes
- Array Themes (Mike McCallister) acquired by WP Engine
Wearing/Drinking
- Adam: Woo Shirt + WCA2 Speaker 2015 Pullover / water / Never Split the Difference (Chris Voss)
- Dustin: Vintage (W) shirt / Water / The President is Missing (James Patterson and Bill Clinton)
Questions
- Question 1: Halloween Candy favorites - Kyle
- Question 2: Any “toss the desk” interactions from customers? -Kyle
Segment: Personal Question
Life Updates
- Kyle: Gig today.
- Adam: All things open! // Dodgers in World Series!
WordPress News
- WPMRR Podcast
- Working with Webdev Studios Post
- Advanced Custom Fields post
Changes
- Caspar Hübinger joins Human Made as a Digital Marketer
- Gary Jones joins Automattic
Wearing/Drinking/Reading
- Adam: GiveWP shirt / Coffee / Building a Story Brand
- Kyle: AffiliateWP t-shirt, University of Michigan hat / apple cider / The Drawing of the Three
Question 1: WC Jackson Q’s:
What is an aspect of WordPress which is really not working for you these days? -Nehemiah Harmsen
Question 2: Can you tell me how to win the Powerball drawing so I can tell all of my clients to go away and leave me alone? -Paul Oyler
Segment: Open Source Options
- Review responses to our questions.
- Stagnant Side Projects.
- Where to go live for a month.
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 72
Life Updates
- Adam: Work. Realization that when I need focused time for work.. but not from home.. Co-Working isn’t the place. Sad about niners. Dodgers - maybe ?
- Kyle: That Packers v. Niners game was so good!!!! Also been trying out dark mode in Mojave.
WordPress News
- Twenty Nineteen Theme
- We are now on Spotify!
Changes
- Tunbosun Ayinla and Mandy Jones join Sandhills Development
Wearing/Drinking
- Kyle - AffiliateWP t-shirt / orange juice / The Drawing of the Three
- Adam- WC Dayton baseball / coffee / ROBIN
Question 1: Given the huge growth of pagebuilders now, it would be interesting to tackle the question that one can sometimes get - well, maybe not really a question, more of a comment with a sceptically-raised eyebrow, of “You’re using a pagebuilder?” And I’ve had that both from individual clients who pretty much wouldn’t know one end of WordPress from the other, and as part of contract jobs where they do.
Vaughn Simons
Question 2: WC Jackson Q's
Is there a question you were afraid to ask?
How big a Charlie Foxtrot is Gutenberg going to be?
- anonymous
Segment: Deletable History
- Adam: Cybernator
- Kyle: Law Firm Commercial Spoof
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 71
Life Updates
- Kyle: working on some talks for upcoming WordCamps.
- Adam: just took daughter to work.. She drove!
- Tara: Hanging at the Jersey Shore.
News
- WP Simple Pay joins Sandhills Development
Changes
- John Parris leaves Sandhills Development and joins WP Engine
- Weston Router and Thierry Muller leave XWP and join Google
- https://weston.ruter.net/2018/09/19/becoming-a-googler/
- https://make.xwp.co/2018/09/19/a-new-season-for-xwp/
Wearing/Drinking/Reading
- Adam: WCOC 2016 / Coffee WC2014 mug / finished Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One & The Richest Man in Babylon. Reading ROBIN.
- Kyle: Mojo Marketplace hoodie over Yith Plugins WCUS17 t-shirt / Coffee from TJ Max / The Drawing of the Three
- Tara: Women Who WP Shirt/Black Coffee/ Just finished Little Fires Everywhere (a novel) Celeste Ng. About to start a book of short stories for a book club. Also just ordered the book The Magic of Tiny Business - You Don’t Have to Go Big to Make a Great Living, by Sharon Rowe
Question 1: Here's one that's been bothering me lately: if I have several ongoing projects at once, how do I divide up my time? The work requires enough concentration that I lose a lot of productivity if I try to work on multiple projects in the same day, and sometimes in the same week. Do I tell the clients "Okay, YOU get the first week of the month, the next person gets the second week," or what? Plus of course, they all have urgent issues at the same time.
It's not made easier by the fact that I have unpredictable health issues that throw me off schedule. - Sally Goetsch
Question 2: What is an aspect of WordPress which is really not working for you these days?- Daryl Alexander
Segments:
- Personal Question
- Unordered Lists
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 70
Life Updates
- Kyle: Had a nice time at the annual Sandhills Development team retreat.
- Adam: Working. Kid to turn 18 this month! Crazy! Oh.. and got 2 really nice testimonials! One for the dev work my agency did the other for the podcast!
WordPress News
- Someone from this podcast speaking at WCUS!! (It’s not Adam)
- Matt Mullenweg Announces WordPress 5.0 Release Plan, Estimates Release Candidate to Ship in November
Changes:
- Kevin McKernan leaves behind agency life and joins a startup called AirDNA
- Mihai Joldis joins Sandhills Development support team
- Mike Schroder moves to GoDaddy
Wearing/Drinking/Reading
- Adam: Gravity Forms t-shirt, coffee in special mug. Paul Mosca from MoteeAPP • Empty Bowls Fundraiser. The Richest Man In Babylon
- Kyle: AffiliateWP t-shirt and Sandhills Development hoodie / Covfefe / The Drawing of the Three
Questions:
Question 1: This is about theme building. I’m wondering whether I’ll need a paid license for using scripts like fancybox if I’m submitting a free theme to WordPress. Probably no for free themes? Then, what if someone using this free theme with fancybox built-in is trying to sell something on the site? Is it the site owner’s responsibility to pay for fancybox license?
Question 2: What is the biggest question relating to WordPress or the web or your work that you are struggling with right now?
Making sure sites are ready for Gutenberg.
Segment: Tag(Line) you're it!
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 69
Your Attitude Matters
Life Updates
Kyle: picking up lots of sticks
Adam: Didn’t go to WCLAX. Really wanted to. Surprise my SoCal peeps. // Managing time, clients. New client via referral.
WordPress News.
WPForms has acquired Pirate Forms and D/C’d it!
Changes
Russell Aaron changes jobs
Chris Wiegman goes to WP Engine
Wearing/Drinking
Adam: Coffee/Water WC Los Angeles,
Kyle: WordCamp US 2017 t-shirt / Coffee / The Drawing of the Three
Question 1: Looking for advice on how to stay in touch (in a non-annoying, natural way) with former clients and contacts (people I meet at conferences, former coworkers etc.) -Emily Patterson
Question 2: WC Jackson Q's
Question: What is the biggest question relating to WordPress or the web or your work that you are struggling with right now?
Answer: How to find good themes (companies) / decide about builder tools so each website project isn't starting from scratch. -Nehemiah Harmsen
Segment Do Enque()
Kyle
•Kidding
•Season 2 of Up and Vanished
•Morten wrote about WordPress LTS
•Disgraceland podcast
•A Good Firm Handshake
•Bunny Ears
•Elon Musk on Joe Rogan
•Broken Record podcast
•Sara’s latest videos
•Every Packers game
Adam
Spotify! Crazy deep / workouts!
Billions - adult - language. showtime.
Animal rescues on Facebook (THE Dodo)
Fast Company magazine: secrets of the most productive people
ZigZag - ZigZag is a podcast about changing the course of capitalism, journalism, and women’s lives. For real.
Life Updates
- Kyle: working on exercising more
- Adam: managing a bunch of projects - a good thing. Hurrican Florance aka Florence
- Sara: MIX Design Day - add link to website for event?
Changes
- Christie Chirinos is the new VP of Technology at Do Big Things
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: Coffee, WC Nashville WPEngine 2017, Fall until you Don’t & Robin
- Kyle: Water, AffliateWP Shirt, The Drawing of the Three
- Sara: Comfy clothes / Coffee and a protein shake / Setting the Table
Question 1: I work with mostly larger organizations, and I'd love to get more business from other departments. But this has been difficult. People can be very proprietary about their contractors (ex. had a client tell me she wasn't referring me to another department for additional work because: "I don't want XYZ team using up all your time!"). Other times, the org knows me for only one specific skill.
~ Emily Patterson
Question 2: What is the biggest question relating to WordPress or the web or your work that you are struggling with right now?
Answer: SEO (Peter B)
Segments:
- Tag(line) You’re It
- Vague Rant Up
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 67
Life Updates
- Adam: Back from an amazing vacation in Paris.
- Kyle: Moved into a new house. Celebrated daughters 1st birthday and had a tornado across the street!
Changes:
- Joel Worsham leaves Real Big Marketing and joins DMI as a Software Engineer
- Rebecca Gill moves to emagine:
WordPress News.
- Petition to remove Gutenberg from WordPress core.
- ClassicPress - Torgue interview
Wearing/Drinking/Reading
- Adam: French Coffee + French Water, WC Asheville Shirt & not reading anything!
- Kyle: Coffee The Drawing of the Three
Question 1: How to decide which tasks to outsource and when your should start outsourcing? Tara Claeys
Question 2: What are examples of jargon you heard people talk about but don't understand?
Segment: Deletable History
Follow us!
- The Show: @get_options
- Kyle: @MrKyleMaurer
- Adam: @heyadamsilver
- SOUNDCLOUD @get_options
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 66
Life Updates
- Kyle: Cracked rib. Missed no WordCamp speaking engagements.
- Adam: Happy 20th to my wife.. “Tomorrow”. / kids are in school YAHOO!
WordPress News.
- Oakley Capital invests in cPanel
Changes
- Andrea Rennick leaves CopyBlogger to do quilting full time
Wearing/Drinking
- Adam: GiveWP / Coffee / 12 Week Year
- Kyle: Gravity Forms / Caribou Coffee / The Drawing of the Three
Questions
- How do you get the info you need to give an accurate quote? In the easiest way possible for both me and the prospective client. -Rene
- Who has the best daughter? -Avalon
Segment: Open Source Options
- Stagnant side projects?
- Where should I go live for a month?
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 65
Life Updates
- Kyle: We are live at WordCamp Jackson!
- Adam: Same o sameo. Two proposals done. Back from WC Asheville, spoke!
Wearing/Drinking
- Adam: Woo Ninja / Coffee/Water / Cash Flow Quadrant
- Kyle: OptinMonster t-shirt / Water / The Drawing of the Three
- Andy: WP Pride t-shirt / Water / The Coaching Habit
Questions
- How do you respond to “I can get a website for $200 -Sally Gradle
- I still occasionally end up taking low cost jobs, below £500, especially when it's either this or nothing. Another variation of @Sally Gradle question is how to respond when a potential client presents ridiculously low quotes from other developers they spoke to in the middle of our chat — Natalie Smith
Segments
- Deletable History
- Segment: Unordered Lists
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 64
This week we welcome the one and only Marc Benzakein. Marc is a partner at ServerPress, the team that is behind DesktopServer and WP SiteSync.
Life Updates
- Kyle: Went to the local county fair.
- Adam: WC BHAM was awesome. School starts in 18 days. Heading to WC Asheville in a week.
- Marc: Just got back from St. Maarten
past episodes referenced:
- The KitchenSinkWP Podcast w/Marc -- E224
- The KitchenSinkWP Podcast w/Kyle E73
- WordPress Round Table w/Adam E52
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: WooNinja shirt / Beer / Cashflow Quadrant
Kyle: Restrict Content Pro t-shirt / Shorts Raspberry Summer Shandy / The Drawing of the Three
Marc: Wearing shorts, and people are lucky! It’s frickin’ hot! Drinking water. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Keeping Your Sh*t Together: How to Run Your Business Without Letting it Run You
Questions:
- Question 1: Options about keeping sites alive after you die? -Joey
- Question 2: Will GDPR affect me in the US?
Segments:
- Personal Questions
- Do_enque:
Adam
- Fiction Book - Reacher series
- Podcast: Zen Founder + The Life Coach School
- Movie: The Post
Kyle :
- Travel Man - Richard Ayoade
- WordSesh sessions
- Pippin’s Kansas City keynote
- Everything is Alive podcast
- Episode 121 “White Power” of Waking Up with Sam Sanders
- Murder on the Orient Express (and interviews with cast las November on U
- and Vanished)
- McDonalds fraud article
Follow us twitter:
- @get_options
- Kyle: @MrKyleMaurer
- Adam: @heyadamsilver
- Marc: @marcbenzak
SOUNDCLOUD @get_options
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 63
Life Updates
Adam: Clients / Courses, WordCamps…. Leaving for WC Birmingham.. Back by the time this comes out!
Kyle: Some struggles…lead to a song!
WordPress News
WordPress 4.9.8 RC 3 Released, Limits ‘Try Gutenberg’ Callout Visibility
After nine years since the project began, version 1.0.0 of the WordPress Coding Standards is available for download. The WordPress Coding Standards is a collection of PHP_CodeSniffer rules or sniffs to validate code developed for WordPress. It ensures code quality and adherence to coding conventions, including the official WordPress Coding Standards.
Wearing/Drinking
Adam: WC SD2016 / Coffee WC Minneapolis mug / Steal Like an Artist
Kyle: WCA2 2014 hat / Chocolate milk / The Drawing of the Three
Question 1: Difference between custom tables vs hybrid + custom post type.
Question 2: Women’s Perspective offered by Elizabeth Pampalone
Segment: Tag You’re it!
Special thanks to BlogVault for sponsoring this weeks episode
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The Get Options Podcast - Episode 62
Life Updates
- Kyle: found a buyer for our house
- Adam: end of bachelor week. Was good?
- Sara: back from vacation in Sedona, booking SEO work.
WordPress News
- WordImpress launches another plugin https://wpbusinessreviews.com/
Wearing/Drinking / Reading
- Adam: WCOC 2016 bandana / Coffee / Why The Rich are Getting Richer by Robert T. Kiyosaki
- Kyle: 2016 WCUS JetPack t-shirt , Mojo Marketplace Hoodie, WP Engine hat / Chocolate Milk / The Drawing of the Three - Stephen King
- Sara: WCA2 2017 Hoodie / Royal Wedding Tea / Discussing Design - Adam Connor and Aaron Irizarry
Questions:
- Freelancer expectations when going solo -Gerry Deer
- Whats the meaning of life? - Adam Warner
Segments:
- Unordered Lists
- Personal Question
Life Updates
- Kyle: house is now for sale
- Adam: 95% chance that the house is mine for the week…
WordPress News
- Sitecare joins with Southern Web
- iThemes Offering hosting
Changes
- Tonya Mork joins XWP
Wearing/Drinking/Reading
- Adam: WCOC 2017 (the cracked rib shirt) / Coffee / No Middle Name - The Complete Jack Reacher Short Stories + The Miracle Morning
- Kyle: WordCamp Chicago 2014 / Coffee / The Drawing of the Three - Stephen King
Questions
- How did you overcome the hurdle to learn code? -Joey L.
- What would you submit for US, and how is that different from what you’d submit to other Camps? - Sara Dunn
Segment: Unordered list
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 60
Life Updates
Kyle: so much work on the house
Adam: Went to SoCal. Nice. hot/humid. Bleh. 6 hr layover at Fort Lauderdale. Swimming.. 750yrds
WordPress News
WordPress 4.9.7 Security and Maintenance Release
Changes
Topher DeRosia now works for BigCommerce as an evangelist
Wearing/Drinking
Adam: WC OC 2018 / Coffee - SDSU Alumni Mug / No Middle Name - The Complete Jack Reacher Short Stories
Kyle: Zapier t-shirt / Coffee / The Drawing of the Three - Stephen King
Question 1: Audio question: Amit Rathi about compromising quality
Question 2: Audio question: Dustin about most unique WordCamp venue
Segment: Deletable History
Kyle: His graphics portfiolio
Adam: Interview questions after college.
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 59
Life Updates
Kyle: Just when I thought things were about to calm down for a while…
Attended WCGR
Adam: Got a new standing desk! Heading to SoCal with boys.
WordPress News
Lakers got Lebron. $153.3M / 4 years
ConvertKit name change SEVA
Changes:
StudioPress goes to WP Engine
Wearing/Drinking
Adam: WP Give / Coffee / Bad luck and trouble : a Reacher novel
Kyle: Nexcess hat, Jetpack t-shirt / Coffee / The Drawing of the Three - Stephen King
Question 1: Audio question from Austin Fowler about subscription sites
Question 2: Audio question from Alex Standiford about WP-CLI
Segment: Personal Question
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 58
Life Updates
Kyle: WC Kent recap
Adam: Saw Oceans 8, IronMan Training, Son has 1st interview!
WordPress News
ServerPress back on Newsletter release + New Podcast
WordPress.com parent company acquires Atavist
Wearing/Drinking
Adam: Gravity Forms Shirt, Coffee from photography mug, Finished “The Enemy” (Jack Reacher Novel)
Kyle: Nexcess shirt, coffee, The Drawing of the Three
Question 1: What's today's W3TC? - Rigo
Question 2: Best book you’ve ever read - Dustin Hartzler
Segment: Vague Rant Up
Follow us:
TWITTER @get_options
SOUNDCLOUD @get_options
Life Updates
- Kyle: Hosted brother’s bachelor party. Gave a keynote speech. Saw a wild bunny.
- Adam: Still looking for new devs. Getting closer to The Academy
- Dustin: Went to Montreal. Moved all my belongs across town.
WordPress News
- Microsoft acquires GitHub
Wearing/Drinking/Reading
- Adam: WC Kent / Mike’s Harder Lemonade - Blood Orange / So good they cant ignore you .
- Kyle: WooThemes t-shirt, Mike’s Harder Lemonade - Strawberry, Fatal Alliance
- Dustin: WP Birthday Shirt, Mike’s Harder Lemonade - Flavor Orange / Driven to Distraction
Changes
- Eric Malcolm to Regions Bank
Questions
- Difference between wp.org vs. wp.com -Elizabeth
- Good Marketing Podcasts -Nate
Segment: Deletable History
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 56
Life Updates
- Kyle: omg I am so busy plz send help!
- Adam: Nonprofit finally approved the proposal. Interviewing a few new devs. One (two) you sent my way. Finally.. So proud of my youngest -- Spanish class grade 58% to 73% in 10 days! And all my kids... Doing well in school.
News:
- WCUS - Speaker submits open.
- The GOP Soundcloud Channel now available!
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: WC Raleigh org shirt. Coffee in WC Maui Mug. Subliminal: How your unconscious mind rules your behavior
- Kyle: Geek Shirt by BlueHost. Coffee in AMBR mug. Almost done with Fatal Alliance.
Questions:
- Audio question - Austin Fowler Blog post referenced re: EDD.
- Audio question - Elizabeth Pampalone
Segment: Tag Line: You’re it
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 55
Life Updates
Kyle: Time to double down on next two big speeches. Started keynote speech but still have a ways to go. Haven’t started best man speech yet.
Adam: Working on all the things.
News
Adobe acquires Magento for 1.68 Billion!
ServerPress released DesktopServer 3.91 - PHP 7 and local SSL!
Changes:
None!
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
Adam: Coffee
Kyle: Nada - adam didn’t provide any!
Question 1: Audio question from Alex Gustafson
Question 2: Audio question by Elizabeth Pampalone
Segment: Personal Question
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 54
Life Updates
- Kyle - Spoke at WordCamp Dayton twice this year
- Adam- Just doing what I do.
- Dustin- attending a team meetup in Montreal.
WordPress News.
- SmugMug acquires Flickr
- ExchangeWP now opened/supported by community
- WordPress.com can now import domain names
Changes:
- Adam Soucie joined WebDev Studios
Wearing/Drinking
- Adam: ship it woocommerce shirt again!, drinking water droplets. Reading: Thinking fast and slow
- Kyle: Host Duplex t-shirt, water, Fatal Alliance
- Dustin: The fancy new WP 15 shirt / Woo Water bottle / Automatic Millionaire
Questions
- Would you loan someone money or help them find work?
- Why is Kyle a better presenter
Segment: Unordered List
Life Updates
- Kyle: Gave a speech at Toastmasters on Wednesday
- Adam: short week.. But productive. Travel - to WC Dayton
- Dustin: WordCamp Dayton — ALL THE THINGS
WordPress News
- Awesome Motive acquires Google Analytics Dashboard plugin
Changes
- Jessica Frick -- going to Liquid Web
- Jamie Schmidt joined SiteLock in January
Wearing/Drinking
- Adam: WooCommerce Shipit / Water? / Thinking fast and slow
- Kyle: Sandhills Brewing / Water / Fatal Alliance
- Dustin: Dayton Bowling shirt / Amino Acid mixed in Water / You Need a Budget
Questions
- How would you gents define the roles of a web designer? And the roles of a web developer? And if someone wore both hats, what would they call it? Is one preferable over the other, or would it be something completely different? -Guy cicinelli
- I saw your tweets and thought I will check your website. Have to say it looks very good! I’m also interested in this topic and have recently started my journey as young entrepreneur. I’m also looking for the ways on how to promote my website. I have tried AdSense and Facebok Ads, however it is getting very expensive. Was thinking about starting using analytics. Do you recommend it? Can you recommend something what works best for you? Would appreciate, if you can have a quick look at my website and give me an advice what I should improve: http://janzac.com/ (Recently I have added a new page about FutureNet and the way how users can make money on this social networking portal.) I have subscribed to your newsletter. 🙂 Hope to hear from you soon. P.S. Maybe I will add link to your website on my website and you will add link to my website on your website? It will improve SEO of our websites, right? What do you think? Regards Jan Zac
Segment: Tag (Line) You’re It!
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 52
Life Updates
- Kyle: House projects and traveling to WordCamp Dayton
- Adam: Teaching class. Landed a new client. Losing a developer :( WC Dayton!
WordPress News.
- Great article about Modern Tribe actually doing things to improve diversity within their team.
Wearing/Drinking
- Adam: Coffee WooCommerce short. WordPress Trucker hat
- Kyle: Coffee, Easy Digital Downloads t-shirt, Fatal Alliance
Changes:
- Byron Dylan joined SparkBox
Question 1:
Apparently its common practice these days within the WP job market to have multiple steps in the hiring process. that part is fine, but why do companies always want something for free.. i.e. "the project" dev's do a dev task, designers do a design task, PM's reply to scenarios, etc. What should i do when asked to do a "project" for a company i am interviewing with. My main issue is spending time "on spec". -Thomas Saltzman
Question 2:
Hi all, I have a question - do you charge your clients for the time spent familiarising yourself with a new plugin or functionality they requested, like a particular front-end builder? The way I usually approach it is, if it's something I'm likely to use again on another client's site, I won't charge for the time it takes me to learn the basics. But if it's something really obscure that I probably won't use again, I will charge both for the time I spend reading the docs and actually implementing the feature on the site fI was just wondering how everyone else deals with it? Natalie Smith via Slack
Segment: do_enqueue --
Kyle
- Using Ethics In Web Design
- What It’s Like to Be a Woman at a Tech Conference
- Different… It’s Better Than Better
- Travel Man
- Ryn Weaver
- What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law
Adam
- Trader Joe’s Podcast - 5 part series.
- https://dev.to/zpalexander/10-tech-movies-to-get-you-coding-again
- Medical Records — que your health!
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 51
Life Updates
- Kyle: Attended WC Detroit which was awesome. Gave a talk about WordPress life hacks which went really well. Also attended MicroConf and loved it.
- Adam: WC Raleigh, went well
WordPress News
- 15 year Tshirt on swag store. 15% off using “CELEBRATEWP15’ code.
Changes:
- Rob Walling left Drip
Wearing/Drinking/Reading
- Adam: running attire/water / fearless flyer from Trader Joes
- Kyle: WC A2 shirt/ hoodie/coffee Ambr Detroit mug / Fatal Alliance
Question 1: Question: What is the best (but still affordable) way to manage a staging environment for building a new client's website? -Guy Cicinello
Question 2: When you know another platform delivers better results in a clients' specific industry, do you refer them out, learn the platform or tell them you'll make WordPress sing for them? -Jen Miller
Segment:
- Unordered Lists
Life Updates
- Adam: Prepping for WC Raleigh and to buy Kyle’s house.
- Kyle: Prepping to potentially move. Writing WordCamp talks.
Wearing/Drinking
- Kyle - GiveWP t-shirt, Coffee, Fatal Alliance
- Adam- SiteLock Red / iThemes hoodie, 49ers + coffee(SDSU) - no reading this week!
Question 1: Tracking time question by Stephen Harvey
Segments!
- Unordered Lists
- Personal Questions
- Vague Rant Up
- Do_enqueue
- Parallax Noise
- Lucius - Tiny Desk Concert
- Post Status Draft - Privacy
- 10 videos on Accessibility on Wordpress TV
- Deletable History
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 49
Life Updates
- Kyle: Playing with new update to Garage Band and wrote new song!
- Adam: Taxes. Oh My. Signed up officially to be mentor for WordCamps. Giving back to #Community. WordPress Essentials Course relaunched and reg now open!
WordPress News
- WordCamp for Organizers is a real thing now
Wearing/Drinking
- Kyle: Yith Plugins WCUS 2017 t-shirt
- Adam: coffee / WP trucker hat (from WCA2)
Questions:
- How do I go about working out what my mission is for all of that? It's trying to build my personal brand, but why? Why should anyone _care_ about this new site? What's the _value_ for them? I do believe that the content I could write would be useful for _someone_, but trying to consolidate the rationale for having the site in the first place, has me stuck. -Gary Jones
- I’d love to know what goes into choosing a location for a remote team’s retreat. -Sara Dunn
Segment: Deletable History
The Get Options Podcast - Episode 48
Life Updates
- Kyle: watching lots of nature shows
- Adam: also watched Earth 2 - islands - with kids! Really enjoyed it.
WordPress News.
- WordSesh is back
Wearing/Drinking
- Kyle - Jetpack shirt, WC Chicago hoodie & 2nd cup of java from sbux.
- Adam- OptinMonster T Shirt. Coffee
Questions
- There are many networking meetups in my area. How do I choose the ones that are best for networking for new business - from Sally Gradle
- I know you all are into podcasts, so… What’s the best podcast episode you’ve listened to recently, and why? -- from Sara Dunn
Add links to the shows
- How I Built This: Lara Merriken
Kyle’s
- Shop Talk Show - One on One with a Hacker
- James Bonding: Octopussy with Roman Mars
- Song Exploder - Nine Inch Nails
- Reply All - The World’s Most Expensive Free Watch
- Reply All - Long Distance
- Mystery Show - Source Code
- Joe Rogan - Reggie Watts
- Embedded
- Hidden Brain I, Robot
- BobWP Neighborhood - Andrea Middleton
- Very Bad Words - Swearing in Foreign Languages
- Philosophy Bites - The Right to Exclude
- Revisionist History
Segment: Unordered List