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Investing Matters is a segment of the Wealth Exchange podcast hosted by Ethan Astaneh. In this segment, Ethan discusses planning topics, market commentary, general investing, and education on Nicola Wealth's unique pool of funds with an array of featured guests. In this episode of The Wealth Exchange podcast, Ethan Astaneh hosts a special three-part series on Making Sense of AI. In Part 3, he is joined by Morten Rand-Hendriksen, a thought leader in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI) and its ethical implications. Morten, a keynote speaker, instructor, and educator at LinkedIn Learning, as well as a TikTok un-fluencer and university lecturer, brings a wealth of expertise to the conversation. In this engaging discussion, Ethan and Morten explore the critical intersection between technology and society. Morten guides listeners through the ethical considerations of AI and its impact on the way we work. The conversation kicks off with an exploration of the inherent value of human labour, setting the stage for Morten to provide a comprehensive overview of how AI and technology are poised to augment, rather than substitute, individual work.  

This Weeks Special Guest Chris Badgett Joint Founder and CEO of LifterLMS https://lifterlms.com/ Morten Rand-Hendriksen - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mortenrandhendriksen/ This Week's Articles That We Discuss During The Show #1 - Matt Mullenweg Identifies GoDaddy as a “Parasitic Company” and an “Existential Threat to WordPress’ Future” https://wptavern.com/matt-mullenweg-identifies-godaddy-as-a-parasitic-company-and-an-existential-threat-to-wordpress-future #2 - TikTok insiders say the social media company is tightly controlled by Chinese parent ByteDance https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/25/tiktok-insiders-say-chinese-parent-bytedance-in-control.html #3 - What’s up with the WordPress vibe? https://mattreport.com/whats-up-with-the-wordpress-vibe/ #4 - Google’s AI Is Something Even Stranger Than Conscious https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/06/google-palm-ai-artificial-consciousness/661329/ #5- Things I Wish I’d Known Earlier In My Career https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/06/things-to-know-earlier-in-your-career/ #6 - Peering into the accessibility of Dark Mode https://uxdesign.cc/peering-into-the-accessibility-of-dark-mode-ab1237b68265

On the podcast today we have Morten Rand-Hendriksen. Morten has a long history of working with WordPress, but that's not the main focus of the podcast today. Today we talk about the way that open source as a whole is governed and managed, and his thoughts on the changes he thinks are needed. When open source software came into the world, the landscape was very different. Back then, there was no real clarity about whether the proprietary or open source software model would dominate. There was no indication that the internet would become such a crucial part of how we communicate, interact and shop. People gave their time because they enjoyed what they were doing and had high hopes about the world that they could build with their software. Fast forward to today and many open source projects are critical to the functioning of the internet. A small collection of people, sometimes an individual, might be in charge of a component which, were it to fail, would bring the web to a halt. Recent episodes have shown us that given this reliance on the contributions of open source community members, it's important that we can turn to them for patches and updates when they're needed. But that might not be the case. The contributors might be busy with other projects, or otherwise unable to fix problems that arise. Morten thinks that there's a need to revisit the governance model for open source given that we now live in a world where important parts of the internet rely on the work of such volunteers. He wants there to be systems by which contributors are remunerated for their contributions. He also wants to shine a light on who is able to contribute to open source projects, and so we discuss his thoughts on who in reality has the time, interest and resources to contribute. His opinion is that open source might not be as open to everyone as it would seem. It's a fascinating conversation and will no doubt stir up some discussion. Useful links. Open Source Considered Harmful A Fatal Flaw in the Bazaar's Foundations

This week on WPwaterOn this episode Morten Rand-Hendriksen will be joining us to discuss governance with the PHP Foundation and the various parts of WordPress. The New Life of PHP – The PHP Foundation PHP Foundation – Open Collective Panel Jason Tucker – jasontucker.blog Sé Reed – sereedmedia.com Jason Cosper – jasoncosper.com Morten Rand-Hendriksen – mor10.com Show Sponsors Check out InMotion hosting for 24/7 support and affordable prices, learn how you can launch your website in minutes at inmotionhosting.com Are You Looking For Brand Awareness? You could be a show sponsor. Let people know you're still in business and supporting your products. Supporting podcasts is a great way to repurpose your in-person conference budget. We have been sponsored by big brands such as Kinsta and Cloudways. Why not get your audience in front of the thousands of people who download this show every month? Yes, WPwatercooler has thousands of downloads every month. We're not just a YouTube Show. https://wpwatercooler.com/sponsor

#649 This Week In WordPress & SaaS: With Special Guest Morten Rand Hendriksen Senior Staff Instructor LinkedIn Learning With Special Guest Morten Rand Hendriksen Senior Staff Instructor LinkedIn Learning "The Future of Online eLearning For Entrepreneurs & Educators" Since joining forces with lynda.com (now LinkedIn Learning) in 2010, Morten has published 60+ courses on WordPress, front-end web design and development, and web standards, reaching hundreds of thousands of viewers from all over the world. I also contribute to the web community as a public speaker, author, educator, web developer, and design philosopher. We going to be discussing the future of online education with Morten Rand Hendriksen senior staff instructor LinkedIn Learning, who is also a well-known public speaker and technologist. After COVID - 19 pandemic, the training and education landscape has been dramatically changed what are the medium and long-term consequences connected to online training how will technologies like virtual reality and AI (artificial intelligence) affect eLearning? https://mor10.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mortenrandhendriksen/?originalSubdomain=ca

We Discuss Ethics And Big Tech In 2021 With Morten Rand Hendriksen Morten Rand Hendriksen ( chief instructor at LinkedIn Learning) Since joining forces with lynda.com (now LinkedIn Learning) in 2010, I've 60+ published courses on WordPress, front-end web design and development, and web standards, reaching hundreds of thousands of viewers from all over the world. I also contribute to the web community as a public speaker, author, educator, web developer, and design philosopher. I help the web make sense by helping people understand and get the most out of the web and contribute to the debates about ownership and democratization of information, design philosophy, and the open web. https://mor10.com/

This week on the WPwatercooler we’re going to be discussing if we are democratizing publishing when using WordPress Panel Jason Tucker @jasontucker Steve Zehngut @zengy Sé Reed @sereedmedia Jason Cosper @boogah Morten Rand-Hendriksen @mor10 Check Out Bridget’s New Book “Keys To Being Social: Being Real In A Virtual World” Kindle – https://amzn.to/2HZELOq Paperback – https://amzn.to/2H4lqvl Sponsors Desktop Server – ServerPress https://serverpress.com WPsitesync – https://www.wpsitesync.com Are You Looking For Brand Awareness? You could be a show sponsor. Especially now, let people know you’re still in business and supporting your products. Supporting podcasts is a great way to repurpose your in-person conference budget. https://wpwatercooler.com/sponsor #wpwatercooler

Morten Rand-Hendriksen is launching a special event on May 24th for photographers and photo enthusiasts around the world to participate in a 24-hour marathon. It's an event he calls, 24x24x Photo Marathon. Photo marathons aren't anything new for Morten. For several years, he organized one in Vancouver, British Columbia.Listen to why this particular event on May 24, 2020 is so special. And, if you are someone with aspirations to learn photography or simply want to play with light and shadow, come join us. Themes will be posted on the hour every hour on the website, Twitter, and InstagramFor more details, please visit - https://24x24photomarathon.com/FAQ: https://24x24photomarathon.com/faqTwitter - https://twitter.com/24x24photoInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/24x24photomarathon/

For links, transcript, show notes, video and more visit: https://pagely.com/podcast/episodes/ep-15-morten-rand-hendriksen/ Morten Rand-Hendriksen has made it his mission to help people understand and get the most out of the web, and contribute to the debates about ownership and democratization of information, design philosophy, and the open web. His 60+ published courses on WordPress, front end web design and development, and web standards on LinkedIn Learning have been viewed by hundreds of thousands of viewers from all over the world. In this conversation Sean interviews Morten on the ethics of Open Source, our responsibility to the greater tech design community for having a seat at the table for conversations in government which have implications for WordPress and Open Source in general. Also covered: Morten shares a swing dancing catastrophic dance move, what he's advocating for in the WordPress community and beyond and some of his favorite musical and literary influences. Enjoy!

1 - WordPress 5.2 Beta 1 Released: Help Test New Blocks, Block Manager, and Improved Fatal Error Protection https://wptavern.com/wordpress-5-2-beta-1-released-help-test-new-blocks-block-manager-and-improved-fatal-error-protection 2 - Family Tree DNA offers to trade privacy to catch criminals https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/28/family-tree-dna-asks-customers-to-share-dna-to-solve-crimes/ 3 - Blue Oceans. Notes on Joshua Strebel’s WCPHX Keynote presentation (Part 2) https://pagely.com/blog/wcphx-keynote-2/ 4 - An Unpopular List of Marketing Trends for 2019 https://sparktoro.com/blog/an-unpopular-list-of-marketing-trends-for-2019/ 5 -Startup branding: how much does it really cost? https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/28/startup-branding-how-much-does-it-really-cost/   OUR PICK'S OF THE WEEK? Morten Rand-Hendriksen: https://growinwp.com/ecosystem-plugins/ Morten Rand-Hendriksen: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wordpress/scripts Spencer Forman: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wedocs/ John Locke: https://bokeh.pics/ John Locke: https://www.saclibrary.org/ Jonathan: ImageOptim: https://imageoptim.com/mac

We have interesting WP-Tonic round-table show here with Adam Silver KitchensinkWP Podcast joining us as a special guest panelist our main story we discuss is the interview that the WordPress Weekly podcast recently did with Morten Rand-Hendriksen (who part of this panel ) and Rachel Cherry to discuss WordPress Governance project. Here's a list of the other stories we discuss during the show. 1 - WPWeekly Episode 344 – Introduction to the WordPress Governance Project https://wptavern.com/wpweekly-episode-344-introduction-to-the-wordpress-governance-project 2 - Apple’s power over Facebook ought to worry the rest of us https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/31/18204559/apple-facebook-feud-market-research-platform-power 3 - The Great Divide https://css-tricks.com/the-great-divide/ 4 - My other life as a Kickstarter scammer https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/31/my-other-life-as-a-kickstarter-scammer/  

Well in this episode Morten Rand-Hendriksen joins us in this episode of the WP-Tonic’s round-table show and shares some strong views with us connected to all the recent drama link to Gutenberg project. He also thinks that this December’s USA WordCamp is going to be an interesting one!   - Classic Editor Plugin May Be Included with 5.0 Updates, Support Window Set to End in 2021 https://wptavern.com/classic-editor-plugin-may-be-included-with-5-0-updates-support-window-set-to-end-in-2021 2 - Google CTR in 2018: Paid, Organic, & No-Click Searches https://sparktoro.com/blog/google-ctr-in-2018-paid-organic-no-click-searches/ 3 - WordPress, WooCommerce flaws combine to allow website hijacking https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-privilege-security-flaw-woocommerce-bug-can-lead-to-website-hijacking/ 4 - Stop monthly newsletters: Learn how to make the most of your email list https://marketingland.com/stop-monthly-newsletters-learn-how-to-make-the-most-of-your-email-list-250571 5 - Why Do All Websites Look the Same? https://medium.com/s/story/on-the-visual-weariness-of-the-web-8af1c969ce73 6 - How to make your dog Instagram-famous, according to a manager for “pet influencers” https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/11/6/18066056/dog-instagram-famous-pet-influencers  

Welcome to a fascinating episode! Morten Rand-Hendriksen, educator for LinkedIn Learning on Web Design and Interaction Design instructor at Emily Carr, walks me through his life journey from university politics in Oslo, to his 16 year-long "life experiment" in Vancouver. In our usual RWWC pattern, we follow life's unexpected twists and turns, while remaining conscious of how privileged certain opportunities are, to get to today's main topic: Ethics (or the lack thereof) in Design and Tech. What kind of world are we creating? What lessons from philosophy can we apply to design as a language? Why is the industry trying to come up with a whole new set of ethics? How do we take ads and money out of the equation and replace it with human betterment? We are conscious that tech is built to keep us engaged are distorting our understanding of reality, but what now? My fave quote: "Your life is actually this huge loop, where you go somewhere and you abandon it for a very long time, and it just naturally comes back, then you realise that that’s what you’ve been doing all along.” For more, go to www.mor10.com or follow Morten @mor10 on Twitter. Please subscribe, favorite, rate or review for more of this kind of awesome content. Love to all. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/runningwildwithchristine/support

Carrie Dils joined Jonathan Denwood and Kim Shivler for Episode 279 of the WP-Tonic Podcast. A long-time, successful WordPress freelancer, Carrie has launched a platform to help other freelancers find success in business. In this episode, Carrie shares her top tips for creating a successful freelancing business including Small Business Administration Resources and using clarity.fm to charge for consulting phone calls. Carrie Dils began working at Starbucks. She had a vision open her own coffee shop, and thought why not learn the ins and outs of how to make coffee and get paid to do it. But soon, she realized she didn’t want to depend on others for success. Not that her team wasn’t great, but she was done trading hours for dollars. For her birthday, Carrie’s dad signed her up for an annual subscription to Lynda. She started taking classes taught by Morten Rand-Hendriksen which is where her career started rolling as a freelance web developer. Now, she’s been consulting and educating for 3-4 years. Working for Lynda, she travels to California to record lessons around 3 times a year. She began blogging tutorials on her website as a way to give back to the community. The WordPress community is very generous with learning, and the positive affirmations and people she is able to help through teaching are strong motivators for her. https://carriedils.com/ https://twitter.com/cdils https://www.lynda.com/Carrie-Dils/965233-1.html

Sallie Goetsch, John Locke, Morten Rand-Hendriksen, Chris Badgett, Mendel Kurland, John Locke, Adam Preiser and Tom McKraken joined host Jonathan Denwood for episode 278 of the WP-Tonic roundtable March 23, 2018 This show is brought to you by our sponsor IntelligenceWP. IntelligenceWP is a plugin that helps you make actionable sense from the information Google analytics provides. 1st: Story Is “If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” (John Locke) a fair statement? Should your data be collected and used without your knowledge or approval? Should privacy be a given or should the user expect their data to be used elsewhere? Listen in to the discussion for pointed discussion on both sides of the argument. 2nd: Story Google analytics getting data to help your business – conversion tracking Ninja forms. Is this necessary? Is this useful? Does A.I. really know what you need/want before you do? 3rd: Story Does your site look good on all devices? According to Adam Preiser your site should be updated every 2 years. Listen in for the latest on mobile responsive websites and discussion regarding algorithms. This Weeks Discussion Stories 1 - A Plea For Plugin Developers to Stop Supporting Legacy PHP Versions https://wptavern.com/a-plea-for-plugin-developers-to-stop-supporting-legacy-php-versions 2- Facebook Fallout Scott Galloway, NYU Stern School of Business, discusses what Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg should be doing as a leader in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. Mark Zuckerberg Sheryl Sandberg Cambridge Analytica https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/03/20/nyu-professor-facebook-scandal-is-a-textbook-case-study-of-how-not-to-handle-a-crisis.html 3 - Preparing Your WordPress Site for the Upcoming Google Mobile-First Index https://kinsta.com/blog/google-mobile-first-index/ 4 - Let’s Encrypt Wildcard Certificates Are Now Available https://wptavern.com/lets-encrypt-wildcard-certificates-are-now-available 5 - How BBC Interactive Content Works Across AMP, Apps, And The Web https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/03/bbc-interactive-content-amp-apps-web/

Ethics in marketing? Yes. Marketing needs ethics, too. After all, many people say “marketing” like it's a four-letter word. Senior Staff Instructor at LinkedIn Learning, Morten Rand-Hendriksen joins us this week on WPblab to talk about ethics in marketing. With a passion for learning new things (including ballroom dancing with his wife), philosophy, and accessibility, Morten is well-known as an advocate for all things forward-facing in tech but realizes the ethics implications. Join us this week for the live chat to ask Morten your questions.Twitter: @mor10Site: http://mor10.com/LinkedIn Learning & Lynda.comStudied Philosophy at UniversityEthics 101 (definition) … there are two terms you hear all the time – ethics & morals – two different aspects of the same thing (two sides of the same coin)Morals – internalized understanding of what is right and wrongEthics – a human definition of systems that you use to define what is right and wrongIf you look at Ethical Theory, you are looking at Moral Traditions – confusingly!There is often a disconnect in understanding the terminology between the two“Cryptomining is a good example of why the web design industry needs ethics”Ethics (as defined by Moren) – the rules that we create to allow us to judge individual actions and see if they are justifiable in a moral context“Why don’t people in the WordPress community copy each others themes and release them in a different name” – there’s nothing that explicitly prevents it, but there are ethics that keep them from doing soKant’s Categorical Imperative (wikipedia) – act as if you want your act to be a universal law – this is how people should always behaveWe need ethics in marketing – as you release this thing into the world, how do you want it to be handledThere’s a common misunderstanding that ethics provides you a list of dos and don’ts – it doesn’t – that is dogmatic moralism. Rather, ethics give you the tools to at least attempt to think through the decisions you make, before you turn those decisions to action (and see what the consequences might be)Example: There is code that you can currently install on your site that runs crypto mining processes on the computers of everyone who visits your site – generates money and sends it back to the owner of the siteSalon is using adblocking readers' CPU power to mine cryptocurrencySalon to ad blockers:Can we use your browser to mine cryptocurrency?Salon has every right to hijack your laptop to mine cryptocurrency while you read it – businessinsider.comThe JavaScript Supply Chain Paradox:SRI, CSP and Trust in Third Party LibrariesDonate Your TabConsequentialism – what are the consequences of your actions and do those consequences improve the common good? It is okay if some people are disadvantaged as long as the large majority are advantaged.In the case of the Crypto code – everyone is disadvantaged but the website owner, so Consequentialism would say – don’t do this!Duty ethics – you have to perform acts in a way that you would want every other person to behave in that same situation, not because you have to, but because you actually believe that’s how it should be doneYou have a duty of care to everyone who interacts with your website – unless you explicitly state that you are doing this, you are failing your visitorsVirtue Ethics – what kind of person do you become by performing the act. This is the oldest of these theories.  The idea is that a human can only become virtuous by aspiring to a set of virtues.Is this the type of person that I want to be?  That I would want everyone else to be?Capability Approach – the morality of an act has to be judged on what capabilities it grants the person it is acted upon. Does it improve their capabilities?Start thinking about how what we are doing effects the ends user. What kind of future am I building for the people who are using this site?A tiny toolkit to help you answer your own questions!What kind of world am I building for the end user?Who do I become by doing this?Do I want every other person to do this in the same circumstance?Am I increasing the overall utility for everyone? (everyone might be end user)What is the value of getting an influencer to say something about your product?You think they have more authority (there is value / money in that)It’s because people innately believe what they say – even if not true – and respond to that influenceIf you “ghost write” a review and make it seem as if it’s written entirely from the influencer, then the whole trust equation falls apart – your duty of care (ethically) would require you to disclose that information to your audienceThe “Milli Vanilli” effect100% GPL – if you aren’t 100% compliant, you can’t sponsor a WordCamp – how do ethics apply hereSomeone has to make a decision about who is affected and who is not, it can become a very subjective decision. In WordPress, that person is often Matt Mullenweg – we are granting him license to do this by following alongThe WordPress community largely rises and falls based on whether people are willing to buy into the importance and need of GPLEthics is complicated – every single person who is in the conversation will have a different viewpoint – if it’s a good ethical conversation, you touch on all the pain points enough that people are satisfied and everything has been accounted forIf we start over – what capabilities should we grant the end user and how do those capabilities help them improve their lives. One of the big values is that WordPress is free and (relatively) safe to use … you can formulate some overall idea.  We are granting the capability to publish to the internet anyone who has access to any internet connectionThere is a constant battle between wanting to be the type of person who creates things for the WordPress community to freely use (open source) and also needing to be able to provide an income for yourself and your family – what is our ethical responsibility to ourselves and the end user?Bridget: If you’re going to build a product and you decide to start with those 4 ‘toolkit’ questions as part of your branding standards, then you would already be about 70% of the way thereWe are building a world for our end users – what kind of world do we want to build for them? What are the consequences of our choices? Ethics should not be a wet blanket on our creativity, it should be a hearth that keeps all that creativity from ‘burning down the house’What did we do wrong here? How did we end up in the place? What can we do to keep it from happening again?Tools of the Week—Bridget: HemmingwayApp.comJason: still using SetApp – but wishes it had Magnet (allows you to move items around on the screen to the edges and makes the windows snap)Morten: Pocket – save articles to read later – strips out all the ads and just gives you the text – it can also read it back to you!  Even works with the Kobo e-Reader!!Suggested reading for everyone: Virtual Reality As Possibility SpaceLet us know who helped us out with the show notes (we’ll link to you)Cheryl LaPrade @yaycherylSherie LaPrade @heysherieJames Tryon @jamestryon (but not enough for a true bi-line)The post WPblab EP94 – Exploring the Ethics of Marketing with Morten Rand-Hendriksen appeared first on WPwatercooler. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Morten Rand-Hendriksen is a broadly accomplished web designer and educator. He is very active in the WordPress open-source project and is widely known there for his strong opinions on topics like the Gutenberg project.

Morten Rand-Hendriksen Morten Rand-Hendriksen is a broadly accomplished web designer and educator. He is very active in the WordPress open-source project and is known there for his strong opinions on topics like the Gutenberg project. I also learned in this interview that he was originally trained as a philosopher and is currently working on an ethical framework for web content creators. Morten and I talked about the content strategy behind his Lynda.com content-strategy course, about the implications of Gutenberg for content strategists in the WordPress world, and about his work on web-industry ethics. Morten's Bio Morten Rand-Hendriksen is a senior staff instructor at LinkedIn Learning and Lynda.com with 60+ courses published on WordPress, web standards, design and UX, and future technologies. He also teaches Interaction Design at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and contributes to WordPress core and community projects. When he’s not working you’ll find Morten playing with his son, reading philosophy and science fiction, talking to people about the internet and how it shapes our society, and wearing out his shoes on the ballroom dance floor. Video Here's the video version of our conversation. https://youtu.be/T5yuAr_YE5s Show Notes/"Transcript" [Not an actual transcript - just my quick notes on first listen-through] 0:30 - Morten history and background - built first website in 1998 - 2:50 - impact of hyperlinking on how we access, publish, access again, etc. content - huge changes - and we'll see an perceive, understand and share content - and we'll see another dramatic 4:15 - origins of his content strategy course at Lynda.com/LinkedIn Learning (which are the same thing) - get those who don't identify as content strategists to think like one - goal was to show wider scope of content strategy and help everyone understand how they fit into it - it shows up in all aspects of web development - e.g., why would back-end engineer care? - even at database level, decisions about how/where to store content have strategy implications - thinking about how end user might want to access the content can/should dictate aspects of underlying data 8:35 - sorting out data chunks from blobs - make it efficient to display - e.g. go to Google now and search for a product and Google will return shopping options (along with other info) - importance of markup so that Google can understand and index properly 10:00 - and that's a glimpse to the future - contextual information served up because devices can understand your content and its structure - future technologies (AR glasses, etc.) require same way of thinking - data needs to be split up and connected together - only output data that is necessary, in individual pieces of data, which is stored properly, and properly connected - and THAT is content strategy - "truly contextualizing your data and explaining what it is, and then figuring out which parts of that matter to which users and giving them only what matters when they need it, in a format they can use" 12:00 - process at Lynda culminated with approval of the course 12:40 - Gutenberg initiative at WordPress open-source project - "WordPress Block Editor" - used to be just "posts" and "pages" in WordPress - what Gutenberg currently says is that all of the stuff that happens in a content block - different content types - each paragraph, image, list, etc. has its own context and characteristics - but that's just tip of iceberg - can get more specific - doing content modeling exercise - figuring out pieces fit in - for each piece of content - currently done in WordPress editor 16:20 - Gutenberg Step 2 - extend block way of thinking outside of the editor - e.g. can define shareable blocks to use elsewhere - e.g. for book reviews "about author" block - can use same block in multiple places - called a "resuable block" in Gutenberg - can change reusable block and all instances will change -

Morten Rand-Hendriksen Morten Rand-Hendriksen is a broadly accomplished web designer and educator. He is very active in the WordPress open-source project and is known there for his strong opinions on topics like the Gutenberg project. I also learned in this interview that he was originally trained as a philosopher and is currently working on an ethical framework for web content creators. Morten and I talked about the content strategy behind his Lynda.com content-strategy course, about the implications of Gutenberg for content strategists in the WordPress world, and about his work on web-industry ethics. Morten's Bio Morten Rand-Hendriksen is a senior staff instructor at LinkedIn Learning and Lynda.com with 60+ courses published on WordPress, web standards, design and UX, and future technologies. He also teaches Interaction Design at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and contributes to WordPress core and community projects. When he's not working you'll find Morten playing with his son, reading philosophy and science fiction, talking to people about the internet and how it shapes our society, and wearing out his shoes on the ballroom dance floor. Video Here's the video version of our conversation. https://youtu.be/T5yuAr_YE5s Show Notes/"Transcript" [Not an actual transcript - just my quick notes on first listen-through] 0:30 - Morten history and background - built first website in 1998 - 2:50 - impact of hyperlinking on how we access, publish, access again, etc. content - huge changes - and we'll see an perceive, understand and share content - and we'll see another dramatic 4:15 - origins of his content strategy course at Lynda.com/LinkedIn Learning (which are the same thing) - get those who don't identify as content strategists to think like one - goal was to show wider scope of content strategy and help everyone understand how they fit into it - it shows up in all aspects of web development - e.g., why would back-end engineer care? - even at database level, decisions about how/where to store content have strategy implications - thinking about how end user might want to access the content can/should dictate aspects of underlying data 8:35 - sorting out data chunks from blobs - make it efficient to display - e.g. go to Google now and search for a product and Google will return shopping options (along with other info) - importance of markup so that Google can understand and index properly 10:00 - and that's a glimpse to the future - contextual information served up because devices can understand your content and its structure - future technologies (AR glasses, etc.) require same way of thinking - data needs to be split up and connected together - only output data that is necessary, in individual pieces of data, which is stored properly, and properly connected - and THAT is content strategy - "truly contextualizing your data and explaining what it is, and then figuring out which parts of that matter to which users and giving them only what matters when they need it, in a format they can use" 12:00 - process at Lynda culminated with approval of the course 12:40 - Gutenberg initiative at WordPress open-source project - "WordPress Block Editor" - used to be just "posts" and "pages" in WordPress - what Gutenberg currently says is that all of the stuff that happens in a content block - different content types - each paragraph, image, list, etc. has its own context and characteristics - but that's just tip of iceberg - can get more specific - doing content modeling exercise - figuring out pieces fit in - for each piece of content - currently done in WordPress editor 16:20 - Gutenberg Step 2 - extend block way of thinking outside of the editor - e.g. can define shareable blocks to use elsewhere - e.g. for book reviews "about author" block - can use same block in multiple places - called a "resuable block" in Gutenberg - can change reusable block and all instances will change -

This week on Episode 262 of the WP-Tonic Podcast, the roundtable discussed Virtual Reality in WordPress and WordPress use in higher education. Sallie Goetsch, Morten Rand-Hendriksen, Chris Badgett, John Locke, and Adam Preiser joined co-host Kim Shivler in a lively discussion of the future of virtual reality with one member believing it has no future. We launched with WPTavern’s covering of Tuesday’s Higher Ed Conference. https://wptavern.com/free-conference-dedicated-to-wordpress-in-higher-ed-takes-place-january-30th-at-9am-cst

LarrySwanson - host of the Content Strategy Interviews podcast Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13. I'm beginning to understand this fear. I had first scheduled a guest for episode number 13 several weeks ago. The day before we were going to talk, he contacted me to report that he had been clobbered by that flu that is making the rounds. "No worries," I thought. "I'll just move my next interview up a week." That worked fine, on paper anyway. Just as we were about to begin that interview, the school nurse called my guest to let her know that her kid was sick. So we had to reschedule. I decided not to risk sickening any other guests. So this episode is a quick retrospective interview with myself, looking back at the first dozen episodes of this podcast. Show Notes 0:20 - triskaidekaphobia concerns 1:00 - quick review of shows to this point 1:30 - overview of upcoming episodes with 1990's content strategists Natasha Banta McDermott and Laura Porto Stockwell, Lynda.com instructor and WordPress guru Morten Rand-Hendriksen, UK-based government UX expert Sarah Richards and then across the Irish Sea to talk with Elizabeth McGuane about building a content strategy team 2:45 - plea for leads to strategically minded content marketing experts 3:25 - request for brainstorming on how to anonymously share the content-strategy insights of my friends at Google, Amazon, and Facebook in a way that won't get them in hot water with their PR departments 4:00 - my "content first" and currently busy life have kept me from promoting this podcast as much as I'd like, so please subscribe at iTunes, the Android store, SoundCloud, and/or YouTube and leave me nice reviews - and tell your friends!

LarrySwanson - host of the Content Strategy Interviews podcast Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13. I'm beginning to understand this fear. I had first scheduled a guest for episode number 13 several weeks ago. The day before we were going to talk, he contacted me to report that he had been clobbered by that flu that is making the rounds. "No worries," I thought. "I'll just move my next interview up a week." That worked fine, on paper anyway. Just as we were about to begin that interview, the school nurse called my guest to let her know that her kid was sick. So we had to reschedule. I decided not to risk sickening any other guests. So this episode is a quick retrospective interview with myself, looking back at the first dozen episodes of this podcast. Show Notes 0:20 - triskaidekaphobia concerns 1:00 - quick review of shows to this point 1:30 - overview of upcoming episodes with 1990's content strategists Natasha Banta McDermott and Laura Porto Stockwell, Lynda.com instructor and WordPress guru Morten Rand-Hendriksen, UK-based government UX expert Sarah Richards and then across the Irish Sea to talk with Elizabeth McGuane about building a content strategy team 2:45 - plea for leads to strategically minded content marketing experts 3:25 - request for brainstorming on how to anonymously share the content-strategy insights of my friends at Google, Amazon, and Facebook in a way that won't get them in hot water with their PR departments 4:00 - my "content first" and currently busy life have kept me from promoting this podcast as much as I'd like, so please subscribe at iTunes, the Android store, SoundCloud, and/or YouTube and leave me nice reviews - and tell your friends!

This week Adan Fout, Sallie Goetsch, Chris Badgett, Adam Preiser, and Morten Rand-Hendriksen joined host Jonathan Denwood to discuss Tips and Tricks for Creating Successful Information Products. The biggest key is to create quality content that provides value for your customer. The group mentioned sometimes you give your email to someone and find that the giveaway is fluff. One question arose on whether there are specific types of content that are better suited for information products and if a specific length is recommended. The clear answer was that different audiences may prefer different types and length of content, and that the situation for content may change this interest. Some people like to read content, and the current “long reads” trend gives people an easy way to consume written content in a distraction free environment. Many times when people want to learn something fast, they may be looking for a quick video. On a long run or car trip, an hour+ podcast or even audiobook may be preferred.

Morten Rand-Hendriksen is an incredible developer and teacher who brings it all to his online courses. In this extra long Season 3 Finale, Morten and I run the gamut on topics, including courses, empathy, technology, WordPress, and more. I strongly recommend you give this one a good listen because it’s a great episode. Thanks so […] The post Episode 61: Morten Rand-Hendriksen & Teaching at Lynda appeared first on How I Built It.

This week, the WP-Tonic Roundtable featured Sallie Goestch, Lee Jackson, John Locke, Kim Shivler, and special guest Larry Swanson along with host Jonathan Denwood to discuss WordCamp Seattle and WordPress Hooks: Actions and Filters. Larry, of EllesMedia (https://ellessmedia.com/), is a content strategist who is co-organizer of WordCamp Seattle, so we kicked off our session with an peek at what this year’s WordCamp Seattle features. Four tracks including a WP 101 Setup track are available with a speaker list that includes frequent Roundtable contributor Morten Rand-Hendriksen presenting Gutenberg & the Future of WordPress. WordCamp Seattle will be held November 4-5, 2017, and tickets a

Our Panel Sallie Goetsch: from WP Fangirl Jackie D’Elia: from Jackie D’Elia Design Jonathan Denwood: from WP-Tonic.com Morten Rand-Hendriksen: from LinedIn.com   Main Topic ” How To Managed Difficult WordPress Projects.” News Stories For This Week 1 - WordPress Abandons React due to Patents Clause, Gutenberg to be Rewritten with a Different Library https://wptavern.com/wordpress-abandons-react-due-to-patents-clause-gutenberg-to-be-rewritten-with-a-different-library 2 - Perspective on WordPress By Scott Bolinger http://scottbolinger.com/perspective-on-wordpress/

This week, the WP-Tonic Roundtable featured an almost full house. Morten Rand-Hendriksen, Sallie Goestch, Lee Jackson, Mendel Kurland, John Locke, Kim Shivler, and special guest Tom McCraken joined host Jonathan Denwood to discuss Morten’s article on the upcoming WordPress Gutenberg editor and learn more about what Google Analytics can tell us about our WordPress websites. The panel has discussed the upcoming Gutenberg editor several times. This week’s discussion was brought about based on an article written by Morten (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/gutenberg-morten-rand-hendriksen) that was then picked up by WPTavern (

All The Things In this episode, I am chatting with Morten Rand-Hendriksen. As someone who has taken most, if not all his courses on Lynda.com - all I can say is WOW - this is awesome. Let's get started! Morten Rand-Hendriksen Instructor, educator, speaker at LinkedIn Learning, helping people master WordPress, the web, and online communication. Since joining forces with Lynda.com (now LinkedIn Learning) in 2010, Morten has 60+ published courses on WordPress, front-end web design and development, and web standards, reaching hundreds of thousands of viewers from all over the world. He also contributes to the web community as a public speaker, author, educator, web developer, and design philosopher. This episode of Rethink.fm is sponsored by: Delicious Brains - They make super awesome products for WordPress If you’re a developer who’s looking to speed up their workflows so you can work less but bill the same (effectively increasing your hourly rate), WP Migrate DB Pro is for you. Or, check out their blog at deliciousbrains.com. (Developers really like it) This is one of the plugins I renew every year. It speeds up development time. It's keeps my local and remote database synced during development, keeps my media files synced and is built by a team that I trust. --Jackie D'Elia Rethink.fm listeners - Save 10% off today! (Limited time offer - Coupon expires June 30, 2017) Listen to Episode 15 Show Notes Morten's Website @mor10 on Twitter Linkedin Articles Some topics we discussed: Twentyseventeen The Case for WordPress Telemetry WordPress Theme Customizer Creating Web Icons with SVG Essential Javascript Training Migrate DB Pro course on Lynda.com WP-Tonic Podcast A takeaway worth noting: What should WordPress developers be focusing on? You need to learn how to build things without WordPress. WordPress is a tool in your toolkit but it cannot be the tool you stand on when you do all your work. WordPress is literally a content management system that uses PHP, HTML, CSS and Javascript to create front-end content. --Morten Rand-Hendriksen All Morten's Courses on Lynda.com Transcript Jackie The guys at Delicious Brains make super awesome stuff for Wordpress developers. If you’ve ever experienced the pain of trying to copy your Wordpress database from one install to another - dev to staging and back again, you’re going to seriously want to check out their WP Migrate DB Pro plugin. It not only makes migrating databases easier, but by saving you so many hours, it effectively increases your hourly rate. Definitely a must for any WordPress developer working on client sites. Check it out deliciousbrains.com. Open PDF transcript in a new window. Jackie Hey, everybody. It's Jackie D'Elia with another episode of Rethink.fm. This is Episode 15. I have my very special guest, Morten Rand-Hendriksen who is a senior staff instructor at Linkedin Learning. Hey, Morten. Morten Hi. Jackie Thanks for joining me. Morten Good to be here. Jackie For those who don't know you, and I can't imagine there is a lot of people that listen to this show that don't, is there anything else that you want to fill in about what you do? Morten Well, my main job is as an instructor at Linkedin Learning and Lynda.com, I also contribute to the WordPress Project in odd and unusual ways. I don't really write a lot of code patches for WordPress but I ask a lot of questions about decisions that are being made. I propose things that should be done. I also contribute to the Community Project, like we're working on something. I'm peripherally involved in a non-hard and heavy code sense in that project. Jackie Well, before we jump into that, I've just got a couple of questions for you. How did you get started teaching? Morten At random. Let's see. This must have been 2009, 2008, something like that. I was working on a project, just some random client project.

In this episode, we look at local development, and how that can help your workflow. What options are there for local development, and what do you do with a local site when it's time to deploy. We examine why you need a local environment in your workflow, and some choices for getting started.   Our WordPress panel this week:   Jackie D'Elia: https://jackiedelia.com / Morten Rand-Hendriksen: https://www.lynda.com/ Sallie Goetsch: https://wpfangirl.com Jonathan Denwood: https://www.wp-tonic.com/ John Locke: https://www.lockedowndesign.com/   ==================   Our episode this week is sponsored by LiquidWeb. Liquid Web is offering a 33% discount for your first 6 months of managed WordPress hosting. Head over to https://LiquidWeb.com/wordpress and use the code WPTONIC33 at checkout for your discount.   ==================   Table of Contents for Episode 188   0:00 Podcast intros. 4:08 WordPress News Story #1: Scaling WordPress Image Serving with Tachyon 14:57 WordPress News Story #2: Is The Design Firm an Endangered Species? 28:20 Main Topic: Local Development Environments in WordPress 28:28 Why should you develop locally? What advantages are there by incorporating it into your workflow? 30:50 Use the simplest possible setup for local development when you're getting started. 35:02 The panel has lots of thoughts on different local development setups. 50:28 You should always backup your database when working locally. 57:25 Podcast outros.   ==================   Links mentioned during the show:   Amazon Web Services by Delicious Brains Design Thinking (IDEO) Teehan+Lax Partners Join Facebook Design (2015) Discussion: The Future of the Digital Design Agency (2015) "Anyone who influences what the design becomes is the designer." DesktopServer Installing and Running WordPress: DesktopServer Migrate DB Pro Moving WordPress with WP Migrate DB and DB Pro Local by Flywheel Bitnami Mergebot MAMP & MAMP Pro XAMPP Vagrant Source Tree Rethink.fm Schedule WordPress: REST API

In the world of web design and development, there is a divide between designers and developers. Many agencies have figured out how to bridge this communication gap, but many people out there don't know how to speak the language of the other side. In this episode, we look at some of the communication issues that come up regularly, and how to solve them. We examine how our own processes for working with others has evolved over time. Lastly, we attempt to answer the question, "Should designers learn to code?" an ask a new question, "Should developers learn design?" Every Friday at 9am PST we have a round-table discussion which combines the latest WordPress news with one main discussion topic. This week's main topic was “Collaborating with a Designer / Developer.” You can find a list of this months upcoming live recordings on the WP-Tonic's website. https://www.wp-tonic.com/blab/   Our WordPress panel this week:   Nick Meagher: http://byprimer.co/ Morten Rand-Hendriksen: http://mor10.com/ Kim Shivler: https://howtobuildanonlinecourse.com/ John Locke: https://www.lockedowndesign.com/ Jonathan Denwood: https://www.wp-tonic.com   ==================   Our episode this week is sponsored by LiquidWeb. Liquid Web is offering a 33% discount for your first 6 months of managed WordPress hosting. Head over to https://LiquidWeb.com/wordpress and use the code WPTONIC33 at checkout for your discount.   ==================   Table of Contents for Episode 182   0:00 Podcast intros. 2:25 WordPress News Story: The End of 80/20 and the Future of WordPress https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/end-8020-future-wordpress-morten-rand-hendriksen   22:21 Main Topic: Collaborating with a Designer or Developer 22:24 How did Nick find a process with his design partner, Hunter? 25:08 What sort of discussions are had about wireframes, and what each design component does? 26:21 Kim's experiences with corporate teams and cutting through the jargon, to find a common ground. 29:53 Morten's process at Pink and Yellow Media for designing and building a site. 35:50 John's experiences with working with designers, and how his process has changed over time. 37:57 Should designers learn to code? Should developers learns to design? 51:20 How do you find a good partner to complement your respective skills? 59:26 Podcast outros. 1:02:13 Bonus content.   ===================   Find bonus content for this episode on the WP-Tonic website: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/182-working-web-designer/   ===================   Subscribe to WP-Tonic on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2   ===================   WP-Tonic is both a WordPress maintenance and support service, and the publisher of a weekly WordPress business podcast.  

In this week's WordPress panel, we looked at social media tools and services. What tools do we use to share, track, and accelerate social media engagement? We also talk social media strategies, and what platforms are giving us the best returns. We do a live show every Saturday at 9am PST. You can find details about each Saturday show here: https://www.wp-tonic.com/blab/   =======   Our panel this week:   Sallie Goetsch https://www.wpfangirl.com/   Lee Jackson http://leejacksondev.com/podcast/ and http://angledcrown.com/   Morten Rand-Hendriksen https://mor10.com/   Jackie D'Elia https://jackiedelia.com/ and http://rethink.fm/   Jonathan Denwood https://www.wp-tonic.com/   John Locke https://www.lockedowndesign.com/   ==================   Our episode this week is sponsored by LiquidWeb. Liquid Web is offering a 33% discount for your first 6 months of hosting. Head over to https://LiquidWeb.com/wordpress  and use the code WPTONIC33 at checkout for your discount.   ==================   Table of Contents for Episode 166   0:00 Podcast intros. 6:00 WordPress News Story #1: WPWeekly Episode 262 – Interview With Morten Rand-Hendriksen https://wptavern.com/wpweekly-episode-262-interview-with-morten-rand-hendriksen   The Case for WordPress Telemetry https://mor10.com/the-case-for-wordpress-telemetry/   24:19 WordPress News Story #2:  WordPress.org Releases Plans For Customization In 2017 https://torquemag.io/2017/01/wordpress-org-releases-plans-customization-2017/ 34:19 Main Topic: Social Media Tools 34:21 What tools are you using for social media? What platforms are you focusing on? 48:45 Some tools that we have used, and social tools that we are experimenting with. 1:03:40 YouTube as a social network. 1:06:34 We mourn the loss of Blab, and what could have been for that network. 1:10:39 Podcast Outros.   ===================   Links mentioned during the show:   Gutenberg https://wordpress.github.io/gutenberg/   EA Share Count http://www.billerickson.net/share-count-plugin/   Social Warfare https://warfareplugins.com/   Buffer https://buffer.com/app   165 WP-Tonic: Mojca Marš – All About Facebook Ads https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/165-mojca-mars-facebook-ads/   Edgar https://meetedgar.com/   Social Networks Auto Poster {SNAP} http://www.nextscripts.com/social-networks-aut

On this week's WP-Tonic round table, we give some insight on how to work with non-profit organizations. How is working with non-profits different than working with clients in the private sector? Our round table of WordPress experts also discusses the best marketing practices for non-profits. Our panel this week: Morten Rand-Hendriksen of Lynda.com Sallie Goetsch of WP Fangirl Jonathan Denwood of WP-Tonic John Lockeof Lockedown Design Show Table of Contents: 0:00 Show Intros 2:02 WordPress Story #1: Does Jetpack slow down a WordPress website? https://mattreport.com/jetpack-speed/ 20:04 WordPress Story #2: How I Built It, Episode 12: Chris Lema and Beyond Good https://howibuilt.it/episode-12-chris-lema-and-beyond-good/ 31:54 Main Topic: Working With Non-Profits 32:02 What is different about working with non-profits vs working with regular businesses? 34:14 How does the non-profit managerial structure affect timelines and the decision making process? 36:44 Jonathan shares a link: How Nonprofits Get really Big from the Stanford Social Innovation Review https://ssir.org/articles/entry/how_nonprofits_get_really_big 40:29 What unique challenges do non-profits have in establishing and achieving their marketing goals? 44:50 How do non-profits find their target segments? How do you define personas and develop a content strategy to reach those target personas? 48:38 What are some examples of non-profits that are doing a great job with marketing? 51:55 What are some things that non-profits need to focus on when it comes to their website and digital marketing? 56:20 Podcast outros 58:49 YouTube bonus content 58:55 More thoughts on marketing for non-profits 1:05:00 John's experience with non-profits 1:09:20 Quick advice on discounting and pro bono 1:09:50 Some non-profits may be in a better position to pay you than regular businesses. 1:11:27 Building up good will in the community by working with non-profits in your community. ========================== LInks mentioned during the show: If You Want Results, Think About How You Post and Share Content http://tacticalsocialmedia.org/post-share-content-matters/ Ladies Learning To Code http://ladieslearningcode.com/ Black Girls Code http://www.blackgirlscode.com/ WEAVE, Inc. http://www.weaveinc.org/ ========================== Find bonus content for this episode on the WP-Tonic website: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/142-working-with-non-profits-wordpress/ ========================== Subscribe to WP-Tonic on iTunes and leave us a review! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2

The main goal of my gap season is to introduce new ideas, conversations, and concepts from around the WordPress community. Today, I'm proud to have had the opportunity to share this episode with Morten Rand-Hendriksen, Senior Staff Instructor at LinkedIn Learning and Lynda.com. The show Matt Report - A WordPress podcast for digital business owners The secret to understanding your client and fellow human Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new window If you don't follow Morten, you probably should follow him on Twitter. Like, right now, I'll wait… See, I've followed him for a while, exchanging an occasional tweet here and there, but we never had a “real” conversation before. When I thought about introducing new views to the show, he was the first person that came to mind. I wanted someone with a strong opinion, who would give us a new angle to think about — not just another tool or tactic. When I say, he delivered on this promise, is an understatement. I could have titled this episode: “How to 10x your closing rates” or “Land $50k projects like a fighter pilot” but that, that would be doing the content an injustice. What we have in this episode is like finding that loose strand in your favorite sweater, and when you pull it, the whole thing becomes unraveled. That single thread of fabric that is the link to the entire garment. Understanding how another person views your ideas, your work, is the key to anything. The key to a healthy relationship, the key to landing a project, the key to getting your voice heard in a political movement — anything. It's such an oversight, for most of us. Why doesn't the client like our design, or, why don't they understand how to use WordPress — it's right there! If you've found yourself thinking that, or have a tough time getting your message across, this is the episode for you. The links Morten on Twitter Morten on Lynda Morten on LinkedIn ★ Support this podcast ★

The main goal of my gap season is to introduce new ideas, conversations, and concepts from around the WordPress community. Today, I’m proud to have had the opportunity to share this episode with Morten Rand-Hendriksen, Senior Staff Instructor at LinkedIn Learning and Lynda.com. (more…)

We have a great panel of WordPress educational experts and developers this Saturday, Morten Rand-Hendriksen from Lynda.com, Kim Shivler, from Whiteglovewebtraining, Jackie D’Elia from  Jackie D’Elia Design and our co-host John Locke from Lockedown Design. What are the various resources that we have used before? What are the websites, books, seminars, conferences, and courses that we recommend? Show Table of Contents 0:00 Intros 3:03 WordPress story #1: The Future of eLearning by Chris Lema. http://chrislema.com/future-of-elearning/ 29:44 WordPress story #2: Apply for the Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship from the WordCamp US 2016 blog. https://2016.us.wordcamp.org/2016/10/03/apply-for-the-kim-parsell-memorial-scholarship/ 40:16 Main Topic: Resources for Continuing Your Web Education 40:52 What resources would you recommend to someone who is a total beginner at web design and development? 44:50 Learning the web in the early days vs. learning web design and development today. 48:46 Some great resources for learning web design and web development 57:24 Know what your end goal is, and know what the job market for web design and development looks like. 1:01:44 John recommends some books and sites for learning web design and development 1:03:17 How long does it take to start making a living from web design and development? 1:04:48 Jonathan recommends some books and courses for WordPress development 1:08:32 Why Jackie uses Genesis for WordPress development and some recommended resources for learning WordPress development. 1:12:16 Jackie lists some resources for learning PHP and JavaScript 1:15:02 Kim recommends some resources for learning databases and MySQL. 1:17:34 Podcast outros.   =========== Links and websites mentioned during the show:   Wes Bos http://wesbos.com/courses/ Zac Gordon: JavaScript for WP https://javascriptforwp.com/ https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/104-zac-gordon-wordpress-educator/ Treehouse https://teamtreehouse.com/ The App Design Handbook and Designing Web Applications by Nathan Berry http://nathanbarry.com/books/ Vi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi Code School https://www.codeschool.com/ Codecademy https://www.codecademy.com/ Judi Knight https://twitter.com/judiknight https://newtricks.com/ LinkedIn Learning https://www.linkedin.com/learning/ Lynda https://www.lynda.com/ dBase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBase Guil Hernandez on Twitter https://twitter.com/guilh Know The Code https://knowthecode.io/

WP-Tonic #113: How do You Write Winning WordPress Project Proposals? Our panel: Morten Rand-Hendriksen: from Lynda.com Sallie Goetsch: from Wpfangirl.com Jackie D’Elia: from Jackie D’Elia Design John Locke: from Lockedown Design Today the WP-Tonic panel discusses how to write a winning WordPress proposal. What things go into a great proposal? How do you handle the payment schedule? Who is responsible for content creation? How should you price? Should you use value-based pricing, hourly pricing, fixed pricing, or another means of pricing? What are some common mistakes to avoid? What items do you stress in your proposals? All these questions and more are answered on episode #113 of WP-Tonic. https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/113-how-do-you-write-winning-wordpress-project-proposals/   ------------------------------------------------ Spotlight WordPress news story (top of the hour): https://helen.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/theme-disconnect-and-discontent/ ---------------------------------------------   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

This week, we look at What Makes a WooCommerce Website Successful? The lessons we learned are not what you might expect them to be. Our panel this week: Sallie Goetsch: https://wpfangirl.com Morten Rand-Hendriksen: http://pinkandyellow.com/ Scott Buscemi: https://luminary.ws/ John Locke: https://www.lockedowndesign.com/ Show Table of Contents: 0:00 We introduce the episode and our panel. 3:34 WordPress News Story: John James Jacoby Publishes 35 Part Tweetstorm on WordPress Leadership, Community, and Economics https://wptavern.com/john-james-jacoby-publishes-35-part-tweetstorm-on-wordpress-leadership-community-and-economics 27:26 Our Main WordPress Topic: What Makes a WooCommerce Website Successful? 27:49 What are the characteristics that make any ecommerce website successful? 28:45 Show off what makes you different. 29:15 You have to drive traffic to your website. 31:34 Running an e-commerce site is the same as running a bricks-and-mortar store. 34:12 If you don't have traffic, you aren't going to make sales. 35:58 Rising to the top of Google takes more than one day. 38:19 People think that WooCommerce extensions will help them make sales, when they are really for sites already making sales. 39:56 Not every issue is a technical issue. 40:30 Many companies think they know their audience, but they don't. 43:29 If you really know your market, you will succeed. 45:25 Are there any challenges that are unique to WooCommerce as opposed to other e-commerce platforms? 48:04 WooCommerce is a powerful platform, but requires a lot of technical knowledge from the consultant setting it up. 50:27 There's a user story behind every WooCommerce setting. 51:57 Every ecommerce platform has certain trade-offs. 52:59 Some more thoughts on what can make a WooCommerce site build challenging. 57:26 Running an e-commerce website has many layers of complexity and legal obligation beyond those of a regular marketing website. 1:02:01 We do outros for the podcast listeners.   ================ Leave us a review on iTunes and subscribe to our WordPress podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wordpress-wp-tonic-jonathan/id893083124?mt=2   ================ Read the article on the WP-Tonic website for bonus content: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/what-makes-a-woocommerce-website-successful/   ================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

In this episode to travel back to episode #1 and for #100 Morton Rand-Hendriksen returns to update us with what he's been up to in the world of WordPress.   Read the article on WP-Tonic.com for additional content: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/2-100-special-guest-morten-rand-hendriksen-lynda-com/   Links: https://mor10.com/ https://wp-tonic.com/   ================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.

This week I talk to Morten Rand-Hendriksen Upcoming Events No WordCamps 1st weekend of May Segment 1: In the News WordPress 4.2 XSS Venerability Segment 2:  This week I talk to Morten Rand-Hendriksen Morten's Tools: Netbeans Sourcetree Dashland Follow Morten twitter  – @mor10 web Mort10.com lynda.com lynda.com/trial/mor10 (10 day free trial) Segment 3: Tool of the…

LINK TO VIDEO  Morten Rand-Hendriksen 1.Click this text, go to iTunes,   2. Click “Vieåw in iTunes” blue button   3. Subscribe and give us a rating! Thanks! Well with out further ado let get into part 2 of  Morten’s Timeline  BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT:    “There is always more to learn” Tweet: Check out this episode of http://ctt.ec/baD9O+ @billconrad360 #podcasting #podcaster   BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT QUESTIONS:  Are you a MAC or PC and what brand of phone do you use?

We are doing a two-parter with Morten Rand-Hendriksen! Our guest today is a published author and one of the top WordPress experts in North America.  He is well known as a WordPress staff authors at Linda. Running a digital media company, he divides his time evenly between building web solutions and teaching others how to do things right and get the most out of the web. Morton grew up in Norway and now makes his home is  Canada his home in 2002. Check out the Lynda link: http://www.lynda.com/WordPress-tutorials/WordPresscom-Essential-Training/141506-2.html Go to episode 085, Part 2 for the rest of the story! Morten Rand-Hendriksen Links: https://plus.google.com/+MortenRandHendriksen/posts Twitter: https://twitter.com/mor10    WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but a twice weekly podcast about WordPress where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development and online marketing.

Link:  http://timelinesofsuccess.com/?p=1334&preview=true This is the first of two episode We are doing a twofer with Morten Ran-Hendriksen! Our guest today is a published author and one of the top WordPress experts in North America.  He is well known as a WordPress staff authors at Linda. Running a digital media company, he divides his time evenly between building web solutions and teaching others how to do things right and get the most out of the web. Morton grew up in Norway and now makes his home is  Canada his home in 2002. Check out the Lynda link: http://www.lynda.com/WordPress-tutorials/WordPresscom-Essential-Training/141506-2.htmlGo to episode 085, Part 2 for the rest of the story! Morten Rand-Hendriksen Links: https://plus.google.com/+MortenRandHendriksen/posts Twitter: https://twitter.com/mor10