Archive for March, 2009

WordPress Summer of Code 2009

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Dad: Well, Billy, another school year is coming to a close. No more college parties, just another summer here at home. What will you do all day?
Billy: Oh, I dunno. I’ll probably work on my blog or something.
Dad: You need more direction! That blog is just your generation’s answer to comic books.
Billy: On the contrary, [...]

Contributing to WordPress, Part I: Development

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

A week or two ago at WordCamp Denver, I gave a presentation about some plans to create more opportunities for people to contribute to the WordPress open source project. The icon design contest was such a success that it seems clear we need to come up with ways for non-developers to contribute their talents and [...]