Hope all of you Canadians out there enjoyed the short week. Hard to believe Thanksgiving is already behind us – time’s really zipped by this year! Despite half our team being down south for Pressnomics, things are starting to get back to normal at the office. Here’s what we’ve been reading this week. For more great WordPress links, be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
GoDaddy Acquires Media Temple
The news of Media Temple being acquired by GoDaddy was met with a predictable sigh from many in the community. (mt)’s business was built on serving people in the creative industry; many in this space scoff at the suggestion of using GoDaddy. There’s silver lining, though. Other web hosts (we’re looking at you, WP Engine!) stand to gain from customers moving away from Media Temple.
Related: Media Temple Acquired by GoDaddy (Torque)
WordCamp Europe 2013 Recap
WordCamp Europe 2013 happened on the same weekend as WordCamp Toronto 2013, so the ocean aside, there was just no way Luckily this video recap (courtesy of Kaarel Veike) does a great job of capturing the spirit of the event:
Related: WordCamp Europe rewound (Post Status)
A Smorgasbord of Genesis Framework Plugins
Bob Dunn, better known as BobWP, shares our passion for using and teaching WordPress. He’s put together a great list of plugins for the Genesis Framework. If you’re a Genesis user, you should definitely check out the list (and contribute to it, too).
Related: Genesis Framework Plugins on Listly
ManageWP.org Launches
One of the bigger stories this week is the public unveiling of ManageWP.org, the community-driven news hub assembled by the ManageWP team. We particularly like the read times in the top-right corner of each box:
A Crash Course in WordPress.com
Last week we had an opportunity to speak with first-year college students about using WordPress.com to build their portfolio site (a new requirement of their program curriculum). The presentation is embedded below, and we elaborated on the details in yesterday’s blog post.
