To help you prepare for how web3 will shape — and already is shaping — WordPress, we attended Dave Lockie’s session “WordPress and web3 trends (disruption, challenges, opportunities)” at WordCamp Europe 2022. We will include insights from this session as we explore what web3 might mean to the open-source content management system and its global […]
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What You Need to Know About Web3 and WordPress
HubSpot published an article in June 2022 featuring insights from my WordCamp Europe talk about Web3 and WordPress. This was just days after I’d given the presentation in Porto, and weeks after joining Automattic as Web3 Lead. The timing was interesting – WCEU is a major WordPress event, HubSpot is a massive inbound marketing platform, […]
Cryptocurrency Payments: Opening Doors for Business
I joined the HAYVN Webinar Series in May 2022 as a panelist to talk about something that’s been central to my work at Automattic: cryptocurrency payments for businesses. This was still relatively early days for mainstream crypto payments. Bitcoin had been around for over a decade, but adoption by regular businesses – not crypto-native companies, […]
Making WordPress Better With AI
When we think about AI, it’s hard to tell hype from genuine utility. In reality, AI is a bundle of over 25 different technologies, ranging from the ‘everyday’ to the cutting edge. This talk uses the blade of WordPress to slice through the hype and focus on practical, achievable ways to start leveraging AI technologies […]
Learning Hack podcast – LH #54 What Rough Beast with David Lockie
It was a privilege to talk with my old friend John Helmer for this episode of his Learning Hack podcast, all about how Web3 could impact learning. John talks to David Lockie, an entrepreneur and investor in leading-edge web technologies who is Co-chair of the British Interactive Media Association’s Blockchain Counsel and passionate about blockchain, […]
What Rough Beast? Web3 and the Future of Learning
John Helmer invited me onto The Learning Hack podcast in early February 2022 to talk about something that doesn’t get discussed enough: What does Web3 mean for learning and development professionals? The episode title – "What Rough Beast" – comes from Yeats’ poem "The Second Coming." The rough beast slouching toward Bethlehem. Something new and […]