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Deleting a Facebook group I once loved: WP Builds
Since 2016, I have been making a podcast about WordPress. It’s called WP Builds. It became, and still is, at the centre of what I do. It’s very important to me. Soon after starting the podcast, I decided that I’d set up a Facebook group to go with it; a place where I’d share episodes and continue the conversations which were raised in the audio. I have no idea why, but it grew really quickly. With almost zero effort, over 3,000 joined and started to hang out there. It was vibrant, it was fun, educational, and most importantly, it was…
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Introducing show.fm: something for podcasters, and a journey for me
show.fm is a new app that I’ve launched to help people make podcasts more easily. If you know a podcaster, let them know about it!
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Looking for guests for a new, non-technical, podcast
I’ve been mulling the idea of doing a non-technical podcast for years, but now I’m finally going to do it, and I need guests.
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What makes you a podcaster?
I saw a post on X the other day which basically asked the question, when can you / should you call yourself a podcaster? I’ve been creating podcasts for about 9 years now, and although there might be some vanity metrics in the use of the word, the definition of ‘a podcaster’ is pretty clear to me. If you have a podcast RSS feed, then you’re a podcaster. That’s it. An RSS feed (stands for Really Simple Syndication) is a text document which you will likely never see, but it’s what allows your podcast players to ‘see’ the episodes you…
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Podcast no-show
You might not know, but I make podcasts in the WordPress space for a living. I talk to people about their products, services and their involvement in the WordPress community. One of the things that I do to make life easier for myself, and the guests that I have on the podcast, is to provide an online calendar booking system. People go to my booking page, book an appointment for a podcast recording. It’s really easy to do. This does however present me with the problem that I’m allowing an online booking system to control my calendar. If someone books…