Life Updates Adam: Surprise .. I’m here! Kyle: I’m shocked. I’m flummoxed. I’m gaffed. I’m bamboozled. But mostly I’m delighted. So nice to have my good friend here for an unexpected visit. WordPress News Too many things to recap for the past 6 months but let us try .. Changes: Kyle #1 Kyle #2 Kyle…By Adam Silver & Kyle Maurer

Life Updates Adam: Just working. Running. A lot. runadam.run Kyle: Believe it or not, I’m actually working on building a website. Rick: Working WordPress News GoDaddy Data Breach Exposes 1.2 Million Active and Inactive Managed WordPress Hosting Accounts AWS was down! 😱 Automattic Acquires WPScan Birmingham to Host First In-Person WordCamp, February…

Updates: Adam: Went to visit my parents. Doing well. Getting ready to take CWP and KSWP to the next level… + cooler weather. Finally. Kyle: I’m rocking the NFL predictions challenge. WordPress News: SandHills!! LearnDash to StellarWP Changes: Rich Tabor joins Extendify Wearing/Drinking/Reading? Adam: WC Birmingham hoodie / coffee / The Plant Parado…

Updates Adam: So many.. Wedding anniv (23 years) Ellens Bday (AGE REDACTED). Kid graduated HS. Kid back at college. Kid back in HS… and 5 years at CWP. I win! oh.. and I might have bought a new domain(388 days) .. finally! (let 3 go) Kyle: has a new podcast! I’ve never really talked into…By Adam Silver & Kyle Maurer

Life Updates Adam: College kid coming back next week for summer. Other kid deciding on where to go to college next year. Which means I need a side hustle! HA! Oh.. and lots of running lately. Kyle: Coaching T-Ball. Bought a bike. News Hallway Chats — new hosts. Tara Clayes & Liam Dempsey have handed……

Updates: Adam: parents celebrating 55 years. Had a client offer to give me a raise.. And overall ..raised CWP prices too. Kyle: I celebrate 4 years with Sandhills Development. News: Sectigo acquisition of SiteLock Wearing/Drinking/Reading? Adam: GOP Shirt, coffee, The Psychology of money Morgan Housel Kyle: WP Engine t-shirt, Sandhills Development …

Life Updates Kyle: adding role at Sandhills at Product Mgr for EDD Adam: Dad turned 90. applied for FAFSA for Parker. Yikes! Changes Aaron Campbell moved over to NewFold Digital Christie Chirinos leaving WPMRR podcast. Josh Pollock and Joel Worsham join 10up David Beja and Nina Pacifico join Sandhills Development Wearing/Drinking/Reading Adam: Page…

Life Updates Kyle: Joining a couple masterminds. Never done one of these before but I think they’re neat. Adam: Selling a domain. 7 years if KSWP! Launched a service/new site –> AdamSilver.com Changes: WP Engine has hired WPGraphQL creator and maintainer Jason Bahl as a Principal Software Engineer. Wearing/Drinking/Reading? Adam: WCPHX – hoodie.. ……

Updates Kyle: Oh, not much going on really. Went from 1 child to 5! Adam: working.. Planning. Launching. All the things! GitIdiot.com News: Friend of the show – Dustin — hit 500 episodes of his show last week. State of the Word 2020 Changes: Adam – Hired new Social Media Mgr – for backupspeaker.com ……

Life Updates Adam: Hack. Clients Birthday! oh my . Scott: Painting house! Not tan. WordPress News WordPress 2020 Survey open Baremetrics blog about selling the company Wearing/Drinking/Reading? Adam: WCSD 2015 / Water / Traction (via book club) Scott : WCUS 2017 / Tea / not reading!! Questions To stay relevant and not get complacent in……

Updates Sally: All monitored systems are functioning within established parameters. I’m excited to be on the same podcast as Sara Dunn was! Adam: Biz as usual Happy BDAY to Ellen. // finances caught up! Regarding our book club! News: WordPress iOS App – Apple store .. in app purchases.. Wearing/Drinking/Reading? Adam: WC OC 2014 /……

The Get Options Podcast – Episode 135 Life Updates Kyle: I’ve been doing some long-distance running. Adam: It. Is. Done! Launched the new site! BackupSpeaker.com Good night! / Taking time off — I think. News Google Delays mobile indexing to 2021 Changes Jeremy Ward joins Rocket Genius Matt Medeiros leaves Pagely. Heads to CastosHQ……

Updates Dustin: got new “W” MacBook Pro 2 times!! Adam: Taught money lesson to son#1: Too good to be true it is! Side hustle: BackupSpeaker.com is launching! WordPress News External Linking Policy – “Commercial blogs” – not linking! WooCommerce News 4.3 beta 1 Wearing/Drinking/Reading? Adam: Do What you Love (WeWork) & Beaver Builder Hat /……

Updates Kyle: 2020 is half over now. Adam: New client project w/Project Mgr! // backupspeaker.com about to launch!! // up to 4 workouts with F3 and feeling good. News WordPress Contributors Seek Sponsorship for Improving Gutenberg Developer Docs Changes Lisa Canini has joined Sandhills Development Wearing/Drinking/Reading? Adam: W Trucker Hat / Ash…

Updates Kyle: Flooded basement and a friendly squirrel. Adam: Rain. Sun. Short week next week! Vaca!! Dustin: New laptop, a staycation next week, home projects galore! WordPress News: The Get Options question bonanza We want way more questions! Starting today and going for two weeks, sending us quality questions will earn you rewards. 5 questions:……

Updates Kyle: Hunting for worms with a two-year-old. Adam: Vaca in 2 weeks! / New podcast/kids going back to school in fall 1 week early.. And they are upset about it!!! Cmon! News Envira Gallery acquired the juggernaut of WordPress and photography — Imagely. Imagely is the owner of NextGEN Gallery Changes/Whose Hiring? Thrive –……

Updates Joe: Parental leave as baby Morrision is now 4 months old. Kyle: chicken coop close to being done. Adam: Had physical. so/so… so.. back at it “Exercise” ..eating right. Dropped 8lbs! WordPress News GoDaddy SSH hack Changes Sandy Edwards is now a US Field Marketing Manager at GoDaddy Allie Nimmons at WP Buffs Wearing/Drinking/Reading……

Kyle: New original music. Songwriting challenge. Adam: New month..all new things…new client. New “diet” .. very sugar. Non if possible. And tracking what i eat, how I fee. Oh.. and the “new site” is 98% done..gonna put out “call” for submissions today/tomorrow. WordPress News ICANN blocks .org sale List of TLDS WCUS 2020……

Life Updates Kyle: Writing lots of songs. Adam: Dr Appt. Blood work. Bleh. not expecting great results to be honest diet has been meh. Lack of exercise. Etc. WordPress News Frontity – raises 1M E capital from Automattic Wearing/Drinking/Reading Kyle: WorkFront socks, Empowered by WordPress hoodie, North Stack hat/coffee / The Wastelands by Stephen …

Updates Kyle: 4 of 7 chics getting named. “Chloe”, “Coco” “cheek-cheek” “Reggie White” Adam: Wife’s 2nd test came back less than 24hrs and negative. // Painting crew in the house.. Super slow! Scott: Kids. Managing life. Arizona is still there! News Scott’s plugin “Leave it at the Door for WooCommerce “ Wearing/Drinking/Reading? Adam: ……

Updates Kyle: Chicken Coop Adam: school starting for boys, finally!. Taking courses: Keyboard Maestro New site/podcast coming together!! // henry rollins podcast… kcrw.. ( CA ) WordPress News How’s business at Sandhills w/Covid19 Wearing/Drinking/Reading Adam: WC Dayton / Vodka-Cranberry / Good to Great Kyle: WC Ann Arbor 2017 hoodie, Pantheon hat,…

Updates Kyle: My toe hurts a lot. Adam: Ellen feeling much better. Same w/Avalon. WordPress News WordPress 5.4 Changes Jeff Chandler launched WPMainline Wearing/Drinking/Reading Adam: JetPack/coffee in Maui Mug / Stack of magazines for the project Kyle: Sandhills Development jacket, Nexcess hat, Host Duplex t-shirt/coffee / The Wastelands Questions…

Updates Kyle: practicing guitar Adam: grocery bill up 27.2% – feeding 5, vs ~3.5. People. // take a course.. Flatironschool.com. WordPress News WordCamps going online. San Antonio.. Kent. Wearing/Drinking/Reading? Adam: WC SD 2016 / coffee / Good to Great Kyle: Sandhills Brewing t-shirt, Work Front socks, WC Ann Arbor 2015 fleece/coffee / The Waste…

Life Updates Kyle: Trying to break out of the minor pentatonic scale. Adam: rested. Relaxed. Moved daughter…. Home. early. WordPress News. The call for speakers for WordCamp US 2020 (October 27-29) has been issued. mycamp.rocks has a growing directory of virtual WordPress meetups and conferences. If you are a meetup or conference organizer, please …

Updates Kyle: Holy crap, the hiring process is exhausting. Adam: We had snow. A credit of $6.52 to utility bill? // educated son this AM.. PJs to Work Meeting Tara: i hate cold calling. And I am sick of cold weather by now. Heading to Miami! News No more “featured themes” on w.org WooCommerce licensing……

Updates Kyle: Talkity talk talk talk. Adam: Chiropractors do work. WC Santa Clarita Sara: I haven’t left my house since I got home from California on Tuesday. WordPress News Pagely on Today Show Changes Tessa Kriesel has accepted a position at Twitter Wearing/Drinking/Reading? Adam: Code is Poetry shirt / caffeine / Coders & Atomic Habits ……

Updates Kyle: I need Valentine's Day ideas. Adam: Strange dream. Nic Cage. // Half Marathon? Should I? Changes Awesome Motive acquires Semper Plugins Wearing/Drinking/Reading? Adam: WC Chicago 2016 / Caffination / Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink Kyle: WCA2 2014 hat, WCA2 2015 t-shirt, WCA2 2017 hoodie / Orange juice / The Rule of Two……

Updates Kyle: Busy with interviewing candidates. Adam: 49ers had a great season. Changes Cory Miller has partnered with Brian Krogsgard to help run Post Status Remkus de Vries has joined Servebolt Wearing/Drinking/Reading? Adam: WP Birmingham Hoodie + Woo Ship it / Water / Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink Kyle: Digital Summit Detroit t-shirt, San…

Life Updates Kyle: wrapping up work projects. Basketball pickup. Adam: boys back in school. Daughter on her way. Better for me! WordPress News Jason Schuler created a cool new WordPress product: WP Landing Kit Buffer’s work trends predictions Changes Jeries Eadah has joined Platform.sh Ben Meredith has been promoted to head of support……

Updates Kyle: Heading out to play some music with the band for seniors at a nursing home. Adam: Son turned 17. Sis in law visiting. Dog. Scott: Life. good. Kids on vacation. Wearing/Drinking/Reading? Adam: ATO 2018 / coffee / Invested: How Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger Kyle: WC Miami 2017 t-shirt, SiteGround socks / OJ……

Updates Kyle: Watched some movies recently. Adam: Delvis The Dog on instagram! Wearing/Drinking/Reading? Adam: Pressable + WCCHI / coffee / I will teach you to be rich! -by Ramit Sethi Kyle: WCUS 2019 St Louis t-shirt, Real Big Marketing hoodie / Coffee / Star Wars: The Rule of Two Questions What decisions now can WP plugin……

Updates Kyle: Interviewing family for a “Family Podcast” Adam: Leading WC Raleigh. // Got Avalon from college, // F3 holiday party, Milk Stout // Meeting DELVIS / // Q for y.. “a/watch?” Changes Jeries Eadah has left Nexcess News: Ross wrote a great post about website project deliverables Wearing/Drinking/Reading? Adam: Pagely / coffee / Invested:……

Life Updates Kyle: thinking about buying dontbuythatdomainadam.com Adam: Thanksgiving break was nice. Didn’t work for most of it. Had episode 300 for KSWP. my college kid comes back for winter break/month soon! oh.. As i told u.. Listening to Dustin show.. Had an idea! .domain is avvail. Havent bought it yet! Stay tuned! WordPress……

Life Updates Kyle: Talked with a life coach yesterday. Adam: Kid with not fully dev’d frontal lobe. / Pipedrive / Guitar for bday! WordPress News ACF finally updates their pricing Wearing/Drinking Adam: WP Engine/coffee/ Valley of genius : the uncensored history of Silicon Valley, as told by the hackers, founders, and freaks who made it boom……

Life Updates Kyle: I’m going to Ireland. Adam: I’m going to Ireland too! ?!? Back from WCUS 2019 WordPress News Post Status is releasing a resource for everyone who wants to find work in this industry Open.film — The documentary Changes Mendel Kurland is joining Liquid Web Adam Pickering sold Astoundify and has joined Gravity……

WP Podcast Coffee at WordCamp US 2019! St Louis. Nov 2 @ 7:30am Coffee with me, Kyle, Joe, and Christie from WPMRR Podcast. RSVP —> https://getoptionspodcast.com/coffee Bonus Event: Friend of the show and past guest, Tara Clays is leading a Saturday AM run! 6:45am RSVP —> https://getoptionspodcast.com/run…

Life Updates: Kyle: Life good. Adam: Gotcha! surprised Kyle at WC Jackson. News: Come to our WCUS get-together for coffee. Shoutout to the Women in WP podcast. Changes: Sal Ferrarello joins WebDev Studios Tessa Kriesel – leaves CircleCI, joins Tugboat & launches Devocate Wearing/Drinking/Reading? Adam: WC Miami / Coffee / Ask by Ryan Levesque Kyle:…

Life Updates Kyle: Attended Digital Summit Detroit. Saw a weird apple tree. Adam: Visited Avalon. Really really good to see her! WordPress News Duda nabs $25M to take on WordPress with a web development platform aimed at agencies Acquia gets acquired for $1B WordCamp Jackson!! Coffee at WCUS Changes Justin Tadlock is saying goodbye to……

Life Updates Dustin: Sabbatical is over, school is in session, the dad shuttle is in full swing, Automattic’s GM in is a few days Adam: Been awhile.. Kyle off galavanting, painting, kids bday.. New role at sandhills, super busy! // Took kid to college! Boys started HS! // Celebrated 3 years running CWP! News WP……

Updates Kyle: Getting ready for a family campout. Adam: 1st-semester college has been paid for.. // going on vaca again! Different lake but excited. Today… stout festival? News Josepha Haden proposes WordPress Advisory Board Changes Tim Nolte is becoming a full-time WordPress Developer with Forum One out of Virginia Caldera Forms has been acquired …

Life Updates Kyle: Screw in the tire. Adam: Work. College Tuition. Beers. WordPress News WordCamp Asia will be in Bangkok, Thailand Changes Katie Richards is the community manager at Pantheon Dwayne McDaniel has started his own business Zack Skaggs has moved to ProctorU to be the Product Owner Afyia Smith is now an experience designer……

Updates Kyle: Transportation woes. Adam: Heat Wave w/NO AC downstairs. Song: After Party Changes Mike Hale – joined impress.org as PM Song: Market consolidation Wearing/Drinking/Reading? Adam: Get Options Fitness t-shirt / Coffee / Health insurance docs?! Kyle: BlogVault WCEU Berlin t-shirt / French Press Coffee / Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallo…

Updates Kyle: 10th wedding anniversary coming up. Any ideas? Adam: Staffing changes at CWP. Joe: Talk about WP Buffs + WPMRR stuff Supporter Spotlight #1 News Did you know… classicpress.net is still a thing.. active/current info/blog. → The WordCamp Ann Arbor 2019 schedule is out Supporter Spotlight #2 Wearing/Drinking/Reading? Adam: Gravity Forms …

Life Updates Adam: Summer in full swing. Summer time blues? New camps to mentor assigned. Kyle: Remove trees? News WordCamp Central America might happen WP Engine acquires Flywheel Ghost / Automattic bashing? Changes Tessa Kriesel joins CircleCI as Community Manager Wearing/Drinking/Reading Adam: WCUS 2016 / Coffee + Water / Every Tool’s a Hammer –…

Life Updates Kyle: I did not die on a boat. Dustin: “Survived” a tornado, well 12 to be exact. And my MacBook stopped charging WordPress News Happy Sweet Sixteen Wearing/Drinking Dustin: Big W shirt /Water / Make Your Bed Kyle: Host Duplex t-shirt, WordPress trucker cap/strawberry and cream tea / Knight Errant (A Star Wars……

Life Updates Kyle: Hi. I am in another country right now. It is fun. Adam: Graduation in a few weeks. College. Carson: Football? BackupSpeaker.com News: Automattic acquires Prospress Changes Prospress acquired by Automattic Wearing/Drinking/Reading Adam: Code is Poetry shirt/ water / Freed to Lead Kyle: WCUS 2018 t-shirt / water / Path of Destructi…

Life Updates Dustin: Sabbatical / Vacation and work trip over / Time for house projects Adam: Daughter, Prom. / BackupSpeaker.com / Adam taking vacation days. WordPress News Matt Launches new blog and podcast! Distributed.blog Wearing/Drinking Adam: GiveWP / Water // Mindset by Carol S. Dweck Dustin: Old School WOO // Protein Shake / Water // Basem…

Life Updates Kyle: Spoke at career day at a local elementary school. Adam: Had a storm? // signing NDA’s IP © stuff / oh.. And more fun…my daughter picked a college! / WC OC? WordPress News PluginVulnerabilities.com is Protesting WordPress.org Support Forum Moderators by Publishing Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Wearing/Drinking Adam: WC Raleigh 2019 / c…

Life Updates Kyle: Yay! Taxes were great this year. Adam: 2 week hiatus.. Good: WordCamp Raleigh. Bad: Pulled muscle/location! Ugly: Taxes. WordPress News A multitude of plugins with issues Duplicate page Pipdig Jetpack Alex Vasquez ran into Matt Mullenweg in Japan. Changes Bethany Heck and Joshua Goldenberg join the A8C design team Tom McFarlin……

Life Updates Kyle: Having trouble with my ice maker and the family room painting project turned into quite the debacle. Adam: Just Working. Didn’t go to San Francisco. Bought a 6TB HD to help consolidate all my old drives. Was interviewed on 2 podcasts. March Madness! WordPress News Disney + Fox merger Changes Christie Chirinos……