It’s no surprise that remote companies are growing in popularity. There are several perks to both the company and employee in working this way: low company overhead, hand-picking your team from anywhere in the world, no commuting, no one microwaving fish in...
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What I Learned About WordPress in the Past 10 Years
On May 27, 2018, WordPress will turn 15 years old. It has been amazing to see a software platform like WordPress, which is relatively young, grow to power over 30% of the entire internet. WebDevStudios is also celebrating a milestone. We just...
Read More What I Learned About WordPress in the Past 10 Years9 Critical Concepts for Leading High-Performance Teams
I just returned from WebDevStudios’ (WDS) 2018 WDS Camp, a company-wide, weeklong retreat. The annual event provides face time for a team that is distributed across the entire geographical region that is the US. As I sat on the six-hour flight home,...
Read More 9 Critical Concepts for Leading High-Performance TeamsNew Client Strategist Added to WebDevStudios
With great clients comes great responsibility. And so, we have added a second Client Strategist to our growing sales and marketing team. Everyone, meet Brittney Carter. Brittney joins us from Riverside, California. She runs her own WordPress website at Brittinspires.com where she shares inspirational...
Read More New Client Strategist Added to WebDevStudiosThe Journey to 1.0 — WDS Blocks and WordPress Gutenberg
WordPress made a big leap into the world of modern web development with its announcement of Gutenberg last year—reimagining what WordPress is and can be by providing a new interface for creating content built partially on the React.js platform. Since it will...
Read More The Journey to 1.0 — WDS Blocks and WordPress GutenbergTips for Nonprofit Websites
There are 1.5 million nonprofit and charity organizations registered in the United States. With an ever-increasing competitive market, it’s sometimes tough for nonprofit websites to stand out. I found myself in this very situation throughout my career at nonprofit organizations. I knew the...
Read More Tips for Nonprofit WebsitesAnother New Dev Joins WDS
What a treat to return from WDSCamp and find a new coworker! Please help us welcome our newest WordPress Frontend Developer, Adam Soucie, to WebDevStudios (WDS). Adam joins WDS after having established a career in sports communications, where he ran the team...
Read More Another New Dev Joins WDSWDS Hired a New Team Member
As if WebDevStudios (WDS) wasn’t celebrating enough with it being our 10-year anniversary and all, we have yet another reason to jump for joy. WDS hired a new team member! Everyone, meet our new Backend Developer, Chris Wieber. Chris hails from Milwaukee...
Read More WDS Hired a New Team MemberCompany Retreat: WDS Camp Is Next Week!
Every year, WebDevStudios (WDS) holds a company retreat called WDS Camp. The next one takes place next week, May 7-11, 2018, in North Carolina. As a 100% distributed company (that means we all work remotely from home), bringing together the entire company...
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