The Get Options Podcast

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…

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 4-5, 2022 Changes…

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 Paradox  Kyle:…

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…

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 hat, Pomegranate…

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:  Pagely hoodie /  coffee…

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  / Ashwaganda Tea / 2…

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 King…

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:  …