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Sallie Goetsch (rhymes with 'sketch')
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WordPress Fangirl, meetup organizer, copywriter, podcast enthusiast, cat lover, and Mazda 6 owner. Married to . She/her.
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It was apparently mostly successful, but he says he's not going to give up his day job.
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A first for the record: my husband is attempting to sew something.
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If you're a snarky geek like me, this is funny. If you are the average user, it's condescending.
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Tell Congress to pass the College for All Act, to make education a right, not a special privilege or source of crushing debt.
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No idea why I woke up at 6 AM, but at least I got to catch 's live stream on block theme development.
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Some think people in their 20s simply don’t use email. Could that spell the beginning of the end of this clunky, 50-plus-year-old business tool? and consider the possibility in this short midweek FIR episode.
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The social media press release redux, AI interns and facial recognition, Edelman and trust, ChatGPT developments, Mastodon movements, Dan York's report, and more: a rich menu of topic choices in the January monthly episode of #FIRpodcast, out now ow.ly/S9qJ50MxMqv
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My fingerprint scanner doesn't recognize me if my hands are cold.
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I joined Twitter belatedly and reluctantly, but somehow that was 14 years ago already. #MyTwitterAnniversary
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Communicators can take a lesson from librarians, whose grass-roots TikTok videos are leading teens to visit libraries and read more. and look at the movement in this short midweek #FIRpodcast episode.
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Amazon claims the Amazon Smile program didn’t have an impact. I can tell you as an animal not for profit it made a huge difference to us. That $9400 meant the world. That isn’t nothing to us. #amazonsmile #amazon
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How to Own Your Expertise & Start Speaking at WordPress Events APAC meetup.com/learn-wordpres #Meetup via
My #WordPress discovery for yesterday: you *can* create a semantic sidebar in FSE themes. Make an empty sidebar.html template in your /parts/ folder and add this to your index.html: <!-- wp:template-part {"slug":"sidebar", "tagName":"aside", "className":"sidebar"} /-->
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In a world that shifts itself (to your benefit or detriment) based on who it thinks you are, it is dangerous to assume that your experience of a thing is everyone’s experience of that thing.
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Today and I put a new mattress on the bed. The mattress itself is great, but the experience has proved conclusively that we are much too old for such antics. Next time I will borrow some young people from the neighbors.
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In China, 3D virtual workers can be had for $14k/year. The industry will grow 50% a year through 2025 and will inevitably move west. Get details and analysis in this short midweek episode of the #FIRpodcast.
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Using facial recognition to bar people from entering venues. Also in this #FIRpodcast episode: virtual goods; business schools in the metaverse; a bad year for brands in the metaverse; Lush's post-Meta experience; and ChatGPT's impact on truth. ow.ly/1jBn50McmoX
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Diverse Speaker Training Group (#WPDiversity) 2022 Year-End Report make.wordpress.org/community/2022 via
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For the classic aesthetic of her style variation, contributor tried out a few color combinations before landing on one that worked. (Follow WordPress on Instagram for more behind-the-scenes details: instagram.com/wordpress)
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How do you decide on an alternative when maintaining a high level of activity here on Twitter becomes untenable? and break it down (with a focus on the extinct tusked beast site) in today's short midweek episode of the #FIRpodcast.
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Just wrapped up 2022 and got supercharged with 2023 points from ’s Year in Review. Check your score and enter to win #siteground22
Everyone is buzzing about ChatGPT, the new AI text generator. Will it cost writers their jobs? Find out what and think in this short midweek episode of the #FIRpodcast.
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The 2022 WordPress Survey is open! If WordPress is a part of your life in any way, sharing your experience can have a direct impact on the future of the project. Learn more: bit.ly/3uhnzZL #WordPress
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A MAGA just told me that nobody gives a sh*t about Natives. Let’s prove this guy wrong — where are my allies who support the Indigenous community at?
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This is easily the biggest news in #WordPress this year: thewpcommunitycollective.com/2022/12/02/int congrats to , , and everyone else involved on the launch of this very necessary initiative. Responsible indelendent #opensource funding is possible!
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Hey #WordPress Meetup and #WordCamp organizers: (see thread below re: #WPDiversity workshop!)
eventbrite.com/e/how-to-own-y
🎤 How are you doing with getting speakers for your in-person (or virtual) events?
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Holy heck, I should be charging for the time I'm spending explaining the issue to the chat support agent.
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I have lost my biggest fan.
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PSA: If you've been renting a modem from , make sure it can handle the speeds you're actually paying for. We replaced our modem and suddenly our download speeds are 4x faster.
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The monthly #FIRpodcast looks at a Twitterless society (and maybe one with no social media at all). Also: Will Mastodon's federated model take hold? How connected are people? National-building in the metaverse. Ghostwriting for social media. And much more! ow.ly/ZP6k50LJS3b
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My computer just started breathing. Then I realized it was the hardware scan.
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Ugh, coming out of a long term relationship sucks. Happened to me earlier this year. Love and solidarity 💖
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If Twitter fails, what happens to brands' social listening capabilities? and consider the fallout -- and some other repercussions -- in this short midweek episode of their #FIRpodcast.
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Interbrand is advising companies to pause all Twitter advertising. For a review of the many reasons why, tune into this short midweek episode of the #FIRpodcast.
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Savvy creators -- from Anthony Hopkins to a San Diego car wash -- are experimenting with NFTs in some creative (and successful) ways. and share a few recent news items in this short midweek #FIRpodcast episode.
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Join me at #FETC 2023 as I present the #STEM Keynote "The Tech Landscape and Cultivating Leaders of The Future”. Register now with code FETC23STEM to save an extra 10% off Premium and Basic Pass types! 👉🏾bit.ly/FETC23STEM
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Time is running out on the venerable GIF. Details and an appreciation in this short midweek episode of the #FIRpodcast.
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The Oct long-form episode has dropped with reports on a survey of bloggers, AI image generators going mainstream, virtual influencers getting popular, Edelman looking to the future, meme creators getting paid by brands, and AI leading a political party. ow.ly/tpUS50LbQRR
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A humanoid robot artist named Ai-Da (after Ada Lovelace) gave testimony today in the House of Lords. (Her art hangs in a museum.) In this #FIRpodcast episode, & review the testimony & discuss its implications. ow.ly/aqTQ50L7zgm
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