• HeroPress at 10

    This last essay from Lara Littlefield was the 10th essay for HeroPress.  It feels like it’s been years.  It’s hard to imagine a time when this wasn’t a part of my life. Our Kickstarter failed in mid-February and gave us time to think long and hard about what we were doing, and how it should…

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    Never Give Up

    I first met Rafael Ehlers at PressNomics this last spring.  I’d already met some of his co-workers from MailPoet, and he already knew who I was from talking to them, so we had common ground right off the bat. We didn’t get much time to talk then, but we’ve talked a bunch on Slack ever…

  • A Journey of Resilience – Uma Jornada de Resiliência

    O texto também está disponível em português do Brasil. The Beginning Back in 2001, while still in high school, I had an internship at the state governor’s cabinet, which had a staff of around 300 people. I fixed computers and printers, installed Windows, set up networks, and so on. Then, at the beginning of 2003,…

  • No Shortcuts

    Any time someone wants to master a craft they must choose to work through the obstacles to get there.  It takes time, energy, patience, and often tears.  In this week’s essay, “WordPress Shouldn’t be Learned in Isolation“, Julie Kuehl talks about her decision to master WordPress, and the path she’s chosen to take to accomplish…

  • Infinite Possibilities

    The 1980s were a veritable playground for anyone who could gain access to what was quickly becoming one of the most coveted inventions of all time: the computer. No longer the size of a refrigerator, innovations from companies like Tandy, Commodore and Apple made personal computers a reality and, like so many others, I couldn’t…

  • Who We Are

    This week’s essay is by Ramya Pandyan, someone I’ve had the great pleasure to get to know over the last several weeks.  Her story of growing into a professional writer is a fascinating one, and she’s a really fun storyteller, so it’s a great read. As always we have a place over at WPChat for…