by JAK | Jul 12, 2016 | WordPress
Brute force login attacks on WordPress sites seem to be increasing. What I have noticed is that the number of IP numbers being used as an attacking forces seem to have grown in number and intensity. I look after a number of websites and occasionally I will get a...
by JAK | Apr 8, 2016 | online marketing, WordPress
There has been a fair amount of speculation that the #Panamapapers leak about tax havens and private trusts may have been at least partially enabled by old versions of WordPress and Drupal which are being used by Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian law firm. ( Note: I...
by JAK | Sep 16, 2015 | WordPress
Every few months I get invited / asked to have a look at an existing WordPress site with a view to me taking over WordPress support. Often they need WordPress rescue. Typically someone has setup a site a few years ago and after a while the original developer is lost...
by JAK | Jun 19, 2014 | big ideas, general business, industry futures, WordPress
Last night Matt Mullenweg told the story of WordPress and how it had all happened. It was a kind of a one man solo theatre performance with a stream of anecdotes counterpointing each step along the journey. I have been lucky enough to hear Matt speak a few times over...
by JAK | May 22, 2014 | culture, industry futures, WordPress
Matt Mullenweg will be in Wellington and Auckland on June 17th and 18th this year. It is Matts second visit to New Zealand and five years since he came to the first ever NZ wordcamp held in Wellington in 2009. Since then WordPress has continued to grow to the point...
by JAK | Aug 21, 2012 | culture, industry futures, WordPress
Two weeks ago I was at Wordcamp SF (#wcsf ) and given that I live in Auckland NZ it is rather a long way to go so why do I do it? Simply put – since 2009 I have been working mostly full time on WordPress based projects. I actually started using WordPress in mid...
