<div class="rss-widget"><ul><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https://wptavern.com/state-of-the-word-2016-mullenweg-pushes-calypso-as-future-of-wordpress-interface-proposes-major-changes-to-release-cycle' title='photo credit: WordCamp US organizing team Philadelphia welcomed 1,923 attendees to WordCamp US this weekend with an additional 2,028 enthusiasts watching via live stream. Matt Mullenweg delivered his 11th annual State of the Word address to a rapt audience ready to celebrate WordPress+ACYAIw-8217+ADs progress over the past year and hear the project leader+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-s vis [&hellip;]'>WPTavern: State of the Word 2016: Mullenweg Pushes Calypso as Future of WordPress’ Interface, Proposes Major Changes to Release Cycle</a></li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https://poststatus.com/matt-mullenweg-state-word-2016/' title='Matt Mullenweg just completed the 2016 State of the Word presentation at WordCamp US 2016. This year, Matt focused on a variety of important topics, including the state of user experience in WordPress today, goals for future interface improvements, a WordPress growth council, internationalization gains, the further proliferation of secure websites, and impor [&hellip;]'>Post Status: Matt Mullenweg State of the Word, 2016</a></li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https://ma.tt/2016/12/wordcamp-live-stream/' title='Later today (3:45pm ET) I+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-ll deliver my annual State of the Word speech, which I+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-m very excited about. If you+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-d like to watch remotely, this year live stream tickets are free and you can tune in here. [&hellip;]'>Matt: WordCamp Live Stream</a></li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https://wptavern.com/digitalcube-launches-shifter-serverless-hosting-for-wordpress' title='DigitalCube launched Shifter at WordCamp US today, the first serverless hosting product for WordPress. The Japanese development company specializes in WordPress and AWS integrations. Shifter was built by the same team behind the company+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-s Amimoto cloud hosting platform. Shifter converts WordPress sites into a series of static HTML files and serves them [&hellip;]'>WPTavern: DigitalCube Launches Shifter, Serverless Hosting for WordPress</a></li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https://ma.tt/2016/12/wp-growth-council/' title='In the WordPress world, when we look back an 2016 I think we+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-ll remember it as the year that we awoke to the importance of marketing. WordPress has always grown organically through word of mouth and its passionate community, but the hundreds of millions being spent advertising against WP has started to have an impact, especially for folks only lightly  [&hellip;]'>Matt: WP Growth Council</a></li></ul></div>