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1 - Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7

https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/08/07/proposal-auto-update-old-versions-to-4-7/

#2 - After 5 years and $3M, here's everything we've learned from building Ghost

https://ghost.org/blog/5/

#3 - Jetpack 7.6 Improves AMP Compatibility, Adds Preview and Upgrade Nudge for Blocks Only Available on Paid Plans

https://wptavern.com/jetpack-7-6-improves-amp-compatibility-adds-preview-and-upgrade-nudge-for-blocks-only-available-on-paid-plans

#4 - Adblocking: How About Nah?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/adblocking-how-about-nah

#5 - Google puts playable podcast episodes in Search

https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/08/google-podcast-episodes-search/

#6 - WordCamp Long Beach to Debut a “Future of WordPress” Track

https://wptavern.com/wordcamp-long-beach-to-debut-a-future-of-wordpress-track

This Weeks Panels Recommendations

Jonathan Denwood's YouTube Film "Dominion" The truth about industrial farming and why it's slowly killing you and your children! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQRAfJyEsko

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Kurt von Ahnen was a precocious young man raised in a Philadelphia suburb. A non-conformist of sorts, he announced in third grade that he wanted to author a book. He was told that since he didn’t even do his language arts work, it would never happen.

In 7th grade, Kurt had a paper route. When one boy failed to arrive to get his papers for the route – he took the route over, then another, then another. What the newspaper branch manager didn’t place together was that Kurt had franchised the paper routes and was paying other boys only a portion of the routes as he was covering the collecting and accounting.

In High School he was told with the rest of the class to write a report on where he’d go to college. Having already been made the manager of a local furniture store, he said he’d pass on college as he was already making more than the teacher. After all, in the 80’s, more than 80% of the people making more than $50,000.00 per year were in retail. So why go to college.
In his senior year, he was invited to leave his high school and told he would never amount to anything.

Finally, in 2007, he made the leap and followed through on the dream from 3rd grade. He published Service Writing in Black and White changing the trajectory of his career. He’s gone on to become a John Maxwell Certified Leadership Speaker and Coach. He’s managed the training departments for two of the most prestigious Powersports companies and grown his own Leadership Academy. He speaks to youth whenever possible – urging them to chase their dreams. Never let someone tell you can’t do something

Kurt von Ahnen

http://manananomas.com/

#! - Ninja Forms Parent Company Saturday Drive Acquires CalderaWP

https://wptavern.com/ninja-forms-parent-company-saturday-drive-acquires-calderawp

#2 - Update: Sanctions and Open Source

https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2019/07/30/update-sanctions-and-open-source/

#3 - WP Engine Acquires StudioPress: A Year Later

https://studiopress.blog/one-year-later/

#4 - There's An Underground Economy Selling Links From The New York Times, BBC, CNN, And Other Big News Sites

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/deansterlingjones/links-for-sale-on-major-news-wesbites?utm_source=pocket-newtab

#5 - Artificial Intelligence and Norwegian Gender Quotas

https://medium.com/@alexmoltzau/artificial-intelligence-and-norwegian-gender-quotas-11d8d9bf114a

#6 - Proposal: a WordPress Advisory Board

https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2019/07/23/proposal-a-wordpress-advisory-board/

#! - Ninja Forms Parent Company Saturday Drive Acquires CalderaWP

https://wptavern.com/ninja-forms-parent-company-saturday-drive-acquires-calderawp

#2 - Update: Sanctions and Open Source

https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2019/07/30/update-sanctions-and-open-source/

#3 - WP Engine Acquires StudioPress: A Year Later

https://studiopress.blog/one-year-later/

#4 - There's An Underground Economy Selling Links From The New York Times, BBC, CNN, And Other Big News Sites

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/deansterlingjones/links-for-sale-on-major-news-wesbites?utm_source=pocket-newtab

#5 - Artificial Intelligence and Norwegian Gender Quotas

https://medium.com/@alexmoltzau/artificial-intelligence-and-norwegian-gender-quotas-11d8d9bf114a

#6 - Proposal: a WordPress Advisory Board

https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2019/07/23/proposal-a-wordpress-advisory-board/

Micah Mitchell is the founder of Memberium which allows anyone to build powerful, automated membership sites with WordPress and Infusionsoft.

https://memberium.com/

Infusionsoft Training & Membership Software for Infusionsoft Users

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WBYRkaBaBI

#1 - WPCampus 2019 to Livestream Sessions Thursday, July 25 – Saturday, July 27

https://wptavern.com/wpcampus-2019-to-livestream-sessions-thursday-july-25-saturday-july-27

#2 - Should Tech Companies Be Worried About DOJ’s Antitrust Review?

https://medium.com/the-guardian/should-tech-companies-be-worried-about-dojs-antitrust-review-8bd0e29ec097

#3 - WPGraphQL for Advanced Custom Fields Now Available for Free

https://wptavern.com/wpgraphql-for-advanced-custom-fields-now-available-for-free

#4 - The CMS war between Vox Media and The Washington Post is heating up

https://digiday.com/media/cms-war-vox-media-washington-post-heating/

#5 - A Tale Of Two WordPress Hosts

https://news.crunchbase.com/news/tale-two-wordpress-hosts/

#6 - Blade Runner star Rutger Hauer dies at 75, but his monologue will live forever

https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/24/20708804/blade-runner-rutger-hauer-dead-tears-in-rain-replicant-roy-batty

"I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."

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Panel's Recommendations

Jonathan Denwood: WPCore - https://wpcore.com/

Sallie Goetsch: https://visualsitemaps.com/

John Locke: Google Natual Language - https://cloud.google.com/natural-language/

Chris Badgett: Resources for LMS Websites - https://lifterlms.com/recommended-resources/

Adrian Tobey: Trello https://trello.com