Matt: Audio Wars
It looks like Ubiquiti is coming for Sonos with its PoE Audio Port, a $199 device that closely resembles the $499 Sonos Port, and $599 PowerAmp. Sonos is going up-market with the Amp Multi. Sonos has had a rough patch,…
Making Games Shine on BoardGameArena (BGA)
by Jeff Grisenthwaite I’ve been playing games on BGA since 2014, but it wasn’t until this past year that I made the leap to developing games on BGA. My goal is to start a discussion about what I’ve learned about…
Open Channels FM: Summer Updates New Features and Changes to Open Channels FM
Bob Dunn updates on Open Channels FM’s recent developments, including a homepage redesign, the launch of “Do the Woo” as a standalone podcast, and upcoming features like Open Channels FM Live. Sorry, You're not allowed to submit vote ! Total…
Matt: Assorted Links
Sometimes you have to just start with beauty. Listen to Jon Batiste’s Beethoven Blues, then relish this interview, where he plays and talks about it. I can’t wait for Black Mozart, which is already starting to trickle on Spotify. Forget…
Open Channels FM: The Balancing Act: Freedom, Convenience, and Open Source in an AI-Driven World
So many of us are in a evolving relationship between freedom, convenience, and open source software in the world shaped by AI. The promise of freedom which is central to the open web and open source movements has to be…
Akismet: Introducing the official Akismet PHP SDK
For twenty years, Akismet has kept spam out of WordPress. But spammers don’t care what your site runs on and neither do we. Last month we launched the official Akismet Drupal module. Today we’re introducing the engine that powers it:…
SEO for Membership Sites: 7 Strategies to Rank Gated Content in 2026
If you’re running a membership site in WordPress, then you’ve probably run into a frustrating problem: you publish great content, but it doesn’t show up in Google. That usually happens because your most valuable content is hidden behind a login…
Read the Player Aid!
by Justin Bell One morning this past February, I was standing on a scale in my bathroom, doing my normal routine of knocking out the weigh-in before getting the kids ready for school. The number that came back wasn’t to…
Under the Surface: The Design Journey of Drillers
by BoltKey Part 1 – Finding the Right Pace & DepthThose who follow CGE for a while know that a lot of design happens in close cooperation between the designer and CGE after the game is accepted by the company….
How to Verify Your SEO Is Intact After a WordPress Domain Migration
Changing your domain name is one of the scariest SEO decisions a WordPress site owner can make. Done right, your search rankings survive the move mostly intact. Done wrong, you can lose months of work overnight. I’ve audited post-migration sites…
