#905 - WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & SaaS With Special Guest Jamie Marsland, Founder of Pootlepress

Join us in exploring the future of the Gutenberg WordPress Project as we delve into whether it is fixable or on a semi-doomed path in 2024. Discover critical insights, expert opinions, and potential solutions that could shape the project's trajectory. Stay informed and be part of the discussion. About Jamie Marsland I've spent my career building online businesses and have held board level technical and commercial roles at private and publicly listed companies. Prior to founding Pootlepress, I was Managing Director of Pavilion Publishing Ltd and before that Chief Technical Officer of Documedia PLC. My YouTube channel is dedicated to helping people with WordPress and has now over 20,000 subscribers. Visit https://www.youtube.com/@jamiewp. Also, catch me on Twitter @pootlepress.I've spent my career building online businesses and have held board level technical and commercial roles at private and publicly listed companies. Prior to founding Pootlepress, I was Managing Director of Pavilion Publishing Ltd and before that Chief Technical Officer of Documedia PLC. My YouTube channel is dedicated to helping people with WordPress and has now over 20,000 subscribers. Visit https://www.youtube.com/@jamiewp. Also, catch me on Twitter @pootlepress.   #1—Jamie, can you give the viewers and listeners some more background information on how you got involved in web design and WordPress? #2 - I think you would agree that the Gutenberg project is facing real challenges and needs to make real progress in 2024. What do you personally see as some of the biggest challenges that the project faces? #3—If you were the head of the Gutenberg project, would there be two things you would try to fix immediately that would make the most significant difference to end users? #4—Do you feel that too often, the fact that WordPress is a semi-open source project is used as an excuse for a lack of focus and effective project leadership and vision? #5 - How will AI change WordPress and web design in the next 18 months? #6—If you had your time machine (H. G. Wells) and could travel back to the beginning of your career and business journey, what key piece of advice would you give yourself?   Pootlepress https://www.pootlepress.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmarsland @pootlepress