David G. Johnson

Brand Bard @Nexcess | previously: @StellarWP & @LiquidWeb
connoisseur of caffeine | neurodivergent | occasionally behind a microphone

[David G. Johnson @TheDavidJohnson]

Yeahhh

(Gotta live the @patchstackapp booth at Cloudfest USA!)

[Sergio äM @SergiMun]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[David G. Johnson @TheDavidJohnson]

Re-engaging lapsed customers is both an art and a science.

Doing it with style, grace, and humor? All while staying on brand? That's something else entirely. It's exquisite.

Like everything else from @Beardbrand, frankly.

(Don't miss the P.S.)

[David G. Johnson @TheDavidJohnson]

Uh oh.

[Oliver Sild @OliverSild]

WordPress 7.0 combined with plugin vulnerabilities = free AI tokens. There will be an absolute rush by hackers to steal API keys.

[David G. Johnson @TheDavidJohnson]

@jeffjarvis just want to say thanks. I'm about 93% sure it was you who turned me onto this on an episode of Intelligent Machines. Hopefully you can get the founders back on to talk about what's next. After NotebookLM and this, I'm super interested to see what they do!

[David G. Johnson @TheDavidJohnson]

Sad to see this one go. Loved the concept. The user experience was phenomenal.

Also, I just didn't use it as much as I wanted to 🙁

Can't wait to see what this team does next!

[Huxe @gethuxe]

We've made the decision to wind down Huxe.

The team is moving on to new things, and we won't be continuing development of the product.
What this means for you:

Today May 21st: We're removing Huxe from the App Store and Play Store. If you have the app installed, it will continue to work for the next 7 days.

May 28th: Service ends. If you have the app installed, it won’t uninstall automatically, but the features will stop working at 10AM Pacific Time, and audio will cease to play.

May 29th: All user data will be securely and permanently deleted from our systems.

The fact that you used it, told friends about it, sent us your suggestions and your ideas, made it feel like we built it together.

Thank you for everything.
-The Huxe Team

[David G. Johnson @TheDavidJohnson]

Heavy-duty focus fueled by my daylist and ☕️

Sometimes, @Spotify just gets me 🤘🎸

[Proton @ProtonPrivacy]

Chrome users last week were shocked to learn that a 4GB local AI model had been added to their browsers.

The good news is that this can be easily uninstalled.

Google being Google, it's not something they're just going to tell you; so let's look at the steps involved...

1/3

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Something interesting you might not have realized:

A number of words in English are NOUNS when you stress the FIRST syllable...

But VERBS when you stress the SECOND syllable.

-SUSpect/susPECT
-CONflict/conFLICT
-PROtest/proTEST
-CONvert/conVERT

[David G. Johnson @TheDavidJohnson]

"What's our floating luggage?"

My new favorite question. Thanks @99piorg!

[David G. Johnson @TheDavidJohnson]

Nothing like a new coffee shop! Especially one with style 😎🤩

Desert Kid in Palm Desert just might be my new favorite spot!

[Vito Peleg @VitoPeleg]

I want to extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who made this year’s Web Agency Summit such a resounding success. 🔥 🤘 Replays are live. See you for Year 7, we're going even bigger! 🙌

And special thanks to @arniepalmer & @stepherriffic for hosting with me. 💜 💜

[Austin Ginder @austinginder]

My little scanner website, WP Beacon, is online.
https://t.co/uSpLyXKOZf

[Austin Ginder @austinginder]

Ironically, this is the first hidden backdoor I found while intentionally hunting for bad actors in the WordPress plugin repo. It might also be my last big find. With AI, bad actors won't be able to hide for long.

https://t.co/A2X8WP9vUv

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words, which feels a bit passive-aggressive.

[Atarim @atarim_io]

"Is there any parallel in history from technological change that we can learn from? Can we draw lessons about how our businesses can thrive in times of radical, chaotic change driven by technological innovation?"

@TheDavidJohnson #WebAgencySummit

[David G. Johnson @TheDavidJohnson]

The Web Agency Summit kicked off this morning with a BANG!

I've had to pop in & out, but I just caught a great session from @robertabela on why not having visibility into your clients' sites is hurting you (and them!).

Sign up free now & jump in live! https://t.co/mtq0VqKBlN

[Vito Peleg @VitoPeleg]

Currently sitting down with @eugeniy_levin right now for a fireside chat, we're getting into the Adobe deal, AI and search, all of it. Come hang and throw your questions at him. 🙂 🤘

https://t.co/gnaP9aE1jl

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

The Jetson ONE personal air vehicle.

Priced at $128,000

[Vito Peleg @VitoPeleg]

Crazy to think #WebAgencySummit starts tomorrow 🤘

Kicking off at 8AM EST with @arniepalmer & @stepherriffic for some fun to look at the agenda, then a fireside chat with Eugene Levin from Semrush. 💪 We'll see what he lets me get away with, see you there? 🙂

[Atarim @atarim_io]

Imagine making faster decisions & holding boundaries without guilt 🎯 @raquel__karina is joining us at #WebAgencySummit to show you exactly how knowing who you actually are changes every part of how you run your agency. Thrilled to have her with us 🙌🔥 👇
https://t.co/NU7tm4xEgP

[:Cromwell: @learnwithmattc]

In my talk at @Press__Conf I talked about how AI will change how consumers think of their website and they will build different tools. If you focus on WORDPRESS and not their pain, you're already declining.

WordPress is not the point. Customers are the point.