Malcolm Peralty - Podcast Details

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Open Source ReachBridging WordPress & Drupal: Open CMS InsightsMalcolm Peralty, an experienced figure in WordPress and Drupal, shares insights on the evolution of both platforms, his journey, and the future of content management systems.2024-08-2844 min

AI UnpackedMagic Moments to Existential Threats: Unveiling OpenAI's Mystery, Workforce Challenges, Deadbots, and the Fate of HumanityIn this episode of AI Unpacked, hosts James Cogan and Malcolm Peralty delve into the latest developments and implications of artificial intelligence. From the highly anticipated announcement by OpenAI's Sam Altman to the potential creation of "deadbots" that resurrect loved ones as digital recreations, the duo explores the cutting-edge advancements that are both exciting and ethically challenging. They also discuss the crucial role AI may play in humanity's evolution, acting as a potential "great filter" that determines whether our species becomes a multi-planetary civilization or faces existential risks.As the conversation shifts to the impact of AI...2024-05-1333 min

AI UnpackedInflection's Fall, GPT-5's Rise, Apple's AI Anxiety and Nvidia's Reign - Shifting Alliances in the World of AIIn this episode of AI Unpacked, hosts James Cogan and Malcolm Peralty delve into a whirlwind week of AI news, exploring the triumphs, challenges, and shifting alliances that are shaping the future of artificial intelligence. From the surprising implosion of Inflection AI and Microsoft's subsequent talent acquisition, to the tantalizing hints of GPT-5's potential and the stalling of consumer chatbots, the discussion covers a wide range of topics that showcase the rapid pace of change in the AI landscape. The hosts also examine Nvidia's continued dominance in the realm of AI compute, the global race for semiconductor supremacy...2024-03-2431 min

AI UnpackedDevin's Debut, Figure's Wonder, Midjourney's Update and Apple's Looming AI EruptionIn this episode of AI Unpacked, hosts James Cogan and Malcolm Peralty discuss the latest developments in artificial intelligence and robotics. They cover the debut of Cognition Labs' AI software engineer, Devin, and the advancements in humanoid robotics by Figure. The conversation also explores Apple's role in the AI industry, as the company makes strategic acquisitions and prepares to announce its AI projects later this year.James and Malcolm explore the potential implications of these advancements, including job displacement and the impact of AI on creative fields. They also touch on the competitive landscape of the AI...2024-03-1835 min

AI UnpackedAI & Productivity - Navigating the AI-Driven Productivity Boom, Transforming Careers and Workflows, Reshaping the Future of ProductivityIn this episode of AI Unpacked, titled "AI & Productivity," hosts James Cogan and Malcolm Peralty discuss the impact of AI tools like ChatGPT, Bard, MidJourney and others on work and our lives. They explore the benefits and limitations of these tools, the challenges faced by older generations in adopting AI, and the complexities of managing teams using AI-driven technologies. The hosts also envision a future where AI proficiency could influence career opportunities and remuneration, and predict that ChatGPT will evolve into a massive ecosystem of third-party developers and plugins. Join James and Malcolm as they navigate the fascinating intersection...2023-04-1752 min

WP MainlineWP Mainline Episode 23 - Saving the Internet and Saving Open Source In this episode, Malcom Peralty and I catch up on a few of the stories we’ve missed since the start of the New Year. We briefly go over what’s new in WooCommerce 6.1, what I feel was missed in the revised guidelines proposal for in-person WordPress events, and Yoast SEO creating an app for Shopify. We also discuss whether or not Matt Mullenweg can save the internet. I don’t think one person can but, Matt is certainly in a place where he can do a lot of good for the internet and humanity. Last but not le...2022-01-1745 min

WP MainlineWP Mainline Episode 22 - State of The Word 2021 Recap In this episode, Malcom Peralty and I provide an overview of the State of the Word presentation. We cover various points of information, talk about the future of WordPress, and how important CC-0 content is not only to WordPress but to the web in general. We also talk about features coming in WordPress 5.9 and the concerning statistic of open source content management systems losing market share while closed systems are significantly increasing theirs. This Episode is Brought to You By GoDaddy Pro: GoDaddy Pro Are you looking to increase your productivity? One tool that helps...2021-12-181h 01

WP MainlineWP Mainline Episode 21 - Gravatar, Theme JSON Generator, and CMS Marketshare In this episode, Malcom Peralty and I discuss the news of the week beginning with a new Theme.JSON generator created by David Gwyer. We then shared our thoughts on the new redesign of WP Tavern.com. We explain what data was exposed by a recent scrape of public Gravatar data and share alternatives for managing avatar images locally. We congratulated and thanked Helen 侯-Sandí as she leaves her post at 10up and moves on to new adventures. We wrapped up the show by discussing a CMS Marketshare analysis by Joost de Valk. This Episode is Brought to...2021-12-1351 min

WP MainlineGoDaddy Acquires Pagely, Doing The Woo, and WordPress Contributor ChurnIn this episode, Malcolm Peralty and I are joined by Bob Dunn of Do The Woo fame to discuss the news of the week. We started off by discussing the most surprising acquisition of the year with GoDaddy acquiring Pagely. We briefly touch on what's new in WordPress 5.8.2 while trying to figure out how to pronounce Thijs de Valk's name. Thijs de Valk is the new CEO for Yoast. Bob explains what exactly his partnership with Post Status entails and what we can expect from it. Last but not least, we had a great discussion about Paul...2021-11-161h 07

WP MainlineWP Mainline Episode 19 - GoDaddy Acquires Pagely, Doing The Woo, and WordPress Contributor Churn In this episode, Malcolm Peralty and I are joined by Bob Dunn of Do The Woo fame to discuss the news of the week. We started off by discussing the most surprising acquisition of the year with GoDaddy acquiring Pagely. We briefly touch on what’s new in WordPress 5.8.2 while trying to figure out how to pronounce Thijs de Valk’s name. Thijs de Valk is the new CEO for Yoast. Bob explains what exactly his partnership with Post Status entails and what we can expect from it. Last but not least, we had a great discussion abou...2021-11-161h 07

WP MainlineWP Scan Acquired, WordFest Live 2022, and Jeffro AIIn this episode, Malcolm Peralty and I discussed the news of week starting off with Automattic's acquisition of WPScan. I also shared my experience of what it was like to spend eight straight hours of reading, participating, and writing about WordPress. It's exhausting. We then shared news of the WordPress community gift exchange and Malcolm put out a challenge for someone to create a Secret Santa WordPress site so folks could use it instead of Elfster. WordFest 2022 announced it will take place on March 4th, 2022. I'm a huge fan of a Big Orange Heart Foundation and am...2021-11-0642 min

WP MainlineWP Mainline Episode 18 - WP Scan Acquired, WordFest Live 2022, and Jeffro AI In this episode, Malcolm Peralty and I discussed the news of week starting off with Automattic’s acquisition of WPScan. I also shared my experience of what it was like to spend eight straight hours of reading, participating, and writing about WordPress. It’s exhausting. We then shared news of the WordPress community gift exchange and Malcolm put out a challenge for someone to create a Secret Santa WordPress site so folks could use it instead of Elfster. WordFest 2022 announced it will take place on March 4th, 2022. I’m a huge fan of a Big Orange Heart Founda...2021-11-0642 min

WP MainlineWP Mainline Episode 17 - Animated Plugin Icons, Plugin Machine, and OptinMonster In this episode, Malcom Peralty and I were joined by Liam Dempsey to cover the news of the week. We shared our views on whether animated plugin icons should be allowed on the plugin directory or not. Spoiler: We all agreed that they shouldn’t. Josh Pollock is working on a new project and like many in the WordPress community, we’re excited to see it launch. Props to Josh for naming his product for exactly what it does. We then discussed Theme.json and the possibilities it opens up for theme developers. After encouraging folk...2021-11-0150 min

WP MainlineWP Mainline Episode 16 - Dealing With the Growing Pains of WordPress' Huge Transition In this episode, Malcom Peralty and I start the show by discussing some weird things that have been happening in our sleep. I share my experience attending the WordCamp Philly meetup group. It was nice to be able to watch a presentation and casually hang out with others in a chatroom. We then discussed two recent blog posts that describe WordPress as not being an excellent writing tool. We dove into this topic and I think it has a lot to do with the major transition that’s going on with WordPress. We talk about Ben Pines st...2021-10-2545 min

WP MainlineWPHunts, WP Podcasts, and Generational Knowledge GapsBetter late than never, right? Things got kind of crazy at the end of last week and today was a bummer but here it is! In this episode, Malcolm Peralty and I talk about the stories that made headlines last week including our thoughts on a Product Hunt website but for WordPress things. We shared what we like about the new WP Podcasts site and are looking forward to seeing how the site progresses. We also discussed the subject of generational knowledge gaps with how people are saving and access files these days. At the end of...2021-10-0540 min

WP MainlineWP Mainline Episode 14 - WPHunts, WP Podcasts, and Generational Knowledge Gaps Better late than never, right? Things got kind of crazy at the end of last week and today was a bummer but here it is! In this episode, Malcolm Peralty and I talk about the stories that made headlines last week including our thoughts on a Product Hunt website but for WordPress things. We shared what we like about the new WP Podcasts site and are looking forward to seeing how the site progresses. We also discussed the subject of generational knowledge gaps with how people are saving and access files these days. At the end of...2021-10-0440 min

WPCoffeeTalkEp 99 WPCoffeeTalk: Malcolm PeraltyMalcolm Peralty is the Co-Founder of PressTitan, a Managed WordPress Hosting/Maintenance company and founder of Capeless Heroes, a site dedicated to sharing the stories of people doing good. We think he's doing a lot of good, too, and we're happy to have interviewed him for WPCoffeeTalk!2021-03-1237 min

LMScast297: Using LifterLMS to Empower 1 Million Teachers in Africa with WordPress Titan Malcolm PeraltyLearn about how Malcolm Penalty started his own WordPress website agency, and the fascinating project he’s currently working on with the company 1 Million Teachers in this episode of the LMScast podcast hosted by Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. The 1 Million Teachers project seeks to empower teachers in Africa to help the ever growing population by providing access to the tech they need to help students. There is a major shortage of primary and secondary school teachers in second world countries all over the world, and by 2030 UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) estimates there will need to be ab...2020-11-2345 min

WP_Contribute()Episode 8: Malcolm Peralty Malcolm Peralty is the co-founder of PressTitan, a WordPress services company for small to medium sized businesses, and joins me from his home office in Kingston, Ontario Canada. Twitter: @findpurposeSlack: @Malcolm PeraltyTeams: Plugins, SupportWebsite: https://peralty.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/malcolmperalty/Favourite Wapuu: Server Titan Wapuu, Gravity Forms Astronaut Moon Wapuu Transcription Click here to open up transcript Christina: Hello and thanks for listening to WP contribute. Today I have the pleasure of introducing you to Malcolm Peralty. Malcolm is the co-founder of Press Titan, a WordPress services company for small to medium...2020-03-2433 min

PressTitanThe WP Minute – Episode 151Show Script This is Malcolm Peralty here from PressTitan and this is The WP Minute, Episode 151 The most important news this week is the release of WordPress 5.1 nicknamed “Betty”. It comes with performance improvements and fixes to the block-based editor and adds the start of the new site health features. This release has […] The post The WP Minute – Episode 151 appeared first on PressTitan.2019-02-2302 min

PressTitanThe WP Minute – Episode 150Show Script This is Malcolm Peralty here from PressTitan and this is The WP Minute, Episode 150 I really love the idea that so many people are finding ways to customize Gutenberg blocks. Today I have a post by ThemeShaper that highlights how easy it is to create block styles or alternative CSS for a […] The post The WP Minute – Episode 150 appeared first on PressTitan.2019-02-1501 min

PressTitanThe WP Minute – Episode 149Show Script This is Malcolm Peralty here from PressTitan and this is The WP Minute, Episode 149 The first thing I need to point out today is the latest WPWeekly podcast. It might seem strange to promote another podcast within a podcast, but in the three hundred and forty-fifth episode of WPWeekly, they talk about […] The post The WP Minute – Episode 149 appeared first on PressTitan.2019-02-1401 min

PressTitanThe WP Minute – Episode 148Show Script This is Malcolm Peralty here from PressTitan and this is The WP Minute, Episode 148 WPEKA has a post that covers the main reasons why you might run into a too many redirects error in WordPress and how to fix it. In my experience, it is often due to either a plugin or […] The post The WP Minute – Episode 148 appeared first on PressTitan.2019-02-1301 min

PressTitanThe WP Minute – Episode 147Show Script This is Malcolm Peralty here from PressTitan and this is The WP Minute, Episode 147 Simple Social Buttons had a security vulnerability that let people take over entire sites. ZDnet has all of the details. It looks like up to 40,000 sites were at risk of having someone be able to modify site […] The post The WP Minute – Episode 147 appeared first on PressTitan.2019-02-1301 min

PressTitanThe WP Minute – Episode 146Show Script This is Malcolm Peralty here from PressTitan and this is The WP Minute, Episode 146 WPEka has a post that covers the top 10 WordPress translation plugins and it is a nice list. I didn’t realize there were so many translation plugins as I’ve only really used WPML and TranslatePress. I think translation […] The post The WP Minute – Episode 146 appeared first on PressTitan.2019-02-1201 min

PressTitanThe WP Minute – Episode 145Show Script This is Malcolm Peralty here from PressTitan and this is The WP Minute, Episode 145 How long should juvenile mistakes haunt you? That’s the question being asked today in an article on WPTavern that talks about Joost de Valk being called out for objectifying women a decade ago. It looks like it might […] The post The WP Minute – Episode 145 appeared first on PressTitan.2019-02-0801 min

PressTitanThe WP Minute – Episode 144Show Script This is Malcolm Peralty here from PressTitan and this is The WP Minute, Episode 144 My first story today is an article on Colin Nelson’s blog and it talks about how small “d” developers are being left behind in modern best practices being applied to WordPress development. I have to admit that the […] The post The WP Minute – Episode 144 appeared first on PressTitan.2019-02-0701 min

PressTitanThe WP Minute – Episode 143Show Script This is Malcolm Peralty here from PressTitan and this is The WP Minute, Episode 143 WPLift has a post that reviews Gravity Perks, a growing collection of small add-ons for Gravity Forms that can seriously help you extend where and how you use the already massive data collection plugin for WordPress. I can’t […] The post The WP Minute – Episode 143 appeared first on PressTitan.2019-02-0601 min

PressTitanThe WP Minute – Episode 142Show Script This is Malcolm Peralty here from PressTitan and this is The WP Minute, Episode 142 WordPress.org released their month in review post where they talk about the changes to WordPress leadership, WordPress 5.1’s development status as well as some other highlights. One of the more interesting ones to me is the fact that […] The post The WP Minute – Episode 142 appeared first on PressTitan.2019-02-0401 min

Hallway ChatsEpisode 71: Malcolm Peralty Introducing Malcolm Peralty Malcolm has done a little of everything with WordPress and is currently the co-founder of PressTitan, a premium managed WordPress posting service. Show Notes Website | Press Titan Twitter | @findpurpose Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests share their stories, ideas and perspectives. And now the conversation begins. This is Episode 71. Tara: Welcome to Hallway Chats. I’m Ta...2018-10-1831 min