The OSTraining Podcast #30: Andy McIlwain on GoDaddy and Gutenberg

Andy McIlwain is in charge of the WordPress area at The GoDaddy Garage – the official blog for one of the world’s biggest hosting companies.

Andy explains the tools and strategies he uses to keep such a popular blog running. He also talks how how GoDaddy plans to deal with the rollout of Gutenberg. How do you manage such a big change that impacts so many of your users?

Follow Andy on Twitter at @andymci and via his blog at Andymci.com.

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This episode’s sponsor is PublishPress.

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