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starrymom, 1 day ago to wordpress

Any tips on how to connect a WordPress form to Google Sheets without a 3rd party premium service?

I have a form that is rarely used by people (usually older folks) who want marketing mailed to them instead of email. The best way to do this is to have a form where they input their mailing info and have it connect to a Google spreadsheet.

Unless there's a better solution?

I don't want to have another annual plugin subscription to do this.

#WordPress #GoogleSheets #Spreadsheets #Forms

boogah, 4 days ago to random

Future WordCamps (especially the large ones) should take notes from how @xoxo is handling their programming because this is incredibly thoughtful. ♥️

https://xoxofest.com/guide/passes/

matthewskelton, 7 days ago to random

"Surprisingly, our results show that women's contributions tend to be accepted more often than men's. However, when a woman's gender is identifiable, they are rejected more often. Our results suggest that although women on GitHub may be more competent overall, bias against them exists nonetheless."

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308716997_Gender_bias_in_open_source_Pull_request_acceptance_of_women_versus_men

🤬

imtheq, 7 days ago to random

Holy fuck.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/17/ai-weapons-palantir-war-technology

popey, 8 days ago to ubuntu

Ubuntu Desktop’s 24.10 Dev Cycle - The Roadmap

"Our plan is to grow the Ubuntu Desktop team by at least another 50% over the next year and we are opening a range of positions across all levels of seniority in the coming weeks. At Canonical we think the future is bright for the Linux desktop and if you have the passion and skills to be at the cutting edge of performance, security, immutability and accessibility then we want to hear from you."

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-desktop-s-24-10-dev-cycle-the-roadmap/45120?u=popey

#ubuntu #linux #career

carlysagan, 9 days ago to random

“Starlink precipitation” should not be allowable as a term - I’m sorry, what?!

ThisIsTrue, 9 days ago to random

Who ever knew that "Poo-Poo Pee-Pee" was a driving route?

osi, 11 days ago to opensource

We’re hosting a 2-hour workshop at PyCon US, in the community open spaces, to ask difficult questions and together draft answers: https://opensource.org/events/open-source-ai-definition-workshop-at-pycon-us #OpenSource #PyConUS

dennyhenke, 11 days ago to random

This comment from a thread at MacRumors about Joanna Stern’s iPad Pro review explains a point I’ve been trying to make for awhile:

"It can be frustrating to repeatedly highlight that many tech reviewers overlook that their use of a computer is not the only use of computers. Apart from digital artists, who may prefer to use an iPad over a traditional laptop for some of their work, several other mobile professionals use the iPad ... https://beardystarstuff.net/2024/05/14/this-comment-from.html

histoftech, 13 days ago to random

“At Microsoft, the share of senior employees as a portion of the company’s overall workforce declined more than 5 percentage points after the return-to-office mandate took effect, the researchers found. At Apple, the decline was 4 percentage points, while at SpaceX — the only company of the three to require workers to be fully in-person — the share of senior employees dropped 15 percentage points.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/12/rto-microsoft-apple-spacex/

jackmcconnell, 12 days ago to random

Does anyone know of a plugin that will auto-import Mastodon toots to WordPress and let me choose a post type and category/term to import them into?

I'm looking to import my Mastodon post history at first, then update periodically with anything new.

I've tried this, https://github.com/janboddez/import-from-mastodon but it only seems to do the first toot.
Also tried https://wordpress.org/plugins/tootpress/ but it adds it to a page only, oddly.

All RSS feed importers I've tried have filled my WP Admin with errors and warnings.

onepict, 13 days ago to random

There's a massive elephant in the room when it comes to #FossSustainability . How do you recruit folks to help with building?

Just why is your community pipeline limited? Could it per chance be your public behaviour as the BDFL?

I mean you realise your community is more than just the code right?

http://onepict.com/20240512-elephant.html

docpop, 16 days ago to random

Okay, but when will Apple apologize for removing the 3.5mm headphone jack?

curtismchale, 16 days ago to iPad

Lou on the iPad Release
While I don’t think the new iPad release is compelling I also agree with Lou

Don’t let anyone else tell you how you should feel or use your personal technology.

Use what works for you. Enjoy it without shame. This goes for anything you enjoy that’s not harmful to others.

Enjoy the music you enjoy or the movies you enjoy, even if others say they’re terrible.
https://curtismchale.ca/2024/05/09/lou-on-the-ipad-release/
#LinksOfInterest #iPad

augieray, 18 days ago to random

"I'm so angry at Biden over Isreal/Gaza that I'm going to help Trump destroy democracy, weaponize the Justice system, send millions to deportation camps, lower the taxes on the wealthy and shift the burden to the middle class, cut Social Security, track and prosecute women having abortions, pardon the people who violently attacked Capitol police, dismantle NATO, help Russia, AND ON TOP OF ALL THAT do even more harm to Palestinians" is a take--it's just a really awful take, IMO.

axbom, 17 days ago to random

We’re automating our way out of knowing how to adapt to unforeseen circumstances.

ciura_victor, 18 days ago to apple

The most impressive thing about today's #AppleEvent keynote is that they managed to put a Senior VP in public transport 😄
#Apple #iPad

jwildeboer, 19 days ago (edited 19 days ago) to random

#WhereIsMySurprisedFace

Facebook/Meta starts talking about the "Extend" phase of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish as predicted:

"“You could imagine an extension to the protocol eventually — of saying like, ‘I want to support micropayments,’ or … like, ‘hey, feel free to show me ads, if that supports you.’ Kind of like a way for you to self-label or self-opt-in. That would be great,”

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/25/why-meta-is-looking-to-the-fediverse-as-the-future-for-social-media/

dgar, 19 days ago to random

Jeff, a semicolon, and an Oxford comma go to a bar.

They both had a great time.

davidbisset, 19 days ago to mastodon

From time to time I stumble onto a modern Tweet worth adding to my https://davidbisset.social collection (via #mastodon).

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About #coding / #tech industry:

"Early in my career, I joined a project that used a lot of #SQL.

I was new to SQL so I found an “intro to SQL” book on the company bookshelf, and read it over a weekend.

From that point on, I was seen as an SQL expert amongst colleagues.

It was a revelation about our industry."

Also: #books still very useful.

https://twitter.com/steveofmcleod/status/1787173200121532632

valoisa, 22 days ago to random Finnish

docpop, 23 days ago to random

Who is your favorite celebrity in the fediverse? They don't need to have a large number of followers, or even a Mastodon account, but I'd like to hear about some famous (or semi-famous) folks who are actively participating in federated social media.

javi, 24 days ago (edited 24 days ago) to random

One: a Nazi promotes her own speech about The Great Replacement (core Nazi doctrine)

Two: Musk promotes the post and says the problem with [Nazi doctrine] is that it doesn't center enough in [Nazi historical doctrine]

Three: my ex-boss and automattic and Tumblr CEO jumps in to recommend Elon a book about [Nazi doctrine]

So yeah, my ex-boss seems to be full in the movement.

Now let me remind you about this thing called reality:

US population grew 0.4% last year

EU population grew 0.1% last year

World Population? +0.8%

None of those figures has gone under 0 in the last 50 years (and probably before, I just don't want to look for more data). The population collapse the are talking about is about WHITE population. If someone talks about population decline, they are a white supremacist.

Good fucking grief.

18+ superblindman, 24 days ago to random

Ladies and gentlemen, the post I am about to write is something I never thought I would ever get to write. Don't worry, this is positive. It is perhaps the most positive of anything that could be positive. Despite all the unfortunate stuff going on with me lately medically, something incredible has happened. It actually happened a couple days ago, but I held off talking aobut it until I could verify it was real, because yes, it is that unbelievable. So here goes. I have been reached out to by the Make-A-Wish foundation, because a child with cancer made a wish... to meet... me. I am... I am completely emotionally overwhelmed by this. It is, in my opinion, one of the highest honors it is possible to receive. This kid could've wished for anything. For anyone. But they wished to meet me. I cannot believe this is real. There's more to say, but that will be in the next post. Stay tuned.