August 22, 2018 — This talk will cover material in my report from the perspective of WordPress and the open web, both of which are core to my thinking.

August 16, 2014 — Austin Smith is a managing partner at Alley Interactive, a VIP Featured Partner Agency. At our August Big Media Meetup, he gave a short “flash talk” on Elastic Search on WordPress.com, which we’ve shared here. You can read more about the VIP Search Add-On here, and see it in action at KFF.org.

January 26, 2014 — WordPress’ position in the newsroom has never been stronger, and there’s never been a better time to be a WordPress developer working with news media. This presentation share strategies for conquering some of the toughest challenges facing The Post and other big news sites on WordPress.

December 25, 2013 — This talk introduces Fieldmanager and demonstrate what was done for KFF, and show how to get started using Fieldmanager on your own.

September 8, 2011