It's probably still a bit too early to panic. But it's too late to say there's plenty of time.
Exactly one month left till Black Friday!
But hey, you’ve done this before and you know what you’re doing, so there’s really nothing to panic about. Even if it’s your first Black Friday, you’ll be fine too.
And if you’d still like a second pair of eyes on your plan, our BFCM hub has the checklist, ideas, and tools in one place: omnisend.com/blog/bfcm-holid…
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Bob Dunn Podcaster retweeted
Most news shows tell you what happened. "Open Channels News" tells you what it means. @RobertJacobi adds the context, then ties three stories into one thread. Open source people, this one’s for you.
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Unless you live under a stone, everybody will have heard about PHP today.
Now, please realize that the vast majority of Open Source Software, like PHP, and including PHP, is largely maintained by **unpaid volunteers**.
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Control, choice, and the business of “open”— @RobertJacobi breaks down Munich’s new open source plan, Apple & Meta’s AI team-up, and NVIDIA’s gambit for the open web.
In 15 minutes....
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Building Stability Through Diversification in Tech Careers openchannels.fm/building-sta…
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Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s Dots risk widening the global AI divide - Rest of World restofworld.org/2026/meta-mu…
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Got our first "AI operations assistant" submission for sponsorship interest on @OpenChannelsFM .... to be honest, those couple of minutes it took me to read it is time I will never get back. 😜
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485 – WP Builds hijack – how show.fm simplifies podcasting for WordPress creators
Today, Marc Benzakein from MainWP takes over the podcast for a chat about Nathan (and Dan Maby's) new podcasting app: show.fm. We get into why it was built, what it does and how it'll save you loads of time by removing so many of the boring parts of a podcasters life. Launching a podcast is easy, but ongoing production is demanding. We chat about the operational burden of booking guests, show notes, distribution, and analytics, exploring how show.fm can help. It's a "PodOps" platform designed to centralise and automate podcast management, including guest network features, AI-assisted guest research, streamlined distribution, WordPress integration, automations, and analytics. We talk about the once in a lifetime 'Founders' deal, the importance of community feedback in refining the platform to truly serve podcasters’ needs, making professional podcasting more accessible and less time-consuming. Go listen.
wpbuilds.com/2026/10/15/485-…
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We currently have two of our four sponsor slots available.
We are an independently owned podcast network built on conversations about open source and the open web: the ideas, the people close to it, and where things are headed.
We focus on signal over noise, and that approach has built genuine trust with a curious, engaged audience of developers, marketers, agencies, technologists, and others who care about open source values and the future of the web.
If interested visit openchannels.fm/sponsor/
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