It is a sad thing when a WordCamp is cancelled as lots of planning and effort were already invested. I hope it goes better next year.

Matias Ventura, thinking about phase 3 of Gutenberg relating to real-time collaboration, shares a long list of things to be considered.

Cwicly recently added an automatic pixel to REM converter for those who don’t want to do the math. It is a nice small usability feature.

The volunteers at WP org try to do a good job and keep things running. There is a change in personnel of the plugin review team. I understand there is a backlog, so hopefully they will be able to get caught up.

The first beta of WordPress 6.3 is available. It includes the Command Palette, improved page management, new blocks, and many other improvements.

So they have decided to rename the Command Center to “Command Palette,” which seems like a good choice.

Reusable Blocks are becoming Patterns with a sync option. The change will be included in WordPress 6.3.

Gravatar has two new updates.  One is that you can now use it for an online profile with links to your social accounts, which totally makes sense.  The second is that it now has new payment features. That doesn’t, by default, seem like part of a global avatar service. 

The Cwicly Spotlight #3 was a mind bomb – Louis-Alexander Désiré outlined two related mega features that are coming soon. The first is the introduction of Components which is like reusable blocks on steroids. The second is the introduction of Tailwind. The way they are implementing Tailwind there won’t be a slowdown in the editor and only classes you add will be included in the Tailwind style sheet. You will be able to use Tailwind components.

You will be able to turn Tailwind on or off, for those who don’t want to use it or prefer a different framework, but the Cwicly library will use Tailwind, which will allow them to provide pre-designed content that is consistently styled.

The were hints how this will play into a future Cwicly theme builder. A very exciting time ahead for Cwicly users.