Mike McAlistair is a designer, software engineer and course creator from the Midwest, USA. For nearly two decades, Mike has been crafting quality WordPress products, achieving significant success when WP Engine acquired his Array Themes and Atomic Blocks. Following this success and leveraging his shipping experience, he created the Liftoff course to help creators bring their products to market. Today, we delve into his new Ollie WordPress block theme, how he plans to monetize it, AI shortcuts and his preference for the long road, his passion for space photography, and what the first order of business would be if he took over at WordPress.

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Mike McAlistair
Website: https://mikemcalister.com
Ollie: https://olliewp.com @OllieWP
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Chapters
00:00 AI vs Human Touch
02:54 Milwaukee
05:04 Intermission: No Context
07:02 Aliens Exist (WP UX)
07:25 Sponsor: @Webflow
08:29 Ollie Block Theme
14:34 Salvage WordPress
19:01 Aging UI in video tutorials
21:53 Ollie Pro
27:49 Future of WP block editors (feat. Noel Tock)
31:18 Me or We (feat. Patrick Posner)
32:27 Step away and get paid
35:38 Intermission: Overrated, Underrated
36:53 Liftoff Creator Course
39:05 Promo: Yo.FM
39:50 Course Distribution
53:10 Space Photography
56:55 No Shortcuts
01:01:18 Where to follow Mike
01:02:06 Outro (Art is Hard)

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