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Speaking Experience at WordCamp US 2024
Last month I ventured west to Portland, Oregon to attend WordCamp US 2024. It’s both easy and hard to believe that a month has passed since the event. In addition to helping out at Contributor Day and the Bluehost booth, I gave my first ever joint talk with fellow contributor, Core Committer, and good friend…
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I Love Building Software – A Poem by Aaron Jorbin
I love building software that lets people speak, sell, do as they please. Everyone gets a voice, a product, or a protest. Freedoms, four of them, all boxed up in neat little binaries.
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11 Years of Contributing to WordPress
Today marks the 11 year anniversary of receiving my very first “props” for contributing to the WordPress project. In WordPress, giving “props” is the way credit and attribution is given to anyone who contributes to a given change in the software. Props should be given to all those who contributed to the final commit, whether…
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My Immaculate Grid Wish List
This was a post I had started in September of 2023. I played really consistently through the playoffs last year, but fell off during the off season as things got busy around the holidays. I’ve been getting back into the swing of including Immaculate Grid in my daily routine with the season coming up and…
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WordCamp Asia 2024 Slide Deck
Last week I gave my talk at WordCamp Asia 2024 in Taipei, Taiwan. I was really happy with how it went! It was so cool to see my talk live translated into Chinese, and AI captioning for 57 languages(!) was available through a third-party service during the event. Completely by chance, Matt Cool from the…
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WordPress Photo Directory & I: Weeks of February 11th, February 18th, February 25th (weeks 6, 7, 8)
A summary of interactions with the WordPress.org Photo Directory during weeks 6, 7, and 8 of my 366 photos in 2024 challenge.
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My latest domain purchase
Last week, I bought a new domain… yes, another one. But unlike many of domains of the past, this one is already being put to good use. It’s no secret, my name is not the easiest to spell. Despite being in my late 30s, I still encounter new spellings and pronunciations on occasion. I have…
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WordPress Photo Directory & I: Week of February 4th (week 5)
A summary of interactions with the WordPress.org Photo Directory during week 5 of my 366 photos in 2024 challenge.
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WordPress Photo Directory & I: Week of January 28th (week 4)
A summary of interactions with the WordPress.org Photo Directory during week 4 of my 366 photos in 2024 challenge.
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Photos with WordPress Photo Directory contributors
Have I used one of the photos you submitted to the WordPress Photo Directory? Or have you used one of mine? If so, I want to take a picture with you! This year I challenged myself to submit 366 photos (one for each day) to the directory. While thinking about this on my walk this…