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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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Next stop: Taiwan
I’m excited to share that my submission to speak at the second edition of WordCamp Asia in Taipei, Taiwan was accepted! Traveling to Bangkok, Thailand to speak at WordCamp Asia in 2023 was one of my highlights of the year. I’ve covered my talk “Migrating WordPress Core to GitHub Actions: A Retrospective” in previous posts,…
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Speaking applications: a pet peeve
There’s one super common question on event speaker applications (especially for WordCamps) that often trips me up. I think there’s a better way to gather the same information while providing more flexibility to organizers.
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WordCamp Asia Talk Recording
In February, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to speak at the first ever WordCamp Asia. My topic was Migrating WordPress Core to GitHub Actions: A Retrospective: In late 2020, WordPress Core started a multi-phase migration to move its automated testing to GitHub Actions. This talk will revisit this process to share what was…
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Do the Woo: Episode 114
Earlier this week I was invited to join BobWP on his WooCommerce podcast, Do the Woo. Each week, Bob and one of his co-hosts chat with those who build WooCommerce sites, products and services and hear their stories, perspectives and insights into the WooCommerce builder ecosystem. While I’m not currently active in the WooCommerce space…
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WordPress Roulette: WordPress Cape Cod July 2019 Meetup
Last week, I presented at the monthly WordPress Cape Cod meetup. It’s a great little meetup that I always enjoy attending and/or presenting to. Instead of presenting on a specific topic, I chose to let the attendees decide!
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Caching Checks: WordCamp Atlanta
Today I gave a talk at WordCamp Atlanta about caching called “Caching Checks.” In case you missed it, or if you were there and would like to revisit what I talked about, here are my slides!
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Being A Model Contributor
Today I gave a talk at WordCamp Orange County detailing how to have a positive contributing experience. Thanks to everyone that attended, and thanks for the great questions! If you are attending WordCamp Atlanta Contributor Day next week, I am giving the same talk so I recommend not spoiling the talk!
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Being a Web Developer: A Presentation to an Elementary School
Today, I gave a talk to around 475 kids in grades 2 through 5 at Hayden-McFadden Elementary School in New Bedford, MA (the city I call home) during their monthly assembly. The assemblies are for recognizing kids who exhibit the value of the month (respect was this month’s), read 5 or more books, and exceptional…
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Breaking WordPress News
Last night I spoke at the WordPress Rhode Island meetup. The topic was “Breaking WordPress News”. In the talk, I covered several recent WordPress related news items, dispelling rumors and helping attendees understand how each item will effect them.