• 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!

  • What Makes A Good Conference Badge?

    What Makes A Good Conference Badge?

    Last week at WordCamp Europe, I found myself thinking about what makes a good conference badge. I thought I’d collect my thoughts for the purpose of feedback and to see if others felt the same way. Note: planning conferences is hard. I applaud the WordCamp Europe team for trying something new with their badges. But,…

  • WordPress Triage Team: A 3 Month Reflection

    WordPress Triage Team: A 3 Month Reflection

    Last week (June 11, 2019) marked the 3 month mark since the initial WordPress Core Triage Team kickoff meeting. As the team lead, a significant portion of my time every week has been spent in the trenches triaging tickets in the WordPress Core Trac instance. The amount of time spent each week triaging tickets has…

  • Caching Checks: WordCamp Atlanta

    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!

  • Being A Model Contributor

    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!

  • Being a Web Developer: A Presentation to an Elementary School

    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…

  • 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.

  • Trouble Connecting to Database When Using MySQL 8.x

    Recently, I created an issue on the WP-CLI’s entity command repository to introduce a wp site generate command to allow for multisite installs to be easily populated for testing purposes. I decided to set up a local WP-CLI sandbox on my machine (not within a virtual machine) so I can more easily and consistently contribute…

  • Consuming Knowledge

    Consuming Knowledge

    One thing that I often find myself struggling with is consuming all the knowledge I want to. I consider myself a pretty curious person, and that often results in a long and overwhelming laundry list of things I want to read, listen to, or watch. There is just. so. much. to. consume. Podcasts. YouTube videos.…

  • Building a Successful Code Review Culture – WCUS 2018

    Building a Successful Code Review Culture – WCUS 2018

    Today I gave a talk at WordCamp US 2018 title “Building a Successful Code Review Culture”. Below you can find my slides. I will post the video as soon as it is published, and encourage you to leave any questions below!