Heading home to Michigan meant reconnecting with ‘old friends’ and returning to WordCamp Grand Rapids allowed me to reconnect with some great people I met during the past two years of my journey back into WordPress.
Category: WordCamp
WordCamps are locally-organized conferences covering everything related to the WordPress open source project. Sessions on how to use WordPress more effectively, beginning plugin and theme development, advanced techniques and topics, security, community and more.
Twitter Chatter: WordCamp Santa Clarita
CHIT CHAT: The first WordCamp north of Los Angeles (#WCLAX) and south of Sacrament (#WCSAC) since 2014. We’re the fifth annual WordCamp in Southern California. Here’s a look back at chatter on Twitter surrounding the event.
Gone but not forgotten: A look back at WordCamp Santa Clarita
I dreamed of this day. Like the phantom pain that first appeared in my left arm, then my right, and chest that my doctors couldn’t diagnose for five years, suddenly materializing in an instant- WordCamp Santa Clarita presented itself to the WordPress Community April 5-6, 2019.
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream, but a dream you dream together is reality.” John Lennon
Twitter Chatter: WordCamp Phoenix
WordCamp Phoenix (#wcphx) closed the circle for me. In presenting a Lighting Talk and participating in a Contributor Day panel, I had given a talk at WordPress in all current formats. Here’s a look back at the first West Coast WordCamp of 2019, February 15-17 in the Valley of the Sun.
Social Chatter: WordCamp US
SOCIAL CHATTER WCUS: I wanted to give back as a volunteer at WordCamp US, December 7-9, 2018 in Nashville, TN and served as an emcee in the Guitar Room. Here’s a look back at the weekend’s event.
WordCamp Presentations for Download
It’s yours for the taking Thank you for attending my lighting talk today, 90 Days to Live: Finding your Place…
WordCamp Slam: Phoenix makes fourth speech in calendar year
On February 16, 3:20p I’ll circle the proverbial bases scoring my fourth presentation at WordCamp Phoenix, in the Valley of…
Another 90 Days: Appearance on The Jeff Large Podcast
Jeff Large, an entrepreneur and leading voice in Podcasting space and a fellow presenter sat at a table with a beer and over the next 48 hours we had genuine conversations about family, business, toys, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and our connections to WordPress. We connected over the weekend, hung out at one another’s talks, after parties, then went our separate ways. We stayed in touch over media channels – until he called on me to appear on his show, the Jeff Large Podcast, “Cherish Life Every Day”, September 20, 2018.
Twitter Chatter: WordCamp Los Angeles
My first exposure to the concept of a WordCamp was here in Los Angeles, my hometown. The location and faces have changed, but the things that make the WordPress Open Source Project such a cool Community experience still remain and burn as strong as ever. Here is some feedback from those in attendance on social media (Twitter and Instagram):
Twitter Chatter: WordCamp Chicago
My return to the very windy, Windy City (after 30+ years) also signaled stepping onstage to speak again, this time at my very first WordCamp. Held at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law in the West Loop, it felt emotional and satisfying to continue healing and growing back into WordPress. Here is some feedback from those in attendance on social media (Twitter and Instagram):