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The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 20th February 2023.

The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 20th February 2023.

It's the WP Minute!Support independent WordPress news like this, join the Slack membership, or purchase a classified listing in the weekly newsletter at thewpminute.com/support  And now a word from our sponsor. You know how it goes, everything I mention here will be linked up in the newsletter and the blog post. Check out thewpminute.com for the links.Most ImpactfulThe first-ever WordCamp Asia wrapped up on February 19. The event took place in Bangkok, Thailand and brought together attendees from all over the globe, along with a live streaming audience.Global Lead Naoko Takano posted a thank you to attendees and volunteers. And there's also an attendee survey available to help organizers gain feedback.Among the highlighted events was a Q&A with WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg. If you missed the session, the video is available on YouTube. You can also check out a recap of the session written by David Bisset.Next year's event is already being planned. It's scheduled to be held in Taipei, Taiwan in March 2024.Links You Shouldn't MissThe glut of layoffs in the tech industry has started to impact WordPress professionals. As Sarah Gooding of WP Tavern reports, the trend has hit companies of varying sizes. Large companies like GoDaddy and DigitalOcean have made cuts, as have smaller firms like Human Made and XWP.Back in November 2022, the WordPress community raised concerns about meeting platform Meetup.com's use of an accessibility overlay. The company pledged to work with advocates to improve their user experience. They recently released an assessment that lists 700+ improvements to be made and shared a plan for action. The WordPress Accessibility Team posted more details on the process, while WP Tavern provides more background regarding the issue.Should Gutenberg-related features be treated differently when it comes to how they're merged into beta versions of WordPress? Project Lead Developer Andrew Ozz has proposed a method to make it easier to merge these changes after a WordPress beta 1 version “feature freeze”. The idea has generated a robust debate in the proposal's comment section.From the Grab BagNow it's time to take a look at some other interesting topics shared by our contributors.Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is now available for your WordPress.org account. Access can be verified via a third-party app on a mobile device, such as Authy or Google Authenticator.Developers Olivia and David Bisset have launched wpfront.page, a curated collection of WordPress news, opinions, and social media posts.The team behind WordCamp London have announced that the event is in the early planning stages and will take place in September 2023. They've also posted a survey to collect attendee input.As WordPress becomes more focused on JavaScript development, some developers are feeling left out. Jamie Reevior wrote a short essay on why he's feeling “betrayed” by the project.The WordPress mobile app is changing, and some features are being moved over to Jetpack's new app. WordPress.com has published a guide to help users understand the differences.Hey.com CEO and Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson says his company will save money by exiting the cloud and building their own data centers.If you're a content creator interested in how a “headless” WordPress configuration might benefit you, WP Engine is hosting a webinar on February 23.New Members This WeekRemkus de Vries, follow @remkusdevriesIf you're not a member yet, go to thewpminute.com/support/ to join.Video of the weekSubscribe at https://www.youtube.com/@wpminuteThis week, The WP Minute takes InstaWP for a spin. This service allows you to create a new WordPress install with just a few clicks.https://youtu.be/oNVHjYJwf3MThanks to all of the members who shared these links today: Jeff ChandlerSam MunozCourtney RobertsonDaniel SchutzsmithAbha ThakorOutroThanks to you, dear listener, for tuning in to your favorite 5-minutes of WordPress news every Wednesday.You can support independent content like this by purchasing us a digital coffee at thewpminute.com/supportOr join the #linksquad membership for $79/year to support the show and become a producer of the WP Minute at thewpminute.com/supportThat's it for today's episode, if you enjoyed it, please share it wherever you do social media and jump on the mailing list at thewpminute.com. ★ Support this podcast ★

Dan Maby is the founder of Big Orange Heart, the organizer for WordFest Live, a 24 hour festival of WordPress that is hosted twice a year, host of WordCamp London, and on top of that runs a software development agency. With his work at Big Orange Heart, he hopes to create a place for the remote working community to have a safe space. Here's his journey. Find Dan Online Twitter: @DanMaby LinkedIn: Dan Maby Big Orange Heart WordFestLive Dan's Agency Blue37 If you're enjoying Entrepreneur's Enigma, please give us a review on the podcast directory of your choice. We're on all of them and these reviews really help others find the show. Also if you're getting value from the show and want to buy me a coffee, go to the show notes to get the link to get me a coffee to keep me awake, while I work on bringing you more great episodes to your ears. →  https://gmwd.us/buy-me-a-coffee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

About this episode. On the podcast today we have Dan Maby. Dan has been a user of WordPress for many years. As an agency owner he's used it to build client websites, but, as is so often the case, he came for the software and got caught up in the community. Starting out by attending some local WordPress meetups, he engaged with his fellow WordPressers and enjoying the events he was attending. Attendance turned into organising and over time Dan became the lead of four WordPress Meetups spread all over the UK. Meetups led to an interest in WordCamps, where he again stepped up to take on leadership roles at WordCamp London. In the podcast today we talk about the importance of the WordPress community, not just to him as an individual, but to the future of the project as a whole. After all, it's software created by people, and the health of that community will have a direct impact upon the contributions they make. We recorded this podcast at a time unlike any other. In person events have had to stop; the WordCamps and Meetups have all gone virtual. Perhaps there's light at the end of that tunnel, but it's a perfect time to look back and see how the community has adapted to these new circumstances. We get into whether hybrid WordPress events should be the new norm, what lessons the community can learn from the past year, and what Dan and his colleagues have done to stay connected and part of a vibrant community. They've built a platform to enable events and plan on releasing it as a WordPress plugin soon. We also discuss an event which Dan has been a key player in organising - WordFest Live, a 24-hour online event with a focus upon learning and positive mental health. It's a lovely episode with a member of the community who has been giving back for many, many years. Useful links. WordFest Live Big Orange Heart WordPress Meetups WordCamp Central

This is one of those warm and fuzzy episodes! It's all about Wendie and her journey with WordPress. There's no product here, no tutorial, just a good, old fashioned chat about WordPress with a thoroughly lovely person! Wendie and I have been chatting on and off for years. It all started back in the day that both of us were going through the WP Elevation program and we decided to be accountability partners. We chatted from time to time during that and drifted in and our of conversations online for many years. We met in person at WordCamp London in 2018 as well as WordCamp Europe in 2019. She's been working in the WordPress space for years and has a really interesting story to tell. So have a listen to the podcast to find out more...

This is one of those warm and fuzzy episodes! It's all about Wendie and her journey with WordPress. There's no product here, no tutorial, just a good, old fashioned chat about WordPress with a thoroughly lovely person! Wendie and I have been chatting on and off for years. It all started back in the day that both of us were going through the WP Elevation program and we decided to be accountability partners. We chatted from time to time during that and drifted in and our of conversations online for many years. We met in person at WordCamp London in 2018 as well as WordCamp Europe in 2019. She's been working in the WordPress space for years and has a really interesting story to tell. So have a listen to the podcast to find out more...

This is one of those warm and fuzzy episodes! It's all about Wendie and her journey with WordPress. There's no product here, no tutorial, just a good, old fashioned chat about WordPress with a thoroughly lovely person! Wendie and I have been chatting on and off for years. It all started back in the day that both of us were going through the WP Elevation program and we decided to be accountability partners. We chatted from time to time during that and drifted in and our of conversations online for many years. We met in person at WordCamp London in 2018 as well as WordCamp Europe in 2019. She's been working in the WordPress space for years and has a really interesting story to tell. So have a listen to the podcast to find out more...

We often start a nonprofit because of a mission. When your nonprofit's mission pivots, what then? Often times a rebranding is in order. Dan Maby of BigOrangeHeart.org joins Jason and Bridget to talk about how WP&UP.org approached their name change and rebranding.Show SponsorsServerPressThank you for being a preroll sponsor, ServerPress! ServerPress is the maker of DesktopServer, WPSiteSync, and so much more! Check them out at serverpress.com.Big Orange HeartThank you for being mid-roll sponsor! Mental health support for remote workers. It’s our charity’s mission to support and promote positive wellbeing and mental health of the remote working communities. Become part of the supportive community.Are you looking for brand awareness?You could be a show sponsor. We think it is a good idea to let people know you’re still in business and supporting your products.Rebranding and Renaming the NonprofitThe domain for WP&UP was registered in 2014 but began operating as a charity in the UK in 2018 providing service. They always liked the idea of moving forward and up in life (as opposed to on which can feel dismissive."We had always intended for WP& UP to be more. ...Given the current global crisis we saw more than a 310% increase in support with 90% less donations." Dan MabyRebranding in 4 WeeksDan admitted that this shift and rebrand is 18 months ahead of schedule. Once shelter in place orders began worldwide because of COVID-19, so many people became remote workers -- overnight. This new situation became a crisis; it needed to be addressed."Millions of people are moving to the remote working model." Dan MabyDan and the Board of Trustees met twice and just knew in their hearts that this pivot's timing was now. This pivot doesn't abandon the WordPress Community; rather, it expands it."Our heart is very much in the WordPress Community." Dan MabyRebranding and RelaunchingIn order to pivot quickly, Dan and the volunteer team looked at several solutions. Donations, obviously were a high priority. But so is SEO, user access, and accessibility. They looked at a Gatsby or GraphQL solutions but that would delay the four week timeline.Miriam Schwab talked about her product, Strattic, at WordCamp London in 2017. The team quickly decided this is the best solution.To build an accessibility-first site, the team had to strip out all unnecessary items. The contrast is better. The site is visually and technically lighter. Things like bloated menus were getting in the way. As far as typography goes, less is more.Rebranding and Donation SoftwareBefore rebranding the creation of a new site (old and new are co-existing for now), Big Orange Heart (BOH for short) was using GiveWP. BOH is now using Strattic (a static site generator for WordPress) with Payhere. Payhere is a front-end wrapper for Stripe which was previously used with GiveWP.The site is wicked fast and simple on both mobile and desktop. (You can see their current donation form on the new site."Give people the right tool and they can do fantastic things." Dan MabyThe Stronger #Together fundraising campaign and corresponding podcast are an emergency fundraising tool.Another campaign for peer-to-peer fundraising is #MayYourHeartBeOrange. This is going on throughout several Facebook Groups through the month of May. It is using Donately.Important Lessons In Rebranding"It's good enough" is important when rebranding.Focus on accessibility & mobile users.Don't do it in 4 weeks.Put together a brand guide.Plan how to transition site with 301s.Know your SEO will be affected, temporarily.Ask yourself WHY. (Is this rebrand really necessary?)Tool or Tip of the WeekThis Tool or Tip of the week is brought to you by Cloudways. Is your website slow? Or are you looking for a reliable host for your WordPress projects?Whether it’s an existing website or a project on your drawing board, Cloudways offers a hosting environment with all the features you need to succeed online.Cloudways is optimized for speed and delivers outstanding performance and security, all supported by 24/7/365 support by expert cloud engineers.It is an ideal platform for WordPress projects because of the choice of FIVE cloud providers including AWS, Google Cloud, Linode, DigitalOcean, and Linode. The best part – your managed server and WordPress websites are ready in a few minutes.Once the app is up and running, you can add more power to your business operations, thanks to exciting features such as free SSL certificates, CloudwaysCDN, automated and on-demand app/server backups, and custom-built Teams features to onboard distributed team members.Cloudways extends your in-house team and takes care of all server management issues, and lets you focus on building amazing websites for your online businesses.If you like what you have heard, start with a 3-day free trial of Cloudways now!Dan recommends Espanso for a fast text expander. It's written in RUST.Jason recommends Teleprompter for Video.Bridget recommends the app ShadowNet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Once in a while you attend an event and the speaker is so eloquent, so immersed in their talk, that you listen with an intensity that it out of the ordinary. Such was a talk given by the guest of the podcast today, Heather Burns. It was at WordCamp London in 2017, and I was in the audience. It was about online privacy, an area that she's an expert in. Today we discuss what online privacy actually is and how you need to be mindful about it as you build your WordPress websites. It's becoming more important year by year as we're now realising that we're often sacrificing our data and it might be used in ways that we're really not comfortable with. Join me as I discuss where you can make a difference and how WordPress is positioning itself with regards to privacy.

Once in a while you attend an event and the speaker is so eloquent, so immersed in their talk, that you listen with an intensity that it out of the ordinary. Such was a talk given by the guest of the podcast today, Heather Burns. It was at WordCamp London in 2017, and I was in the audience. It was about online privacy, an area that she's an expert in. Today we discuss what online privacy actually is and how you need to be mindful about it as you build your WordPress websites. It's becoming more important year by year as we're now realising that we're often sacrificing our data and it might be used in ways that we're really not comfortable with. Join me as I discuss where you can make a difference and how WordPress is positioning itself with regards to privacy.

I had never heard of micro-copy before seeing Andrea Zoellner's talk at WordCamp London 2019. In this weeks episode, I'm very lucky to talk to Andrea and have her tell us all about increasing conversions, creating better content and how to improve user experience (UX) through the use of good micro copy. Calls to actions, buttons, menu items, error messages. These are all examples of micro copy that Andrea is going to talk about and show us how to improve for our users and customers. Video interview: https://youtu.be/L4ig7LwSH_Q Andrea on Twitter: https://twitter.com/andreazoellner Andrea's talk: https://youtu.be/RZ-OB41ytDA Andrea Zoellner: https://andreazoellner.com/ How To Know What You Want Out Of Life (And Create A Plan To Do It): http://bit.ly/2K19pE7 The blog: https://sellyourservice.co.uk/blog/ The Facebook Group: http://bit.ly/2VX3XYA How To Build A Profitable Successful Marketing Funnel Business: http://bit.ly/2McuCMw

I had never heard of micro-copy before seeing Andrea Zoellner's talk at WordCamp London 2019. In this weeks episode, I'm very lucky to talk to Andrea and have her tell us all about increasing conversions, creating better content and how to improve user experience (UX) through the use of good micro copy. Calls to actions, buttons, menu items, error messages. These are all examples of micro copy that Andrea is going to talk about and show us how to improve for our users and customers. Video interview: https://youtu.be/L4ig7LwSH_Q Andrea on Twitter: https://twitter.com/andreazoellner Andrea's talk: https://youtu.be/RZ-OB41ytDA Andrea Zoellner: https://andreazoellner.com/ How To Know What You Want Out Of Life (And Create A Plan To Do It): http://bit.ly/2K19pE7 The blog: https://sellyourservice.co.uk/blog/ The Facebook Group: http://bit.ly/2VX3XYA How To Build A Profitable Successful Marketing Funnel Business: http://bit.ly/2McuCMw

Do you find it hard to admit to those around you that you're not doing ok? Perhaps even admitting it to yourself if difficult. Today's guest has been there and come through the other side to tell you his story. Paul Lacey is the co-founder of The Dickiebirds Studio, which is an award-winning WordPress and UX/UI design and development agency in the UK. In this episode, Paul talks about his path to finding success and how getting involved with the WordPress community helped him get there. We hear about his latest project - building the Beaver Builder version of Katka by Elementor. And we also discuss the importance of taking care of your mental health whilst running your own business.Leveraging the WordPress Community Paul’s first experience with WordPress was way back in 2005. He recalls that he tried a few different programs before he landed on WordPress because of its usability and potential. However, he didn't properly utilise the community until around 2010. In the last two years, Paul has become even more active within the WordPress community. One of his posts was about how he created a website using GeneratePress. One man commented with what could be called constructive criticism. But that comment led to a creative friendship that blossomed after a WordCamp conference. The man behind the comment? Barna Buxbaum, creator of Katka by Elementor - the beginning of a beautiful friendship!The Beaver Builder Project Barna and Paul began talking, and Barna came up with the idea to build the Beaver Builder twin of Katka. They both loved the idea of the against-the-odds story of a Beaver Builder guy and an Elementor guy working together. Paul compares their relationship to the relationship between Rocky Balboa and the Russian, Ivan Drago in the movie Rocky IV. In the movie, Rocky and Ivan come from very different backgrounds and training styles, but the two end up being incredibly well matched. Rocky even gains the respect of the Russians. Rocky’s famous quote at the end speaks to the ability people have to come together. “If I can change, and you can change, then everybody can change!” There was always drama about which platform was the best builder. This collaboration allowed Paul and Barna to create something that would combine the two communities and improve the possibilities for both Beaver Builder and Elementor fans.Collaborating With Beaver Builder When Paul began seriously devoting time to the Beaver Builder project, he hired a developer named Adrian to work on the complex, responsive design.  One of Adrian's ideas was to use CSS variables to change the global colours. Paul thought this was a great idea and showed it to some friends in a private Mastermind group. These friends had contacts at Beaver Builder and told them about Paul's project. So to his surprise, when Paul reached out to the founders of Beaver Builder at WordCamp London, they already knew about his idea and wanted to hear more! The idea took off from there. It was from this experience that he realised something that he now gives as advice to people thinking about getting involved in the WordPress community. “Everyone’s always got something to offer… Whatever you put in you get back 10 times.” Beaver Builder eventually wanted to hire him to work for them. Paul turned down the offer and instead opted to work with them on a collaborative basis. Paul developed a Beaver Builder agency called Beaver Kit with it's own branding. Beaver Kit’s products are now going to be included as part of the core in the next release of Beaver Builder.  He tells us that hearing this news was an unbelievable moment for him.Initial Impressions of WP Elevation Paul recently started our Blueprint course and tells Troy that he did a great job with WP Elevation's free webinar that he joined. Paul says that after watching the webinar he was ready to sign up straight away. He had heard a lot of good feedback about WP Elevation within the WordPress community and had wanted to do it for some time, but he was going through a family crises and it wasn't the right time until now. Now that he has reformed Dickiebirds Studio and doubled the team to four people, he feels he has more responsibility for the business to succeed and ensure consistent work for everyone under his employ. Paul explains that he is excellent at completing tasks, but not great at coming up with the blueprint to accomplish those tasks. So the blueprint provided by WP Elevation really made it possible for him to push himself and focus on improving. Dickiebirds now has a unique value proposition—something Paul learned from WP Elevation. You get what you pay forMake Mental Health Your Priority Paul's family crises that he mentioned earlier were in regard to his eight-year-old daughter's serious anxiety. His wife had to shut down her successful events company because it became too much to deal with. His daughter is doing much better now, but coming out of it was difficult. In the midst of it, you deal with it, but when you come out the other end, you realise you’re still in the battle mindset, but there isn’t a battle anymore. On his 39th birthday in 2017, he was still struggling with his mental health. Paul was watching a WP Elevation video by Mike Killen on the topic of mental health. Right then and there he decided he’d had enough and went to the doctor to get some advice. Paul recognises he only feels comfortable talking about this now because it’s behind him. “When you’re suffering from it, it’s difficult to talk about it. It’s much easier to talk about it when it’s historical.” In his case, the doctor gave him some good advice and some medication that was able to help him through it. A year later, he is doing much better and because of this, so is his business. The message he wants to get out there is to just look after yourself. “Take care of yourself, don’t be ashamed to admit things, and just get yourself back on that right track.” Paul suggests doing outreach projects in the community to accomplish that. He also recommends WP&UP, a charity that works to provide mental health support within the WordPress community. If you're interested in watching the webinar which lead Paul to join us here at WP Elevation, click here.    Links The Dickiebirds Studio Paul's Twitter Paul's Youtube Channel GeneratePress Community WP Elevation: Flight Cadets Beaver Builder Group

Matt Medeiros starts 2019 and the second part of Season 8 with his interview with Dan Maby. Dan is a self-described wearer of many hats and is the director of Blue 37, a digital agency based in London. He recently founded a new community called WP&UP that supports and promotes positive mental health within the WordPress community. Through Dan's agency Blue 37, he helps WordPress users move forward with their business. In addition to ALL of that, Dan is the Lead Organizer of WordCamp London and four meetups across the UK. Listen to the episodes Matt Report - A WordPress podcast for digital business owners Mental Health with Dan Maby of WP&UP Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 00:42:15 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:42:15 What you will learn in this Episode: WP&UP Matt – Why WP&UP? What started the initiative for this organization? Dan – Realized that there was a real need for WordPress users working in isolation. There can be a lot of issues working alone either as a Freelancer or an employee of a company. After working in the WordPress Community for 8 or 9 years, Dan decided to start a charity that could address some of these issues. He brought the non-profit charity, WP&UP to the WordPress Community to help with all types of mental health issues. The organization started with friends and trustees who wanted to help. Matt – Discusses how difficult this is to set up for the WordPress community because many remote workers work in different countries and in different cultures. It would be great for the WordCamps to participate and announce this help at their conferences to raise awareness. Dan – The charity was difficult to set up for a global community. Because of the physical locations of many remote workers, you often don't know the struggle of the person who may be afraid of the stigma towards mental health in their country or culture. Social media does not really help entrepreneurs who work alone. WP&UP operated unfunded for 12 months. The organization recently passed as a charity in 2018 and a video was created and posted to the community. This opened the floodgates to the WordPress community. WPMUDev started the monetary support with the initial contribution. Many other companies have opted in with support. Now programs are in place to keep the charity funded over the long haul. (10:38) Matt – There are many areas to address with working in isolation.  How do you approach connecting and mentoring people virtually? Dan– The challenge is to find the “right” level of support.  You can offer a mentor or buddy, but it is such a sensitive subject. Support can range from professional help with your business to psychological services that a person may be struggling with.  Mental health struggles may impact a person at any time with no outward signs of a struggle. There is an additional impact on the broader community when they have no idea that somebody is struggling and would also offer help. (19:08) Change in WordPress and the Blue Collar Digital Worker Matt – The market has changed a little which is impacting the lower end of the WordPress market. People are finding it easier to build websites. (26:44) Dan – Because of the changes with WordPress the digital agency is now challenged on how to market to clients. The clients are changing and the tools available to them have broadened. The freelancer and agency need to concentrate on providing great services. (27:11) Matt – The release of the Gutenberg editor is creating a level of reeducation with the change of the editor to blocks. A user needs to understand how the front end and back end work together. There is a learning curve with Javascript development. (29:03) Dan – Education is always a good thing and evolving. Education is not new and the new projects coming in are very interesting. It may be rocky for a while and some people may leave WordPress and dive into something new. It is important to not go after the shiny new toy when diving into something new. (31:37) Marketing: Matt  – There are challenges around marketing. Dan– WP&UP really wants to work with individuals in the community.  The organization is set up around 4 Health Hubs: (33:00) Code Health – improve the quality of your products through training courses. Business Health – develop your business further with a mentor, Mental Health – receive support through those dark times, Physical health – build emotionally and physically. There are individuals in the WP&UP organization with specific skill sets. There are four legal trustees.  There will be additional individuals added as the need of the community continues to grow. The challenge for 2019 will be continued monetary support and the growth of the WP&UP program. It is a great program for the WordPress community who may find themselves struggling. Episode Resources: Blue37 WordCamp London WP&UP Cory Miller Dan Maby WordCamp US WPMU Dev GiveWP Gatsby Expression Engine Press Forward Campaign To Keep in Touch: To give: WP&UP WP&UP Slack Channel Dan on Twitter Dan Maby To Stay in Touch with Matt: Watch the panel discussion on Matt's YouTube channel. To stay connected with the Matt Report, head on over to mattreport.com/subscribe. If you like the show, please leave a 5 Star review over on the Matt Report on iTunes. ★ Support this podcast ★

Matt Medeiros starts 2019 and the second part of Season 8 with his interview with Dan Maby. Dan is a self-described wearer of many hats and is the director of Blue 37, a digital agency based in London. He recently founded a new community called WP&UP that supports and promotes positive mental health within the WordPress community. Through Dan’s agency Blue 37, he helps WordPress users move forward with their business. In addition to ALL of that, Dan is the Lead Organizer of WordCamp London and four meetups across the UK. (more…)

I really like Zac Gordon. He's one of those effervescent people who just exude warmth and thoughtfulness. I recently watched his talk at WordCamp London 2018 and he was such a great public speaker; able to chat to the room and not talk at them. His talk was about Gutenberg... because, well, you know... it's coming! He really knows his stuff too! What's that saying...? "If you can teach someone a subject, it shows that you really understand it", well, something like that anyway! Zac has been in the WordPress education space for years, teaching many, many people the in's and out's of WordPress. He's worked for companies like Treehouse as well as offering courses which he manages himself. Courses like his "Learn Vanilla JavaScript Deeply Course", and The "Gutenberg Development Course", there's so much great content that he's produced over the years.

I really like Zac Gordon. He's one of those effervescent people who just exude warmth and thoughtfulness. I recently watched his talk at WordCamp London 2018 and he was such a great public speaker; able to chat to the room and not talk at them. His talk was about Gutenberg... because, well, you know... it's coming! He really knows his stuff too! What's that saying...? "If you can teach someone a subject, it shows that you really understand it", well, something like that anyway! Zac has been in the WordPress education space for years, teaching many, many people the in's and out's of WordPress. He's worked for companies like Treehouse as well as offering courses which he manages himself. Courses like his "Learn Vanilla JavaScript Deeply Course", and The "Gutenberg Development Course", there's so much great content that he's produced over the years.

A grouping of recordings, calls and soundbites from WordCamp London 2018. We had such a wonderful time, built on our friendships, made new friends and learned so much. I had the privilege of speaking at the conference. You can grab the slide deck here. Recordings include: Nathan from WP BuildsRobbie from Beaver BuilderPaul LaceyImogen Allen from Digital Umbrella Shout outs You can find the WordCamp website by clicking here. Here is Imogen's article of her quick wins for handling stress. --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ronan was at AlterConf, a traveling conference series that provides safe opportunities for marginalized people and those who support them in the tech and gaming industries, and one of the speakers Jenny Wong, spoke to Ronan. Jenny is a Community Engineer at Human Made and was also part of the organising team at WordCamp London, a major WordPress conference that took place earlier this year. Jenny spoke about accessibility and gave some great tips you should use when planning a conference. Jenny also spoke about diversity in the tech community and burnout amongst developers which is something that you rarely hear mentioned.

Wholegrain Digital founder and host of the Wholesome Business podcast recently gave a presentation at WordCamp London called How to Win Big Name Clients with LOVE. In this episode, Tom talks about his companies unique approach to sales that has been at the heart of the companies success and attracted many big name clients.

This week I talk to Jamie Currie of IntegralWP Upcoming Events WordCamp Dayton – March 20 – 21 WordCamp London – March 20 -22 Segment 1: In the News WordPress 4.2 Beta 1 now available Segment 2: Interview with Jamie Currie Jamie's Tools  Netbeans Assembla Git Follow Jamie Here: http://integralwp.com twitter @integralwp.com Segment 3: Tool of…