Podcasts about wordcamp philly

Brad Williams is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of WebDevStudios (WDS). Brad is responsible for defining the vision and direction of the overall company. He works closely with Marketing and Sales with a strong focus on Business Development. Brad has helped grow WDS from a coffee table startup to one of the oldest and most respected WordPress Agencies working with clients like Microsoft, Viacom, Campbell Soup Company, Starbucks, and the NBA. Since 2017, Brad has been a member of the Forbes Agency Council. Prior to WebDevStudios, Brad was the IT Director at a major eCommerce company based in Indiana, where he managed all online web properties, warehousing systems, and internal servers and networks. Brad is also a US Marine Corps veteran and graduated from Military Occupational Specialty School as a 4067 Computer Programmer. Brad served one tour in Kuwait/Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom where he learned to program with a gas mask on! Brad is a co-author of the Professional WordPress Book Series, which are some of the highest rated advanced WordPress Development books on the market. He is the co-organizer of WordCamp Philly 2010 – 2015 and the Philadelphia WordPress Meetup. Brad was also a co-organizer for the Inaugural WordCamp US in 2015 and again in 2016. He has been developing websites for over 20 years. In the last 10, Brad has specifically focused on open-source technologies like WordPress. Brad lives in Philadelphia with his wife and son. He’s obsessed with cheesesteaks, Raider’s football (it’s complicated), podcasting, Halloween, LED lights, and all things technology. https://webdevstudios.com/team/brad-williams/

Brad Williams is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of WebDevStudios (WDS). Brad is responsible for defining the vision and direction of the overall company. He works closely with Marketing and Sales with a strong focus on Business Development. Brad has helped grow WDS from a coffee table startup to one of the oldest and most respected WordPress Agencies working with clients like Microsoft, Viacom, Campbell Soup Company, Starbucks, and the NBA. Since 2017, Brad has been a member of the Forbes Agency Council. Prior to WebDevStudios, Brad was the IT Director at a major eCommerce company based in Indiana, where he managed all online web properties, warehousing systems, and internal servers and networks. Brad is also a US Marine Corps veteran and graduated from Military Occupational Specialty School as a 4067 Computer Programmer. Brad served one tour in Kuwait/Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom where he learned to program with a gas mask on! Brad is a co-author of the Professional WordPress Book Series, which are some of the highest rated advanced WordPress Development books on the market. He is the co-organizer of WordCamp Philly 2010 – 2015 and the Philadelphia WordPress Meetup. Brad was also a co-organizer for the Inaugural WordCamp US in 2015 and again in 2016. He has been developing websites for over 20 years. In the last 10, Brad has specifically focused on open-source technologies like WordPress. Brad lives in Philadelphia with his wife and son. He’s obsessed with cheesesteaks, Raider’s football (it’s complicated), podcasting, Halloween, LED lights, and all things technology. https://webdevstudios.com/team/brad-williams/

Brad Williams is the co-founder and CEO of WebDevStudios.com. He is also a co-author of the books Professional WordPress and Professional WordPress Plugin Development. Brad founded the Philly WordPress Meetup in 2010, co-organized the first five WordCamp Philly events, and also co-organized both WordCamp US events held in Philly. He has been developing websites for more than 20 years, including the last 10 where he has focused on open-source technologies like WordPress. The full content for Brad Williams (WebDevStudios) can be viewed on WP Square One.

Susan Walker is a web developer at Rutgers University Camden where she manages the WordPress multi-sites. She's a co-organizer of the Philadelphia WordPress meetup, has been a WordCamp Philly co-organizer, and has spoken at WordCamp US. The post Episode 81: Susan Walker appeared first on Hallway Chats.

Susan Walker uses a "30 Questions" method to test the accessibility and usability of the content they create at the Rutgers University Camden campus. I first saw Susan talk about her "30 Questions" method at WordCamp US in Nashville in December 2017. We talked a bit about her talk there, but I still had more questions, so I invited her on the show. Susan's Bio Susan Walker is a web developer with OIT-Camden at Rutgers University, where she manages several WordPress multisite installations; researches solutions for common needs; and develops themes, plugins and maintenance scripts. Altogether OIT-Camden hosts more than 250 WP sites across several multisites as well as a number of standalone installations. She joined Rutgers in 2011 following eight years with a Fortune 500 company providing IT and consulting services to universities. Prior to her tech career she was a the education reporter at the Port Arthur News in Port Arthur, Texas. Susan holds a bachelor of science in Mass Communication from Lamar University (Beaumont, Texas) and a diploma in Computing from the University of Oxford. She is a native of New York City and currently lives in New Jersey. She is a co-organizer of the Philly WordPress Meetup and WordCamp Philly. In her free time she is a supporter of the Philadelphia area arts community. Over the summer she performed as one of the Roman citizens in Shakespeare in Clark Park's production of "Coriolanus." Video Here's the video version of our conversation. https://youtu.be/AiRTgT4YksI Show Notes/"Transcript" Here are my notes from my first listen to our conversation. Not a full transcript, but I hope it helps you find your way around the interview. 1:00 WordPress multi-site installations at OSI-Camden Rutgers University 3:30 WordPress "ninjas" on her campus 5:00 "30 Questions" methodology - origins - key tasks that testers try to get to from the home page - record how long it took to find, how long until you gave up, pathway/steps, accuracy/relevance/clarity once you find it - 6:50 simple methodology - spreadsheet - number of testers about 6 in this instance, plus Facebook friend volunteers who tested a smaller number 8:00 30 questions is diagnostic tool - 9:00 navigational vs usability of the content itself - findings biased toward the former 10:00 scale of the "site" - big, multi-dept. multi-site 11:20 - "taxonomy" would elicit blank stares from her users - only areas with direction are marketing via parent campus - no governance or comm pathways now for content (is for tech) 13:00 discovering/"emergent" content strategy - working on it - venn diagram of budget/personnel/content - no overlap now - hard to consolidate strategy across variety of departments and knowledge levels 16:20 her role in trying to pull venn diagram circles closer together - pitching administration for a role in pulling things together 18:00 how to approach CMS decision - likely to be one they've put most work in to - WordPress vs. Drupal "rivals" - she sees many of the Drupal sites at benefiting from a move to WordPress - multi-year process to make change - won't push for one 20:40 back to 30 Questions methodology - findings? lessons? no single finding - like fingerprints - each task/content challenge unique - starts with bare content and work out from there 22:50 old-school DIY "webmaster" - inherits design from parent campus marketing folks - she fine tunes 24:30 her pathway - forwent EE for a less introverted workstyle - journalism and then public info at a college - put college catalog online - took HTML class - 26:50 final thoughts: "Walker's Principle"" "Dysfunction in your organization will manifest as dysfunction on your website." addressing issues at core can make other activities easier

This week I interview Jessica Boctor a first time WordCamp attendee or her experience and take aways.  Upcoming Events WordCamp Kansas City  June 12-14 WordCamp Denver – June 13-14 WordCamp Philly –  June 13-14 WordCamp BeloHorizonte – June 13 WordCamp Winnepeg – June 13 Segment 1: In the News Matt Mullenweg posted that there is a…