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A Trip to Athens for WordCamp Europe
One of the perks of my job is that I get to travel to the flagship WordCamps we sponsor. Last year in Porto, even as I was lying in my hotel room with COVID, missing the second day of WCEU 2022, wondering if it had been a mistake to agree to a business trip, when…
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WordCamp Montclair: I Just Got This WordPress and Don’t Know How to Use It
I got to give my WordPress beginner-focused talk at WordCamp Montclair this weekend, and since I had to cancel last-minute for WordCamp Buffalo, I’m pretty sure this is my first time speaking in front of an in-person audience since COVID! It felt great, and way more comfortable than giving a webinar. I want to continue…
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A Wapuu!
I made this Wapuu (mascot of the WordPress community)from Siyana Raykovska’s pattern because WordCamp Asia is this week and I am having serious FOMO. It’s clever; the idea is that you put one of the little 1” WordPress buttons you get at a WordCamp on the ball to put the W logo in the right…
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A dumpster fire
I made this amigurumi dumpster fire for Tom for his office. Most of the amigurumi I make are worked in the round for the main body and then embellishments are added. This one, on the other hand, is crocheted as a series of flat pieces and then whipstitched and crocheted together. There are the six…
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A festive birthday Murloc!
I made this baby murloc (a creature from the Warcraft games) for a friend. Since it was a birthday gift, I added a jaunty party hat. Pattern by NawtJustKnots on Etsy
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Post Status Draft #137
I had a great conversation with Cory Miller of Post Status about some of the work I’m doing at Nexcess and how it relates to decentralization and owning your own platform. As always happens when Cory and I get to talking, we ended up going for nearly double the length of the actual published episode;…
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“What Day Even Is It?” Five, holiday break edition
One: Apple Watch with Family Setup This year, the big Christmas gift for our son Charlie was his own Apple Watch, which we’re able to set up to work without a phone via Apple’s Family Setup feature. Charlie is approaching the age when he can and should be given some more independence, like taking the…
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Friday Five, coasting edition
One Somehow I managed to schedule myself a week where I had to record two workshops and a podcast in the span of four days. This was fully accidental. But I think I managed to do okay. Migrating WordPress Sites to PHP 8 – I did this one with my colleagues from iThemes. I Just…
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I Just Got This WordPress And Don’t Know How To Use It – Learn WordPress
I gave a workshop (more of a talk, really) on what to do when you’ve just been handed the keys to a WordPress site and have never used WordPress before. This session is geared for the complete beginner who has just inherited a site. They might be volunteering for a nonprofit or community organization, or…
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Migrating WordPress Sites to PHP 8: iThemes Training
My colleagues at iThemes invited me to give a training session on what WordPress professionals need to do to migrate the sites they build and care for to PHP 8. This session is geared for WordPress freelancers and micro agencies, folks who are experienced in building and managing sites but may not be developers or…