Tag: WordCamp

  • 8 WordCamps and counting…

    8 WordCamps and counting…

    I accidentally lied to a lot of people last week. While at WordCamp Europe in Athens I was telling people that it was only my second WordCamp Europe. Turns out I’d completely forgotten about 2019! (Sorry John.) So to help myself tell the truth I thought I’d list out my WordCamp history and why not…

  • WordCamp US 2017: 5 Steps to Better WordPress Performance for Non-Developers

    WordCamp US 2017: 5 Steps to Better WordPress Performance for Non-Developers

    Below is my presentation from this year’s WordCamp US in Nashville, TN. In the spirit of democratising publishing I wanted to help non-developers and individuals/small business owners to have better performing websites with minimal effort. Here’s the recorded talk: And the slides:

  • Could/should the WordPress Foundation do more?

    Genuine question. A couple of posts have caught my attention over the last week; Australia wants Drupal-based gov-wide CMS by Simon Dickson (obviously, ’cause he’s the boss nowadays) What can the WordPress community learn from the state of Drupal? by John Eckman It got me thinking about the WordPress Foundation and whether it could do more to…

  • WordPress fork is happening – and it looks amazing!

    WordPress fork is happening – and it looks amazing!

    Obviously I’m a huge WordPress fan, but I’m not a blind believer. I can see it’s limitations, I’m well aware of it’s growing pains. That’s why, when John O’Nolan first presented his concept for Ghost I was excited. While WordPress evolves into a CMS from a blogging platform (and it still has a long way to…