Last spring we started looking for a dog to bring into our lives. Cate was looking at some pictures on the local dog shelter site and found several she thought looked promising, so we went and visited. They were fine dogs, but not really for us. Then she found a listing that looked pretty interesting….
If I really wrote about all that happened in 2024 I’d never get anything done, so this is a quick update. 2024 was a tough year. Cate bailed out of a bad job, we moved everything we own twice, Cate got REALLY sick for a month and is still recovering, our beautiful Mercedes died after…
Well, October 2024 is starting and this is the first time I’ve blogged here this year. It’s been another crazy year so far, and there’s a 50/50 chance it’ll stay crazy, OR be super quiet and simple. I’m still running MediaForge Productions. It’s not going quite as well as I’d hoped, but there’s light ahead….
Topher writes up a 2023 roundup, and briefly discusses the future.
This last weekend was WordCamp US in National Harbor, Maryland. Close enough to the US capitol that we could have walked if we wanted to. WordCamp was fun and amazing as it always is, but most of this post is going to be about how we got there. Cate and Sophia left on Wednesday morning…
In which we comment on Topher losing his job and talk about what’s next.
My time at HDC ended in early December, and I’ve been kicking around the idea of getting a job ever since. I made myself CEO of HeroPress on LinkedIn with the idea of maybe making that my main gig, but it would be startup lifestyle for a while, and I hate that life. Don’t get…
This last weekend Cate and I went to Bangkok, Thailand for WordCamp Asia. I posted a ton of pictures on the HeroPress Network, so I won’t post them again here. We had a really great time. The travel was 24 hours each direction, which was tough. We were able to leverage airline points to get…
Sometime in early October my friend Stefano pinged me and asked if I’d come to WordCamp Italy in Milan to work at the WPPhotos table on contributor day. I mentioned it to my employer/sponsor at the time and he said “Sounds great! Get me a budget.” You might be surprised that it didn’t take me…
Back in August I joined Howard Development and Consulting (now HDC.dev) as an experimental employee. My role was to promote WP Wallet and see if we could make it go as a product. Ultimately the project was shelved, and we pivoted to making training courses. While that was taking off and I had a great…