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…
I’ve always know that “the first Thanksgiving” wasn’t really anything like what I was taught in grade school. I even suspected that very different, or maybe never happened. Maybe they fought. I didn’t know. It was long ago. I’ve long been aware of the crimes of White People in history, but there’s nothing I can…
In Holly Michigan they have a Renaissance Faire that runs from August to October every year. It only operates on the weekends, but that’s still quite a span of time. It’s crazy hot in August, and delightfully cool in October. There are lots of acts, food, and stores. And the costumes! It’s very rare to…
WordCamp US 2022 was in San Diego this year. The last several WordCamps US have had three co-lead organizers. This year Cate was one of them. She and her team worked very very hard for about 8 months, overcoming crazy obstacles that no-one expected, and in the end pulled off a great event. It had…
In June Cate and I went to Porto for WordCamp Europe. You may have gathered that from the title. It was our first time in Portugal, and we LOVED it. The city of Porto is wonderful, inexpensive, with great food and beverages, good street music, everything. Let’s start off with WordCamp and talk about my…