A New Job For Topher

A New Job For Topher

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…

WordCamp Asia!

WordCamp Asia!

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…

WordCamp Italy!

WordCamp Italy!

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…

New Directions For Topher

New Directions For Topher

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…

A New Take On Thanksgiving

A New Take On Thanksgiving

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…

Renaissance Faire 2022

Renaissance Faire 2022

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 in San Diego

WordCamp US in San Diego

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…

Topher’s Trip To Barcelona

Topher’s Trip To Barcelona

Cate’s team at work is spread out over the world, so when they decided to do a team meetup they decided on the relatively central location of Barcelona, Spain. Originally we were told that while i obviously could travel to Spain if I wanted to, it would be better if I didn’t stay with Cate,…

A New Job For Topher

A New Job For Topher

Two weeks ago I was let go from Camber. I was really encouraged by the number of people that came forward and suggested jobs they knew were available, or outright asked me to apply for openings they had. Much love to the WordPress community. One was from Rob Howard at Howard Development and Consulting. He…