November 2, 2014 — Lightning Talks:
While site performance is an important topic in the WordPress community, how are we really doing at maintaining fast websites in the real world? This talk answers this question by examining a large sample of performance data from actual websites. It also suggests areas of improvement for the community in an effort to improve performance for WordPress deployments.

November 2, 2014 — Lightning Talk: Explore various lo-fidelity options for rapid prototyping. No prior experience required.

November 2, 2014 — Jerry talks about WordPress TV, taking videos from WordCamps, MeetUps & other sources and how moderators edit the videos to get them ready to publish on wordpress.tv.

November 2, 2014 — So much good work is done at universities and while that work is often done with open source software, it can also be a forgotten tool. Promoting the usefulness of open source software and the responsibility of universities to contribute back to open source projects can only help the community as a whole.

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November 2, 2014 — Last year, I co-released my first free WordPress theme, Flounder. The theme was well received, but we we weren’t prepared for supporting it after launch. I’ll talk about what I wish we had known prior to launching Flounder.

November 2, 2014 — Dashicons, the icon font custom made for the WordPress admin, could use some new icons. Vote for the next one here: https://bendunkle.wordpress.com/2014/09/18/vote-for-the-next-dashicon/ . In 5 minutes, I’ll crank out a design of the winner, an demonstrate my process and stylistic approach.

November 2, 2014

November 1, 2014 — Type on the web has many roles: it is an interface, a brand, sets tone, and directs the user. Typography has many roles and can either add or take away from User Experience. In this beautiful and exciting talk we’re going to look at various ways type is used, implemented, and dissect the role that it plays in user experience on the web.

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November 1, 2014 — We’ll look at what designers (website creators) really do on the job. The task is to first: discover the problem; second: solve the problem, and finally: produce the solution. We’ll delve into why “producing the solution” is the only portion of the job, creators time track and how to champion and add value to all three areas of this work.

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November 1, 2014 — WordPress is popular which means many people want to learn how to use it via a classroom setting or one-on-one instruction. Having been a teacher of WordPress for several years, Tracy has experienced the ups and downs of teaching WordPress and has developed techniques that work well for students. In her presentation Tracy shares tips, tricks and things to avoid when teaching folks to use WordPress.

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