July 7, 2019 — We explain what web accessibility (WCAG 2.1) is and why it is so important we understand it and be compliant.

Then we offer our easy and actionable steps that you can take and incorporate into your design and development process.

We also explain each step so you know exactly what they are and how to implement them.

Finally we offer some links to completely free software that will help you test and remediate your website.

July 6, 2019 — While talks from Bobby and Jenny this year will help get you up to speed with some of the core aspects of SEO, Google makes subtle changes to their constantly. This talk will rapidly cover many of the changes that Google has made in the past year.

July 6, 2019 — I’ll provide an explanation for why WordPress is a great option for a foundation. First, I’ll talk about what a web application is. Then, I’ll cover the difference between a foundation and a framework. I’ll cover how it relates to WordPress (and what we can use out-of-the-box), what we may need to develop on our own, common practices for building such applications, and what a basic project may look like. Some very, very basic object-oriented practices for approaching a project is a help, but not necessary.

July 4, 2019 — Good software engineers can be found anywhere, and embracing remote working enables you to tap into that global pool. But just because you can… does that mean you should? In this talk I’ll go through some dos and don’ts, talk about some pitfalls, and hopefully guide you towards doing remote the right way. I’ll include some stories that draw on my experience working in technical recruitment for clients who have been on both sides of the do/don’t scale, as well as Automattic’s decade-plus experience as a fully-distributed company.

July 4, 2019

July 2, 2019

July 2, 2019

July 2, 2019

July 2, 2019

July 2, 2019