December 10, 2016 — Burnout takes many forms. From mental and emotional fatigue all the way down to physical ailments, it’s a problem that everyone will face at some point in their career. There is a lot of information in the world about self-care for your mental and personal health, but it’s harder to find information about how to care for the causes you’re passionate about. Just like fatigue of the mind and body can plague someone who is experiencing personal burnout, it’s also possible to experience that same fatigue when it comes to the “why” behind your passion. Join me as I talk a bit about how I keep loving what I do and the things I’ve done to help others love what they do as well.

December 10, 2016 — How I worked with the FBI around the country to create BanditTracker websites to put away some of the countries most dangerous criminals.

Starting from my initial email request and skepticism. “The FBI wants a website to display suspects on in Texas”, my thought was like anyone’s “It’s the FBI, they have their resources.. and ignored the email”. On the 2nd request I said, what the heck, I’ll setup a WP site they can post photos on. From there the requests came in from around the country and helped capture some very dangerous criminals.

I have some specific cases that are interesting and fun, and how some of the obstacles I ran into along the way. Including headlines of ‘Site Traffic Brings Down New FBI Website”, etc.

December 10, 2016 — TypeScript, an open source programming language has seen enormous growth over the past year. Today, it is used to build several key frameworks like AngularJS, Ionic etc. In this talk, Doris will go through how TypeScript enables you to leverage features from the current and future of JavaScript while increasing the productivity of JavaScript development across the board. As ECMAScript 6 gains popularity and more browsers are implementing the standard, JavaScript developers across the board are beginning to wonder, ‘what’s next?’ This session will cover some of the latest features of TypeScript, including future ECMAScript proposals, support for Angular and React/JSX, the state of the art type system capabilities, and how it all comes together to make working and creating things in JavaScript more productive and fun with TypeScript.

December 10, 2016 — As many museums move towards diverse open data policies, one would assume their choice of CMS would follow suit. One would be WRONG.

In this talk I will begin by reviewing the current state of technology in museums, with a focus on their usage of open source Content Management Systems (where Drupal reigns supreme and WordPress is only for blogging). I will discuss why the perceived lack of os software competition in this sector keeps museums trapped in systems they cannot afford to update. I will end by sharing ways the OS community can get involved in the would of Cultural Institutions.

December 10, 2016 — Clear and compelling writing can improve any website, from hobby blogs to academic resource centers. If you think your web content needs a little love, take a cue from the professionals who make a living writing every day: Journalists! In this talk, I’ll use examples from the newsroom that apply to anyone writing for the web. You don’t need to see your name in print to be a good writer.

December 10, 2016 — Many of us are already aware of the ways that version control is necessary and beneficial when building software, but it can also easily be applied to parts of life outside of work. Lisa will suggest a few surprising and creative ways to use version control in a nontechnical capacity. You’ll come away from this talk with both a new appreciation for version control and the inspiration to start using it in a new way.

December 10, 2016 — Content can make or break a great WordPress site. While developers aren’t always in control of creating the content, it’s an integral part of their jobs. If you are tired of getting vague specs on content demands and want to learn how to communicate with your content creators, the tips covered in this talk will get you speaking their language! No more fuzzy constraints or unknown variables, when you learn effective communication skills with content creators you’ll reduce stress AND development time!

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December 10, 2016 — Life is like an iceberg.

Too often we only see or share the good and great, the sunshine and success (or the above the surface stuff). But in reality, we all suffer and struggle at some point with things buried under the surface.

Particularly in the online world we’re immersed in, it’s too easy to get lost, or to suffer in silence.

My story is an example of that. In almost 9 years of entrepreneurship (10 in the WordPress community), I’ve had my share of above the surface successes (co-authoring a “For Dummies” book, building a great WP company) as well as below the surface struggles (divorce and depression).

I will be sharing my personal experiences and story and how I manage my iceberg in business and life.

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December 10, 2016 — Do you work in a development team or on an open source project? (Of course you do, because you work with WordPress.) 🙂 If you do, do you have a code review practice or set of guidelines? Let’s talk about why code review is a fantastic tool and can help you keep your code running optimally as much as possible.

We’ll discuss principles of code review, some examples of code review in practice, and easy ways for you to implement the basics of code review in your development practices.

December 10, 2016 — In Episode 8 I talk about the Flow Team, which reported on the user experience of a volunteer testing the WordPress Mobile App Version 6.1 on an Android 5.1 device.

The Support Team is a good place for someone to get started helping people who have issues with their WordPress websites.