May 7, 2019 — Open source matters to the future of design. It enables more people to have access to design. Open source matters to the future of us all. Designing in open source isn’t always easy and in this talk I’ll draw on my background along with experiences in the WordPress project. What are the challenges and why does it matter to have design in open source? How can we create spaces that encourage design thinking? How can we all unite in an open source future?

May 7, 2019 — Providing Better Customer Support is very crucial in WordPress Business. In this session, we will discuss some smart practices to respond quickly while reducing the support tickets and ways to handle refund tickets and get good reviews at the same time. We will also discuss some WordPress Support Forum Tricks.

May 7, 2019 — React and WordPress is this hot couple that is the talk of every conference and meetup. This talk takes the audience through a journey. A journey from wanting to build a simple SPA (Single Page Application) using React and WordPress REST API to actually building one. Along the journey, we will learn some basic React concepts and common pitfalls.

May 7, 2019 — If you haven’t jumped in yet, this quick presentation will teach you the basics of Gutenberg block creation.
Learn how blocks can improve workflows for you and your customers, and start taking advantage of everything the new WordPress editor has to offer.

May 7, 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.

May 7, 2019 — Colors and Typography play vital roles in modern web design and have a great impact on the audience. The Color, font, and text all come together to make the brand distinct in the eyes of the user. Informed decision of color palette and typefaces for a website transforms into faster brands acceptance.

May 7, 2019 — The WordPress community is comprised of people and their relationships with one another and the open source CMS itself. Combined we are a global neighborhood, complete with volunteers, freelancers, employees, a marketplace, and a multitude of opportunities; opportunities for relationships, working, learning, teaching, sharing, volunteering, and more.
At its foundation, its most fundamental part, this neighborhood is built by every individual member. We are each an integral part of this growing, morphing phenomenon, so it is up to us to ensure that it is a robust living organism.
How do we do that?

For Myself: by making sure I stay healthy both physically and emotionally
For You: by checking in on my friends and coworkers to help where needed
For Us: by contributing to the community in thoughtful and deliberate ways

This talk will share ideas to keep us all healthy, learning, and flourishing, for the betterment of ourselves, each other, and the WordPress neighborhood.

May 7, 2019 — What is Travis CI and how is it used to automate the developer workflow and save a lot of time.

May 6, 2019 — Websites can be a good way for students and instructors to share information, but the coding requirements of some web design platforms can create a nearly insurmountable barrier. I have found WordPress very useful for both teaching and research because it allows beginners to design pages without coding but still allows flexibility and modification of the code. I will discuss two ways I have used WordPress: in a student-run blog for a course and in a website I built using Divi to promote my research projects. I will highlight some of the Divi widgets and components that I have found particularly useful.

May 6, 2019 — WordPress is a great place for visual artists to share their work, but getting things set up can be challenging. In this talk, I’ll cover everything from preparing imagery of artwork for the web, useful built-in WordPress functions, recommended plugins, and improving the user’s viewing experience. I will also demonstrate my free WordPress theme, optimized for artists.