August 31, 2018 — The internet changes rapidly. So does WordPress. When change happens, some things get left behind. Let’s spend some time reflecting on some of the things which have lost their relevance or are declining in popularity. And let’s have some fun with it too.

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August 31, 2018 — This session by Patrick Mwachugu focused on;

1. Developer blueprint on delivering a successful large-scale project.
2. How to attract and quote the right price for a large scale project.
3. Valuable lessons and pitfalls one should avoid when delivering a large project

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August 31, 2018 — This is a presentation about the e-commerce ecosystem in Kenya, and the integration of convenient mobile payment systems like MPesa and Airtel Money, amongst others.

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August 31, 2018 — Ross and Justin recount the stories of how they started their plugin businesses and share many lessons learned along the way.

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August 31, 2018 — A presentation by Bryan on the future of print media.

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August 31, 2018 — Basic things any user can do to improve the SEO of their website. From what plugins help, to what you can do while writing to better optimize your website.

August 31, 2018 — A talk by on how to become an entrepreneur by Mwanamkasi Madzumba.

August 31, 2018 — Having solved variations of same problem over and over again for clients that include a radio network with 60+ stations, one of largest Bay Area unicorns with a huge collection of geographically targeted blogs (among others), and a massively popular network of 5 enthusiast geek blogs, 10up finally put together its lessons learned and created Distributor.

Distributor is a free WordPress plugin that makes it easy to syndicate and reuse content across multiple websites — whether in a single multisite or across the web using the REST API.

There’s something for every publisher in this talk: UX design / problem solving, REST API use case, content strategy, SEO best practice (for content reuse), tools for managing websites, and even developer tips.

August 30, 2018 — In this workshop-style presentation I cover the concepts of internationalisation, the three core steps needed to internationalise your WordPress plugin or theme, some best practices, and advanced considerations to make the lives of your translators easier.

August 30, 2018 — While speaking about accessibility I’ve realised that for some people the key to understanding why accessibility is so important comes from experiencing how people with disabilities actually use the websites we build. So I’ll be demoing two pieces of assistive technology (AT): 1) Dragon NaturallYSpeaking – voice recognition software and NVDA – a screen reader. 1) Dragon NaturallySpeaking is voice recognition software, typically used by people with motor impairments who are unable to use mouse or keyboard or touch. I’ll demonstrate how people move around within pages, follow links, deal with internet forms, and can emulate mouse movements when they need to. 2) NVDA is a screen reader typically used by those who are blind, or have poor vision, but also sometimes by those with cognitive impairments such as dyslexia. I’ll demonstrate what you hear when a page first loads, how people move around a page, how they can find information they are looking for in pages, how they follow links, and interact with forms and dropdown menus. Along the way we’ll see the challenges faced by users of these products if sites are not well created.

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