August 23, 2018 — It’s easy to spend your entire day, heads down, coding projects without thinking twice about other developers around you. We often get too absorbed with completing our immediate deadlines to spend any time considering the future of our projects, the future of our teams.
By not mentoring new developers we are failing our future. We are failing at providing new developers with the industry experience they need to be a one-day successful candidate for our teams.
Let’s talk about ways we can contribute to mentoring new developers in our teams and in our communities.

August 23, 2018 — It’s easy to spend your entire day, heads down, coding projects without thinking twice about other developers around you. We often get too absorbed with completing our immediate deadlines to spend any time considering the future of our projects, the future of our teams.
By not mentoring new developers we are failing our future. We are failing at providing new developers with the industry experience they need to be a one-day successful candidate for our teams.
Let’s talk about ways we can contribute to mentoring new developers in our teams and in our communities.

August 23, 2018 — Everyone has their preferred choice of Development tools, but it is important to see what options are available. While there are a number of benefits, this talk is designed to cover some of the top reason to give an IDE a test drive.
1. Using xdebug to troubleshoot your code.
2. Stepping through the code.
3. Jumping to where a function is defined.
4. Code suggestions due to the fact that the IDE knows about WP Core functions.
5. PHP Codesniffer

August 23, 2018 — You want to live on the edge of your creativity. You want to optimize your productivity. You want your business to thrive. However, the life of the WordPress pro can come with heavy psychological burdens. Stress, isolation and the risk of stagnation can take a toll on your health and professional edge. A few simple strategies can help protect your productivity and satisfaction. Dr. Sherry (psychologist & yoga teacher) will teach you ways to better manage stress, decrease procrastination, and become adept at focusing on what’s most important. This workshop has several experiential components- participants should wear clothing that is comfortable for gentle movement.

August 23, 2018 — We all think we can tell the difference between opinion, advertising and accurate news. But how do we really know? Newsroom participants in the Trust Project, a consortium of top news companies led by Sally Lehrman, are implementing transparency standards that help the public easily assess the quality and credibility of news. Learn a bit more about the project and how to qualify for participation, including implementing the standards on your site.

August 23, 2018 — This talk looks at new ways to connect with a global audience while offering people with disabilities better access to your website’s content. See how Amazon’s (AWS) Translate and Polly are being used with WordPress to increase engagement and accessibility.

August 23, 2018 — This presentation will describe how the team at Forbes solved the challenge of supporting AMP and Canonical mobile templates.

August 23, 2018 — Publishers shouldn’t be afraid to charge a dime for their all-natural, freshly squeezed, 100% lemonade. We can drink to that. -Key Takeaways- It’s about trust and quality, and people are willing to pay for that. * Paywalls and paid content strategies are not the enemy to the open web * Paid content as the primary revenue source drives better quality and potentially less bias * People are paying for trusted news sources in the wake of fake news * Why gimmicks aren’t worth the time, most of the time -Talk Outline- Juxtapose paid content to advertising using analogies.

August 23, 2018 — Handling media at scale is a challenge. A seemingly small design tweak could result in days and days of recrunching media. There is also the performance implications out of respect for our audience. This talk will cover how we made our dumb static assets smarter with dynamic capabilities that gives us more creative freedom while also making our sites more performant for our visitors. We’re also open sourcing our work so any publisher can eliminate the need to recrunch media.

August 23, 2018 — Everyone has a Facebook account. Does that mean everyone can do social? Yes… and no. There’s a difference between doing social and crafting a powerful social presence. This session will go through the art and science of social media. It will include a review of the current landscape and the cross-platform challenges; the art of developing an authentic, meaningful voice; and how to measure success.

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