March 19, 2018 — I was able to interview Brigit at WordCamp Lancaster after her presentation on Non Profits. She talks about how she got involved in WordPress and Gutenberg.

March 17, 2018 — The talk will shed light on few tools & libraries that can help developer effectively craft their code.

He will be covering the following tools:

Version Control
VVV / VV
Atom / Sublime
Linters
PHPCS
Gulp
WP-CLI
OhMyZsh (Linux & Mac)

March 13, 2018 — This talk will not be platform-centric nor an advertisement. Although delivered by us at Caldera Labs, we will equally and unbiasedly present all leading contact form product options in the WordPress space with a fair pros vs. cons comparison in the product section. The talk will mostly be about form best practices with only a brief overview of platform.

March 12, 2018 — This talk addresses what comes next: How do you spend your contributing time efficiently? How do you find access to developer groups? How do you make your ideas heard? Following up on your first contribution efforts is not always as straightforward as one may expect, and the goal of this talk is to prepare you for a beneficial long-term relationship as a core contributor, by presenting advanced techniques and clarifying expectations.”

March 9, 2018 — “Protecting your plugin functionality with specific capability checks using the Capabilities API should be a best practice, but it is still one of the most underused parts of WordPress core. Using the API allows for granular access management by developers using the plugin, and may even prevent security holes. This session explains how to use the API by looking at examples and diving in deeper from there, both from the view of a plugin developer as well as of an external developer who needs to tweak a third-party plugin.
As another practical example, some of the upcoming improvements to capabilities in WordPress core itself are revealed, so that you are aware of what’s on the horizon.”

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March 9, 2018 — If you have your own company, you know what I am talking about: You don’t have enough contact with your customers. And if you have contact with your costumers, the conversations are boring and there are misunderstandings. How can you make sure the conversations that you have are an added value for you and your costumers? In this talk I will learn you a couple of techniques that you can use to bring your conversations with prospects and customers to a higher level.

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March 9, 2018 — “We’ve all been there at least once: all of the sudden you get a blank page, or worse, a 500-error. In this talk we’ll go over the step anyone can take to interpret the error, find more information about it, find the culprit and get it resolved as quickly and efficiently as possible.
We’ll look into the wp_debug function, error logging on the server, php settings and of course some common errors, their causes and the necessary fixes.”

March 9, 2018 — In this talk I will share the several elements of the secret sauce that makes holistic web design/development so interesting for your business.
It all boils down that you will be able to achieve much better results from a holistic approach to web projects than by just focusing all on one area.
This session will have an interactive element, in which the entire audience will participate! So if you are planning to catch up on some sleep during my talk, you will be in for a surprise!”

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March 8, 2018 — Is your blog neglected and out-of-date? Is it at the bottom of your to-do list so never gets the attention it deserves? That makes you normal! Consistently blogging challenges most of us because we’re busy with so many other tasks. Let’s fix that. During this hands-on workshop, we’ll talk about the challenges we’re facing that keep us from blogging, and how to overcome them. Then we’ll get to work creating a plan you can stick with to make sure your blog does get the attention it deserves. You’ll walk out with a clear vision, a list of topics, a writing schedule, and a renewed commitment to your blog.

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March 8, 2018 — Are you a freelancer or small business owner considering returning to a full-time role? Whether a career transition is on your short term roadmap or just an option you’d like to keep on the table for the future, there are concrete things you can be doing now to ensure you’ll be successful in finding and landing the job you want.

Join this interactive session to learn strategies to prepare for and execute a job search and discover how to translate the experience you’ve built in your business to market yourself to the organizations you’d like to work for.

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