May 8, 2018 — Why should you think Open Source to boost your career?

May 7, 2018 — Apart from being a wordsmith and pensive writer, Pratima is also a tech nut- she is a Software Engineer and works at Goreto Software; a software company based in Pokhara. Her inescapable path of self-discovery and creativity led her to WordPress and she has been rocking it so far.
Topic Description: A pursuit to get all those who haven’t hopped on the blogging bandwagon get started with blogging.

May 6, 2018 — Date/Time component of WordPress core dates back to ancient PHP 4 times.

As result work with dates, times, and timezones is full of pitfalls. Trivial actions in admin and code can lead to massive errors in output of time information. Errors that will confuse both people and software.

The talk will summarize years of experience with bugs and edge cases in Date/Time component. Point out the most common (and trivial to make!) errors. Provide practical solutions for robust development and output practices.

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May 6, 2018 — We all have 24 hours in our days, but we spend them very differently. This talk is about the discoveries I came across, tracking every minute of my life since February 2017. I use time tracking across all areas of my life.

This presentation will be divided into two sections: ‚The benefits of time tracking at work‘ and ‚The benefits of time tracking in your daily life‘.

I find that time tracking has the following effects: increased productivity, improving choosing the right task to work on, feeling in control of your day/life and making an excellent feedback loop for reflection.

May 6, 2018 — This talk is an overview of which areas the WordPress.org site consists of, what does the WordPress Meta team do, and how you can contribute code and ideas for the Plugin or Theme Directory, Support Forums, or any other part of WordPress.org.

May 6, 2018 — The practice of branding can be traced back to 50.000 years ago. The concept of marketing branding to 4000 BC. And with the (r)evolution brought forth by Internet and Social Media, today „we are all brands“ and as such, we all need to be aware of how a brand is best managed. This talk is a primer on the origin and the evolution of the concept of branding, so to better understand and care for our brand(s), regardless of their being a company, a product or a personal one. The talk will highlight key aspects of quality branding, and serve as a theoretical introduction for the workshop where I will teach the basics for building, tending and grooming a brand.

May 6, 2018 — BarCamp Track

May 6, 2018 — BarCamp Track

May 5, 2018 — Biplab Subedi loves to contribute WordPress community via volunteering, organizing and speaking at WordCamps. He is a co-founder of one of the leading WordPress based outsourcing companies in Nepal namely Eagle Vision IT.
He talked about easy yet powerful tips for a better working environment inside an IT company

May 5, 2018 — Having the right images can make or break a website. Designers create templates that depend on high-quality photos, visitors expect appealing visuals, and social marketing is less effective without attention-getting graphics. With such high demand for perfect images, website managers can be tempted into downloading whatever they see on the internet, resulting in lawsuits that lead to bankruptcy. If we can’t just copy the images we find, what should we do instead? Hear from an image designer, a publication editor, a photographer, and an intellectual property lawyer on how to get great images without breaking the bank or violating the law. The panel will offer advice on assessing your image needs, options for acquiring those images, and tips for creating your own.

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