December 20, 2017 — We will merge two doubleW’s into a single awesome project. Let’s explore how to use Webpack2 with your WordPress theme, how to build your Webpack configuration and use it with CSS/SASS, JSON, Images, Fonts, JS, and many more. I’ll provide the boilerplate configuration for your WW project. On top of everything, we will explore how PostCSS can be added to your project which will enrich your application with some cool plugins. But that is not all, you will also get the configuration for PHP, SASS, JS linting, as well as build and deploy bash scripts. Let’s start building WordPress with this awesome tool.

December 20, 2017 — Coding standards provide a foundation for writing your code. If you are involved in a big project, it is imperative that the team that works with you follows the same coding practices. This is helpful during the development phase, especially while debugging and doing code reviews. The days of manual checking your code are long gone, and we have a bunch of tools that can help us with writing quality code (linters, code sniffers, unit tests). One of such tools, which is especially helpful, is PHP CodeSniffer. PHP CodeSniffer will check your PHP, JS and CSS code on the fly, and you can also write your own sniffs and define your own standards. You’ll get an overview of using phpcs, writing your own, and extending other people sniffs and standards.

December 20, 2017 — I had a great time interviewing Josh. We have run across each other a few times since we first met at WCUS 2015.

We talk about WCUS 2017 and his presentation which can be found at WordPress TV – https://wordpress.tv/2017/12/10/josh-pollock-five-attitudes-stopping-you-from-building-accessible-wordpress-websites/

Josh has been spending time working with the Gutenberg Editor and creating plugins.

We discuss the pros and cons of big WordCamps versus smaller WordCamps.

He is a big proponent of the WordPress Community and always has time to help people.

One thing that I neglected to tell Josh. This is the 70th interview that I have done since June of last year.

Thanks Josh!

December 20, 2017 — This talk is not about design or art; it’s about designers. It’s about the things that we create and the ways in which we create them. It’s about the processes that we use and how those processes define us. It’s about the qualities that set us apart (and why they matter). What are the differences between design and art? What is the most important quality that a designer can possess? And how are the two so closely related? In this talk, we’ll examine the ways in which design and art are fundamentally different, and how through those differences, we can extract the qualities that comprise great designers and leaders. Learn about the contrasting purposes, data sources, and creative processes that design and art hold. Gain a new perspective on what it means to be a designer, and how designers that possess one particular quality are prone to better feedback, accountability, innovation, collaboration, and outcomes. Finally, hear personal accounts from designers at companies like Google and Apple, sharing their approaches to design and the qualities that they value. You may or may not leave this talk convinced that design is not art, but no matter what, you will leave with a better understanding for what it means to be a designer.

December 20, 2017 — Gauri Sawant; Society told her that she is not a woman; but she became a mother. They told her that she has no rights of her own, that she does not exist in the eyes of the law; yet, she took in an orphaned girl to protect her right to a happy childhood, so that another little girl doesn’t get trafficked and disappear into oblivion.

December 20, 2017 — Leiden, a small city in the Netherlands close to Amsterdam, hosted the first WordCamp Europe in 2013. Now, five years later and five WordCamps Europe later, the next one will be in Belgrade in 2018. In this talk, I will ask and answer some questions like “Why is WordCamp Europe that important to this part of the world” and how “Leiden changed everything”. Join me for a community driven and very inspirational talk

December 20, 2017 — Branding advice for corporations and startups doesn’t work for service-oriented businesses, such as freelancers and agencies. Human-centered branding excels where corporate and personal branding both fall short. In this talk, you’ll get practical tips on how to grow a relationship-focused business with an authentic brand that you not only put on during the working hours, but are able to live by 24/7.

December 19, 2017 — Europe is currently undergoing an entrepreneurship boom of sorts, with special emphasis on Ag and FoodTech startups. How to thrive in the new innovation landscape? Inspired by KATANA accelerator, my presentation will discuss the benefits of consistent content, specifically the quality and promotion of it, during the early days of a startup. Now, there’s no secret to perfect MVP, but taking a few hours to plan your efforts will speed up your ROI.

December 19, 2017 — Author will present the result of three-months long experience in idea crowdsourcing for Croatian capital Zagreb. The public – general, expert and business – submits, comments and rates innovative ideas on free and challenge basis. City services check the submissions and evaluate them on technological and business feasibility. Development based on WP proved out to cover complete foreseen functionality , as well as new functions that emerged during the pilot in a very agile way.

Attitude towards the application as well as to process and content of different groups of users – citizens, moderators, decision makers – will be presented in the form of statistics as well as subsequent recommendations for operations in similar environment.

December 19, 2017 — The talk is focused on how to nurture client relationship, go over hurdles, missed deadlines and misunderstandings, and how to protect yourself while not appearing protective.

Idea of the talk is to go through an experience with one client, where we went from a simple website migration (due to the previous developer missing in action), that we nurtured and turned into one of our best relationship.

Also, I want to focus on another thing that most developers misunderstand – that you are not actually charging for your time, and actually, you are getting paid for delivering value to the customer and his business, and why that is different.