May 30, 2021 — Are you looking to start a career in WordPress? Or change paths? Or progress along your current path?
Let’s get real about the opportunities which exist within the WordPress ecosystem. This session shares information about jobs in WordPress and recommendations for landing the job you want.
June 17, 2020 — Kyle Maurer talks about his favorite tools for WordPress like Diff Checker, PHP Storm, Knock to Unlock, Chrome Dev Tools. Sit and stand desk, Keyboard shortcuts, filtering your inbox, Turn off notifications, Remove social media apps. Local development (i.e. Desktop server), Git documentation, code peer review, WP Cli, Foundation (CSS framework). Stop using sliders in your UI, use more text emails, Wordcrash to travel, let unused domains to expire, leave positive comments, Plugins: User Switching, Query Monitor, Debug bar & console, Jilt Dashboard, Holler Box, GitHub Updater. Career: Invest in reputation, Volunteer & speak at WordCamps, Sit with strangers, Join a Toastmasters club, Interview peers, Real Life: Remember names and faces, get out more from home, listen to podcasts, give more shoutouts, ping people more just to say hi
December 19, 2019 — Over the past five years, I’ve been running a weekly, one hour, live interview show featuring a new guest from the WordPress community every episode. During each interview I’ve attempted to get to know the guest, their interests, and their story. Along the way, I’ve learned a lot about the people who make up this community. In this session, I’d like to share hard data as well as some personal reflections I’ve gleaned from just listening to all the people who use and make WordPress.
November 18, 2019
September 17, 2019 — Digital eCommerce is a wonderful and exciting frontier full of opportunities. In this session, Kyle describes a few reasons why digital products are so compelling and valuable while also giving an introduction to how digital eCommerce works for anyone getting started.
June 19, 2019 — Get Options is a WordPress Q&A podcast hosted by Adam Silver and Kyle Maurer. Adam and Kyle are long time WordPress users who love helping and teaching. In this session, audience questions on all topics will be passionately and politely addressed. No topics are off limits.
June 18, 2019 — Over the past five years, I’ve been running a weekly interview show featuring a new guest from the WordPress community every episode. I’ve learned a lot about the people who make up this community. I want to share the reflections I’ve gleaned from listening to the people who use and make WordPress.
April 3, 2019 — Everyone loves some handy tips and tricks, right? How about a huge list of all the ways I have personally improved my workflows, processes, production quality, and even lifestyle? I’ve been building WordPress sites, writing code, working remotely, and generally doing all things WordPress for years now and I’ve discovered a whole lot of cool stuff in that time. Come see the curtain get pulled back and learn which tools I value the most and the good habits I’ve developed which have made the biggest impact on my life.
February 26, 2019 — Everyone loves some handy tips and tricks, right? How about a huge list of all the ways I have personally improved my workflows, processes, production quality, and even lifestyle? I’ve been building WordPress sites, writing code, working remotely, and generally doing all things WordPress for years now and I’ve discovered a whole lot of cool stuff in that time. Come see the curtain get pulled back and learn which tools I value the most and the good habits I’ve developed which have made the biggest impact on my life.