At the end of April 2017, I was ready to pull the trigger on migrating my work website to a new hosting company. Probably some background information before I get to the main part of the story. Since 2001, we had 2 of our personal servers located at a local Read more…
The following is a post that I first published in 2013. I saw some Facebook post that were the reason I wrote this 4 years ago. Veterans Day is an official US holiday and is observed on November 11th. It is a day to honor those who have served in Read more…
One two Three Cool Beans So, I recorded a video with Tammie Lister yesterday about the Gutenberg Editor and used this website. Below is the finished video…. The Story of Bob A story by Camryn Uscio and John Parkinson. “Bob, get up!” “BOB, GET UP!” Bob rolled over in bed, Read more…
For the past couple of years I have attended one or two WordCamps during the month of March. In 2015 I attended 7 WordCamps or WordPress events which included the Community Summit, which was held 2 days prior to WordCamp. This year I am holding off (a little). I am Read more…
About 3 months before GWTD 2 was to take place, I contacted Petya Raykovska about the possibility of recording short Skype interviews with several of the teams that were to be involved. Petya is a part of the WordPress Polyglots Team and is very active in the translation efforts. I Read more…
So, last Thursday (about noon) I get a phone call that basically went like this….”HELLLLPPPPP!” But first some background. Not too long after I had started using WordPress, a friend of mine called and asked if I knew anything about WordPress. I told him that “honestly” I just got started Read more…
In the span of a few days I received the notice that 3 of my domain names were up for renewal. Also, I knew that my hosting plans for 2 of those were going to renewed during the same time period. I had recently read an article on torquemag.io explain the Read more…
WordPress Community Interviews As part of the WordPress TV team, one of my current duties (recently) has been to create webcast which are interviews with people from around the WordPress world. It really isn’t a chore for me. Actually it is kind of a dream come true! For ten years I have wanted Read more…
After I had related a conversation I had over the weekend, she asked me why I would offer to do that for someone that I “barely” (her words) know. My answer was “Because That Is What We Do”. I attended WordCamp NEO last weekend. As always it is a chance to catch Read more…
I am sure this question comes up periodically. “Why Pay?” for a theme, plugin, service or program when there are free options available? Well, as the old saying goes, sometimes you get exactly what you pay for. Now I am not saying that there aren’t some fantastic free WordPress themes, plugins or Read more…