How a WordCamp Happens
WordCamps happen all over the world every single year – they are a celebration of local WordPress communities and always a great time for everyone involved. They are also, as…
PHP South Africa talk: Growing your Product by Building a Community
In addition to running a WordPress development workshop at PHP South Africa this year, I also presented a talk about growing your product by building a community. The talk used…
PHP South Africa workshop: Bending WordPress to your Will
As part of my overall goal to step up this year and get involved in more community conferences and such, I ran a workshop at PHP South Africa 2017 on…
Month in WordPress moving to WordPress.org
For about 2 and a half years, I’ve been posting a monthly wrap-up of WordPress news internally at Woo and then at Automattic (after we were acquired). After much coaxing…
The Month in WordPress: May 2017
With WordCamp Europe coming up in June, as well as the Community Summit and the release of WordPress 4.8, there is a lot happening in the WordPress world that is…
The Month in WordPress: April 2017
As I posted previously, I’m bringing this internal monthly wrap-up of WordPress community news out from just inside Automattic and sharing it here too. Enjoy! Another month has come to…
The Month in WordPress: March 2017
As I posted last month, I’m bringing this internal monthly wrap-up of WordPress community news out from just inside Automattic and sharing it here too. Enjoy! It’s been a busy…
A few Coffee Shops to work from in Cape Town
Aside from generally enjoying my job and what I do on a daily basis, I also have the added advantage of having flexible hours and being able to work wherever…
The woman who inspires me
Today is International Women’s Day – while many people are using it as a day of marching and demonstrations to push for greater gender equality, I thought I’d use it as…
The Month in WordPress: February 2017
For a little over 2 years now, I have been posting monthly updates internally at WooThemes and now at Automattic in which I give a wrap-up of all the significant…
Stepping Up (Part 2)
Last week I wrote about how I’m planning on stepping up this year to speak at more conferences. Even though I also challenged you all to do the same, public…
Stepping Up
In 2016 I spoke at a local conference for the first time. It felt pretty easy because it was WordCamp Cape Town – an event and community with which I am…
Seriously Simple Acquisition
On 13 December 2012, I launched Seriously Simple Podcasting – a plugin that I initially built for my church’s website, but then expanded into a full-featured podcasting plugin available for anyone…
Only YOU Can Prevent Forest Fires
My fellow South Africans will be familiar with Bokkie making sure we know that only WE have the power to prevent bush and veld fires. The emotive tear and the damning words…
WordCamp Johannesburg: There is no “I” in WordPress
This morning I presented a talk titled There is no “I” in WordPress at the first ever WordCamp in Johannesburg. The video of my talk will be up on WordPress.tv at some…
WordCamp Cape Town: Democratising Community
Today I presented a talk titled Democratising Community at WordCamp Cape Town 2016. Even though I gave an intro talk last year, this is actually my first real WordCamp talk and…
