So if you happen to follow me on GitHub you know that I juggle a lot of projects. So you may wonder why so many? Well some projects are just handy little one offs while others are interconnected ideas like a finely woven mesh. It is these latter projects that keep me going. I have been building and extending bacon framework for a number of years. It started out as a simple concept born out of my … [Read more...] about Coding for fun and profit
WordCamp Toronto Aug 6th
It was an honor to speak at WordCamp Toronto Aug 6 on: Unlocking the Awesome Magical Power of MU-Plugins The venue Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University was fantastic and the classroom setting was a perfect fit for the talk. Unfortunately the video is not yet available on line. I will update this post as soon as it is available. … [Read more...] about WordCamp Toronto Aug 6th
WordCamp NYC Jul 15th
It was a delight to speak at WordCamp NYC hosted at the UN, in the lightning talk How to beat developers block. I showed how to break out of the rat race by changing your perspective. The video is not yet on line. … [Read more...] about WordCamp NYC Jul 15th
WordPress NYC MeetUp Apr 21st
In the talk; Unlock the awesome power of WordPress through mu-plugins, I demonstrated the basic principles of extending WordPress, through the use of mechanisms like mu-plugins and other customizable elements. Have you ever wanted to write a plugin but felt intimidated by PHP? Are you a back-end developer who is aesthetically challenged or do you wish to comprehend the mysteries of the … [Read more...] about WordPress NYC MeetUp Apr 21st
WordPress NYC MeetUp Mar 17th
In march I gave a brief talk about various ways to extend WordPress through plugins, drop-ins, and theme customization. The video for Intro to extending WordPress is available here: https://youtu.be/vCuyU2lipYA … [Read more...] about WordPress NYC MeetUp Mar 17th
WordCamp NYC Aug 2nd
Once again it was a distinct honor to speak at WordCamp NYC on August 2nd. I gave a talk on High Performance WordPress and the slides are available on Slide Share: http://j.konex.us/HPWPD-SS and the video is available on WordPress TV. … [Read more...] about WordCamp NYC Aug 2nd