WordCamp Dhaka Canceled It doesn't happen often (I think the last time was due to COVID in 2020), but recently the decision was made to cancel WordCamp Dhaka. When companies attempt to exert influence on the planning process, the Community…
Jobs & Career Roundup Week Ending July 7
Michelle Frechette
CareersThe Week in Review
This week I was asked to contribute my ideas on finding a job in WordPress on the WPRiders blog. While there's no one right answer to finding a job in tech (or WordPress, specifically) there are always ways to improve…
Member Spotlight: Lana Miro
Michelle Frechette
BlogsMember Spotlights
I'm Lana, 27 years old, but I feel much older :D. Why? I suppose because I attended so may events, offline conferences, and trainings during my university time. So it allowed me to travel abroad, meet new people, and gain…
Jobs & Career Roundup Week Ending June 30
Michelle Frechette
CareersThe Week in Review
It continues to be a tough job market in tech. With the amount of layoffs over the last six months, it's easy to see how there are hundreds of applicants for almost any opening. Our jobs board can help! Here's…
Community Roundup Week Ending June 30
Michelle Frechette
The Week in ReviewWordPress Community
WCEU Was Amazing I know it's been a few weeks, but having come back with covid, I haven't had a chance to share my final thoughts on WCEU, so I'll do so briefly here. The event was incredibly well organized…
Member Spotlight: Jay Walsh
Michelle Frechette
BlogsMember Spotlights
Jay Walsh leads communications and PR for WooCommerce, the internet’s most-used ecommerce platform. Jay has over 20 years of communications experience spanning tech, public media, open source, gaming, and the public sector. When asked at a party about a “neat…
Jobs & Career Roundup Week Ending June 2
Michelle Frechette
CareersThe Week in Review
It continues to be a tough job market in tech. With the amount of layoffs over the last six months, it's easy to see how there are hundreds of applicants for almost any opening. Our jobs board can help! Also,…
Member Spotlight: Justin Sainton
Michelle Frechette
BlogsMember Spotlights
Zao started with an 18-year-old Justin Sainton printing grainy flyers on his home printer and knocking on doors to land his first few jobs. Now his version of fun is juggling five kids and annoying his wife with Instagram quiz…
Member Spotlight: Chris Reynolds
Michelle Frechette
BlogsMember Spotlights
Chris is a Senior Software Engineer and technical lead of the CMS Platform team at Pantheon. Before joining Pantheon, Chris has been a Senior Engineer at Human Made, working on Human Made’s Altis Digital Experience platform, a Developer Lead for…
Member Spotlight: Piccia Neri
Michelle Frechette
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Piccia Neri is a UX and accessible design lead, consultant and speaker, helping businesses and agencies win on the web by putting users at the centre. She loves educating designers and developers in the best UX, UI and accessibility practices…
Community Roundup Week Ending May 12
Michelle Frechette
The Week in ReviewWordPress Community
If You See Something, Say Something This week I posted an observation. I observed that with 20 speakers announced for WCEU (at that point) that there were only about 25% women and even fewer non-white people. I hoped for more…
Member Spotlight: Laura Coronado
Michelle Frechette
BlogsMember Spotlights
With a love for all things marketing and communications, Laura Coronado manages the marketing strategies, initiatives, and efforts for WebDevStudios and Pluginize. She has over 25 years of marketing and communications experience, including time spent working in healthcare, entertainment, eCommerce,…
Community Roundup Week Ending May 5
Michelle Frechette
The Week in ReviewWordPress Community
AI and WordPress is AI and All of Us In a recently blog post, Kathy Zant wrote about using AI for new headshots, and how that caused her to think about how we perceive ourselves versus how we might perceive…
Member Spotlight: Daugirdas Jankus
Michelle Frechette
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Daugirdas Jankus is the Chief Marketing Officer at Hostinger, a web hosting company based in Lithuania. He has been using WordPress since he was 12 years old, and he is an active member of the WordPress community. Over 6+ years…
Community Roundup Week Ending April 28
Michelle Frechette
The Week in ReviewWordPress Community
A Community Gift Last week I launched a new website as a gift to event organizers, podcasters, bloggers, and speakers in the WordPress community. It's an online database of WordPress speakers including what topics they present on, what time zones…
Member Spotlight: Matt Laue
Michelle Frechette
BlogsMember Spotlights
Matthew (Matt) Laue is a successful startup founder and CTO with a passion for innovative technology solutions. He began his career at IBM Research before moving on to lead Akiri Solutions, a technology consulting firm based in Silicon Valley. It…
