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WordCamp Europe: For The Greater Good
After months of carefully looking for venues, speakers, volunteers, sponsors and everything else imaginable, we set a date in early 2013; 5, 6 & 7 October in the beautiful city of Leiden in the Netherlands. Right now there are only 38 days left to go and that makes me über excited.
Building a Job Board Website with WordPress
The other day I noticed a Google+ post by a friend (yes, I’m one of the 12 people using Google Plus) about a job board that was launched on the Thoroughly Modern Marketing website. It reminded me that every week or two I get a question about my last post on Job Boards (back in Feb).
Here’s the good news – some things have changed in the last six months!
WordPress and JavaScript with Backbone
We recently ran across this excellent slide deck from K. Adam White on evolving your JavaScript with BackBone.js. It’s a really great deck that we highly recommend you fully digest. It’s simple enough for people not yet well versed in such things but want to learn, but also has plenty of meaty content for those that are.
9 Women in WordPress You Should Be Following
There are plenty of women in the world of WordPress who are worthy of mention. With that in mind, we set out to produce a followup to our “ten personalities” post and present to you below nine women in WordPress you should be following. Enjoy!
WordPress and MVC (Gloves Aren’t Made for Feet)
One of the topics that periodically crops up in discussions as it relates to WordPress is the idea of WordPress and MVC.
But the thing is that MVC is not the silver bullet of web development that we try to make it out to be. Yes, it’s an awesome design pattern, and I personally think that it fits the web application model like a glove, but not every framework or platform implements that design pattern.
Bob Dunn on Sensei, WordPress Training and “ah-ha” Moments
In the digital space, there is no greater tool than knowledge. As the industry is ever-evolving, and as new trends, techniques and utilities arise, it’s important to keep up with innovations in the digital space and to ensure one is always at the top of one’s game. I recently had the great pleasure of sitting down with Bob Dunn, avid WordPress enthusiast and online trainer, to discuss WordPress, WooThemes, Sensei, online training and “ah-ha” moments.
