Today WordPress celebrates its 17th birthday. It’s been 17 years since the first release of WordPress. That’s right, it’s been 17 years since a 19-year-old freshman, Matt Mullenweg, and British web developer, Mike Little launched the initial version of what would become the Web’s most popular Content Management System (CMS). Read this article for some history….
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How to Start a WordPress Meetup in Your Town (and Why You Should!)
For WordCamp Wilmington 2017 Here’s a few more ideas on how to get members: http://blog.meetup.com/meetup-growth-hacks-how-to-make-your-meetup-irresistible-to-new-members-mnf/ More resources: https://community-self-training.mystagingwebsite.com/course/wordpress-meetup-organizer-training/
FREE Live Stream of WordCamp US 2016
Watch the WordCamp US 2016 Live Stream from the comfort of your very own home. Or co-working space. Or coffee shop. Or pretty much anywhere with wifi! https://2016.us.wordcamp.org/tickets/
5 Interesting User Experience Stats
I recently read this interesting article from blog.invisionapp.com and thought I would share with you the most interesting points. Infinite Scrolling can lower your bounce rate. Time.com’s bounce rate dropped 15 percentage points after they adopted continuous scroll. (I just installed Jetpack’s Infinite Scroll module & the Jetpack Infinite Scroll for Genesis plugin on this…
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Freelance Rates
I just came across this website that allows you to see what people are making in different areas of the US depending on their job ans experience. How do your rates match up? Find out more here: https://www.hellobonsai.com/rates
Who Codes in 2015?
Stack Overflow took a survey of developers. 26,086 people from 157 countries participated in the 45-question survey. See the results here.
Meet Me in NYC!
I’m honored to have been chosen to speak at WordCamp NYC 2015. Hope to see you there! Find out more: https://nyc.wordcamp.org/2015/