Category: Speaking (Page 10 of 14)

Posts covering presentations I’ve given, talks I’ve shared, and meetups I’ve attended.

Press Start: Summer Blogging Bootcamp

July 3, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

Last week, we held our first Press Start event at the office and had an awesome time of hanging out and meeting other bloggers, sharing various ideas about how to actually maintain a blog, and generally getting some writing done.

In fact, we collectively wrote over 30 posts in a single hour.

But now that summer is in full swing, we’ve got a list of events planned for the upcoming season the first of which is geared towards those of you who are looking to go from nothing to something in one day.

We’re going to cover how to setup and configure your blog as well as talk through some strategies to help you get to publishing quickly.

My Interview with WP Engine

June 24, 2013 / Tom

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Last week, I had the pleasure of being featured on the WP Engine blog for their “Finely-Tuned Consultants” series.

If you’ve been following them on Twitter or their blog for any time now, you know they’ve interviewed some really neat people doing some really cool things with WordPress, so I consider it an honor to be able to be featured with the other consultants.

In the interview, I talk a little bit about how I got into computers, how I got into WordPress, and then answer a series of questions provided by Austin Gunter.

Press Start: Blog Up! – An Atlanta Blogger Meetup

June 18, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

One of the things that my team at 8BIT is passionate about is education specifically in the publishing space. It’s taken us some time to begin putting together a series of events now that we actually have space to support it, we’re offering a 100% free Atlanta blogger meetup here at the office.

This is the first of a series of events that we have planned for the summer.

Some are paid, some are free, but one thing that we’re looking forward to the most is meeting like-minded people who love blogging, development, designer, the Internet, and all things in between.

But our ultimate goal is not simply to meet people – it’s to equip people to do a better job at what they already do, or what they want to do.

How To Build a WordPress Plugin – Frequently Asked Questions

May 23, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

In about a week, I’m going to be hosting the first course in my How To Build a WordPress Plugin live workshop over on Envato. I covered the details in a previous post. Since the post has gone live, I’ve received a number of emails, tweets, and comments about the course so I wanted provide somewhat of a Building a WordPress Plugin FAQ.

For the record, this page will be a growing record of questions that I’ve received about the course so bookmark it, check it out, and feel free to leave comments.

I’ll do what I can to keep this page as current as possible. Continue reading

Live Workshop: How To Build a WordPress Plugin

May 9, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

One of the things that I’m most passionate about is helping other people learn how to pursue a career in some aspect of software development or web development.

It’s why I enjoy blogging, chatting with other developers on Twitter, talking with others via email, and sharing code and ideas for the sake of improving my own abilities as well as helping others.

Start the last week of this month, I’ll be partnering with Envato to lead a five-week workshop in which I’ll be teaching how to build a WordPress plugin from the ground up.