Category: Talks

In February 2020, I was laid off from my job after almost two years. I started looking for a new job, but a couple of weeks later, we were in a global pandemic. Job postings started drying up, and hiring came to a halt.

The next logical thing to do is open my own business, right? In this talk, I’ll discuss all the motions and emotions that I went through from never wanting to have my own company to starting up my own web development business during a pandemic. We’ll look at some of the things I did right, what I did wrong, what (and who) helped and what you need to consider before you do it yourself.

This talk is designed for small business owners and is for all skill levels.

The session, which is aimed at designers (who are also developers), will cover some tips on how they can be a better at what they do.

• The need to be better at design as a developer, its importance, and how it helps us.
• Steps and exercises to become a better designer
• How to take a design language and extend into an aesthetic UI
• Best tools to use
• Understanding the use of color, fonts, and general best-practices to make a clean UI
• Understanding UX

WP-CLI provides a command-line interface for WordPress. This allows admins to quickly perform actions on a WordPress installation straight from the command line and can also be easily invoked from a batch job.
In this talk, Sudar will introduce WP-CLI and will also explore some common use cases where WP-CLI can be used very effectively.

Looking for the good things during bad times has become one of my survival tactics. Finding the good in bad situations – like looking for a phoenix rising from the ashes – has often helped me stay positive when it felt like the world was burning.

2020 felt a lot like that. From a global pandemic to murder hornets, to event cancelations, and personal struggles, 2020 was a difficult year for many, if not most, of us.

We pivoted so much and so often it felt like we were constantly reinventing ourselves, our businesses, and our community.

So what good things did I find in 2020? I discovered a deeper love for WordPress – and the WordPress community – that I ever imagined.

Join me as I share the good things that have come from a trying time, and how I think we can move forward in a globally-positive way.