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A Little About Me Community Engagement & Project Manager at BrainstormMedia.com
Professional Writer
Professional Ballet Teacher
Professional Kid Wrangler
Professional Twitter Addict
BrainstormMedia.comCreative Business Solutions
•Web Development and Design
•Enterprise WordPress
•Brand Development
•Plugin Authors
•Wordpress Core Contributor(s)
Internationally Distributed Team
Paul Clark @pdclark
Technical Director
Taylor Aldridge @tayloraldridge
Creative Director
WE BUILD GREAT THINGS WITH WORDPRESS WE HELP OUR CLIENTS EXCEED EXPECTATIONS
WordPress Super Hero Academy
Five Year Plan1)Flailing, Reading and
Doing
2)Networking, Planning and Doing
3)Making Money and Doing
4)Doing and Living
5)Doing and Thriving!
There was actually a point in life where I didn’t know what patches or commits were. Matt Mullenweg
@photomatt
Founding Developer, WordPress
Watch Matt’s 10yr History of WordPress KeyNote Address YouTube
Start asking yourself questions:
What do you love?What do you gravitate towards in the first place?Why WordPress?
Those are the questions you have to answer first.Oh, and, learn to code!
Austin Gunter@austingunter
Marketing, WP Engine
Learn more about Austin and his journey at austingunter.com
I think there’s real opportunity to build healthy businesses with innovative solutions in the WordPress space… I would just caution anyone who thinks this space is any kind of gravy train.
Jake Goldman @jakemgold
President, 10up
See more from this interview at MattReport.com.
Building genuine relationships and contributing to the WordPress community can strengthen your business and elevate your reputation.
Instead of working against your competitors, creatively find ways to collaborate with them and sharpen your offerings.
Carrie Dils@cdils
Genesis Developer, carriedils.com
Watch Carrie’s very engaging and informative talk from WordCamp San Francisco.
The Last Flowchart You Will EVER Need
Problem
Can you do anything about it?
Yes!
Then Do It!
No?
Then Find Someone Who Does!
Let me tell you right now, you are not trapped by your own life. Whatever it is that you think is standing between you and your dream, it is time to list those out and get some answers because the answers are simpler than you think.
Paul Clark@pdclark
Technical Director, BrainstormMedia
Enjoy Paul’s inspirational talk first given at TEDx Anchorage and the well received Lightning Talk given at WordCamp Portland.
In taking a step we throw ourselves off-balance and then catch ourselves, over and over. I remember laying in bed and thinking about how cool that was. Then I thought about running. That blew my mind.
Taylor Aldridge@tayloraldridge
Creative Director, BrainstormMedia
Taylor writes an amazing blog, it will inspire you towards authenticity! Check it out.
Resources For Learninglearn.wordpress.org
This new site is a work in progress, and will be your source for handbooks, downloadable training materials, and information about educational events.
codecademy.comHTML/CSS, Javascript/jQuery, Python, Ruby, PHP, and APIs
ithemes.com/wordpress-resourcesLearn and Grow, then Teach and Share
WordPress for DummiesWritten by Lisa Sabin-Wilson – essential book for beginners!
Blogs – Twitter Feeds – YouTube – WordPress Forums