Hello! 👋🏻 I'm David. Been in tech/web since 80s but last 15+ yrs I primarily identify as #PHP#WordPress dev building plugins that run on a bunch of sites.
Was reminded today of a time that I was giving a presentation at a #WordCamp.
I had a pop culture reference to something (TBH, I forget what) in one of my slides. It didn’t seem to get any recognition, but that didn’t really bother me.
Nevertheless, some asshole in the audience decided to blurt out “I don’t think anyone got your joke.”
I responded “That’s okay. I don’t make these jokes for you. I make them for me.”
Having a moment of annoyance with Mastodon. I know WordCamp Atlanta is going on today, and yet I can find nobody posting about it. Searched on Nitter and there are lots of posts. Leaving Twitter/X has disconnected me from an important professional community.
For those who follow me from one of the more WordPress focused instances, are there good WordCamp posts in your local feeds ?
After my last post here, I wrapped up the day and went to dinner with the folks at a WordPress group that I'm part of — Post Status. The dinner was sponsored by A2 Hosting.
Let me just say this, the dinner was fantastic. The food was incredible and the people who I sat with, a bunch of people from A2 were great.
After that I headed back to the main venue hotel an
Eventually Went Back To Sleep A WordCamp US Update
So today is the first full day of WordCamp US 2023. It's been so much fun catching up with so many people. So much so that I'll probably have to watch many of the sessions on WordPress.TV later.
So in the last post I wrote that it was 3 am this morning and I couldn't get back to sleep. I eventually managed t
Going to be watching the #WordCamp US livestream today and tomorrow. So if you aren't into #WordPress or too many posts in your stream feel free to mute me.