This is hopefully the first of a new kind of post on HeroPress. This post is about someone doing something heroic with WordPress, but it doesn’t quite fit the essay model. I’d love feedback on what you think. A couple weeks ago Matt Cromwell sent me a note on Slack that said “Did you meet…
I didn’t know Alex King. I barely knew who he was. This may sound strange to so many of you who saw his touch everywhere, but the vagaries of life simply kept us apart. Over the last year or so I heard his name here and there. A nice long talk with Norcross and Karim…
My goal with HeroPress has never been to help people directly. The idea was to find someone who’s solved a problem and have them tell how, so that people with that same problem can see a way out. I have no idea if that’s ever been successful. Many people have told me that the essays are…
If you missed the fact that HeroPress fans paid my way to WordCamp Pune then you weren’t paying attention. As always I’m super grateful for that. I wanted to publish some numbers for the sake of transparency. The GoFundMe raised $2540.00. GoFundMe’s fees for that were $209.66. My hotel was $285.34. Travel was $1581.41 My…
This part was actually published over on WPTavern. I wrote about WordCamp itself, as opposed to simply my experiences in India.
Sunday morning came bright and early. Once again I completely forgot about breakfast and headed down to the lobby where Rahul and Aditya were going to pick me up to head to WordCamp. I mentioned that I forgot breakfast, so when we got to the venue (really quite early) Rahul’s business partner Vivek asked if…
Six days ago I climbed on a plane and headed to WordCamp Pune. It took me about 24 hours of travelling, 18 of them sitting in narrow airplane seats. It’s by far the farthest I’ve ever traveled from home. For those that don’t know the story, be sure to check out the post about why I went….
It’s after midnight Pune time as I write this. My plane leaves in just over 4 hours. It’s 3:30pm yesterday back home. Today was an incredible, overwhelming, exhausting, amazing day. Let me explain. No, it is too much, let me sum up. Once again I forgot to eat breakfast, so Vivek Jain from rtCamp took…
I slept a little late today, and forgot to eat breakfast. I was reminded when I got to the lobby and smelled it. :) Today was Foundation Day at WordCamp Pune, where there was a single track for beginners. There was demo time, some knowledge exchange, etc. It was during this time that I learned…
I’m writing this from my hotel room in Pune, India. This is my first time outside North America, so everything is new and interesting and exciting. I left home about 30 hours ago, going from Grand Rapids to Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany to Pune. Because of delays due to weather my layovers were cut quite…
