10 days ago HeroPress contributor Saurabh Shukla sent me an email asking that I come to WordCamp Pune, India to present about HeroPress. I didn’t even know WordCamp Pune was happening, but I had wanted to go to WordCamp Mumbai VERY much, so I was incredibly excited. My first thought was “How can I afford…
It all started with an iPod Touch When I was about 13 years old, I made my first tech purchase, an iPod Touch. This was essentially my first “computer”. I know what you’re thinking, that an iPod Touch is nothing like a computer. But to my 13 year-old mind, this was not the case. I…
Before the first essay on HeroPress I decided not to have comments enabled. I wanted each essay to stand alone as the ideas of that one person. Comments would change the message, whether they be positive or negative. Aside from that, many of the contributors open themselves up, exposing old wounds and sensitive memories. The…
When I was first presented with the opportunity to write for HeroPress, my initial reaction was; “Why? What could I possibly say to help people more experienced than I am at WordPress?” You see, I’ve only been using WordPress for a little more than a year, and I only use it for blogging. The only…
I can trace my start with WordPress back to 7th Grade when I was 12. That year at school, I learned a bit about Wikispaces and Wix and I saw something I would want to do and have as a hobby: build websites. As I dabbled with website building more and more, I eventually found…
This week begins a three week series on HeroPress of essays from people younger than 20. Someone wise pointed out that these aren’t necessarily stories about “the periphery” of WordPress. I’m choosing to go ahead with them though, because I think this is definitely a thin margin in the WordPress community, and one that we want…
When Topher first approached me, I was a bit unsure if my story could be inspiring enough to help others. While writing it, I realised that in some strange way, coincidences end up making sense. My whole story ended up making sense to me. Once upon a time I was born in San Nicolás, a…
“Why do I write? It’s not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer. I write because I want to end my loneliness.” – Jonathan Safran Foer In the beginning was the Word A decade ago, I was in ninth grade and plagued with an insatiable…
“Things like the Internet and WordPress can power a website, but they can also empower individuals.” The Story As a young boy with a permanent disability, life wasn’t easy. I wasn’t able to do all of the things my friends did, I wasn’t treated the same, and I wasn’t taught the same things in school….
This last essay from Lara Littlefield was the 10th essay for HeroPress. It feels like it’s been years. It’s hard to imagine a time when this wasn’t a part of my life. Our Kickstarter failed in mid-February and gave us time to think long and hard about what we were doing, and how it should…
