One neat thing about going to WordCamp US is that you meet new vendors that you would might not have met or got along with.
I met the gang at #RocketNet and I'm now moving my sites (albeit slowly) to them from Flywheel.
Top 9.0 Notable Things said by @photomatt at #WordCampUS 2023 #WCUS #WordPress
https://davidbisset.com/top-6-3-notable-things-said-by-matt-mullenweg-at-wordcamp-us-2023/
Animated GIFS from #WordCampUS stage:
Armchair WordCampers: In 30 minutes gorge on #WordPress at Day 2 of #wordcampus Live streams:
Woodrow Wilson room:
https://us.wordcamp.org/2023/livestream/woodrow-wilson-saturday/
Cherry Blossom room:
https://us.wordcamp.org/2023/livestream/cherry-blossom-saturday/
Schedule: https://us.wordcamp.org/2023/livestream/
"You are not building a website. No, you're not. You are actually extending a tool building on top of #WordPress to empower someone else to create a website."
"Our priority in this case was not flexibility. Our priority was being able to get stuff published and out there as quickly as possible. And custom blocks were the correct route for us." @helen on building http://whitehouse.gov with #WordPress at #WordCampUS.
@helen at #WordCampUS is showing off the #WordPress built editing experience for http://whitehouse.gov. #WCUS
President Obama's website used #Drupal. #Drupal is a "good open source gateway drug" (the site eventually got to be on #WordPress)
#drupal #wordpress #wordcampus #wcus
"Joe Navy" was a color of the branding guide to the new http://whitehouse.org website.
So Ross Minney is up now at #WordCampUS, covering the subject of Single Page Applications for #WordPress.
#WordPress panel at #WordCampUS on how companies can set up their own internal contribution teams and how they can contribute efficiently.
w/ @karmatosed and others.
Up now at #WordCampUS
@henrihelvetica
talks about core web vitals: their maturation, significance, and data surrounding them through the lens of #WordPress devs/users.
Now on the #WordCampUS stage: Aida Correa-Jackson covers how to build a #WordPress community for beginners and creatives.
Up now at #WordCampUS: Shambi Broome on using #WordPress to make a difference in the world... how she started working with high school students, developed a curriculum and generated an income.
CivicPress is a "#WordPress Theme Seamlessly Integrated with the US Web Design System for Modern Government Websites"
J.J. Toothman
Visit: https://civicpress.us/
While I have some opinions about the #WordCampUS schedule this year (both praiseworthy and critical) I think starting off things with NASA keynote was a good move and a good look for a flagship #WordPress event.
"The ethos of WordPress is for everyone, we need our CMS to be for everyone. But that doesn't happen automatically. It doesn't happen just by installing #WordPress."
Abby Bowman
#NASA on migrating to new #WordPress:
- 440 users onboarded to new CMS
- 3,023 new landing page created
- 68,006 pages migrated from old CMS
#nasa #wordpress #wordcampus #wcus
"We're doing this for the benefit of humanity. And this was really important for us to make sure that we had our website as ACCESSIBLE as possible to everyone across the world."