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137 Sallie Goetsch: WP Fangirl
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English - October 29, 2016 04:00 - 46 minutes - ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsTechnology Education How To wordpress Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We put the spotlight on our panelist Sallie Goetsch. Sallie has been involved with the web since it's beginnings in the early 1990s, as well as a career in academia. She talks about these subjects, the WordPress community, living in the UK, and Greek philosophy in this very special episode of WP-Tonic.
Sallie is also the organizer of the East Bay WordPress Meetup and a valued member of the WordPress community.
http://www.meetup.com/Eastbay-WordPress-Meetup/
Episode 137 Table of Contents
0:00 Intros
1:42 How did Sallie first get into web development?
4:01 Sallie's early experiences with WordPress
5:07 How Sallie got involved with the East Bay WordPress Meetup
6:52 What are the biggest changes Sallie has seen in the web since the early 1990s?
9:27 What Sallie remembers about the Web Standards Movement.
10:05 Are we still addressing the same concerns on the web as we were ten and twenty years ago?
11:18 How is the web community progressing on making accessibility a priority?
12:43 What advice would Sallie give to people just starting out in web development today?
17:16 Some quick pricing advice.
17:35 Is there anything different about WordPress in comparison to other web communities?
20:46 Are there problems in the larger overall web community when it comes to discrimination?
24:25 Why Sallie left academia.
25:51 Differences with living in the UK and the US.
30:51 Sallie's advice on prequalifying clients.
34:18 Does your physical location make a difference in being able to do business?
37:17 Will the San Francisco WordCamp be brought back anytime soon?
38:47 Jonathan and Sallie have stories about travelling in the winter.
40:20 What does Sallie see happening with WordPress?
45:18 Podcast outros
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