In a year where everything feels abnormal, it was refreshing to do something as normal as celebrate our anniversary. We marked the occasion with a long weekend to Cádiz, a gorgeous port city in southwest Spain. It was a joy spend that time together and to go on a vacation, and a relief to escape the Madrid heat.
Diversity in Meetups and WordCamps
As part of the WP Community Team’s #trainingtuesday series, I had an absolutely fantastic conversation with JC Palmes, Mary Job, Jill Binder, and Allie Nimmons about how we can better support diversity in WordPress Meetups and WordCamps.
WordCamp Spain
After tons of encouragement and an abundance of support, I managed to give a talk in Spanish at WordCamp Spain. It was a lot of work, but I’m feeling rather proud!
WPCoffeeTalk
This is rather late, but I have very fond memories of this chat (my first podcast!) with the always delightful Michelle Frechette.
Michelle is a fellow co-organizer for WCUS, and hosts WPCoffeeTalk, in which she chats with other WordPress community members over a beverage. Thanks for having me!
See you in St. Louis! #WCUS
I consider myself incredibly lucky to be an organizer for WCUS 2019. We’re in the final stretch, so any of you who have organized a WordCamp know that this is crunch time. What keeps me going is the fact that I am truly blessed to work with some of the most dedicated volunteers I’ve ever met, people who bring a combination of creative ideas and hard work to make this event a success.
I hope to see you in St. Louis on November 1st! If you still need tickets, you can get them here: https://2019.us.wordcamp.org/tickets/
I’m an oddball
This is a list of odd things about me that I fully embrace.
- I always go out of my way to step on a crunchy-looking leaf. There is nothing quite like a satisfactory leaf crunch.
- I am unsure of myself 90% of the time. I’m good at hiding that, asking lots of questions, and figuring out action items.
- I mutter to myself when I walk around alone. It’s because I’m trying to practice saying something in a different language, or I’m trying to commit something to memory. This becomes especially pronounced as I get closer to some public talk, as I add in hand gestures.
- I regularly question whether I am self aware. Take that to mean what you will.
- I fidget like there is no tomorrow. I don’t know why, I just cannot sit still, and I watch how everyone else sits still and I just don’t get it.
- I always wake up before my first alarm. I don’t always get up with my first alarm, however, even though the alarm is labeled: “Get your lazy a** out of bed already.”
- I always hate my hair.
- Like Monica Geller, I balance a clean home with a secret closet. Maybe two. And a drawer.
- I love design and style. I love it all to the point where my personal design and style simply doesn’t feel cohesive.
- Every time I publish a post, I read it and make an edit. And then I think about email subscribers and how they may never see that edit.