Wproundtable

All the way from London, Sunny Ratilal joined us for a discussion about his university studies, WordPress development, being involved in open source, working with EDD and plenty more besides. Sunny’s a pretty brilliant chap and I very much enjoy chatting with him.   The post 74: Sunny Ratilal – Easy Digital Downloads appeared first on WPRoundTable.

Rock and Roll decided my future. I like loud music, iced coffee, and storytelling. I dream in digital, and work WP Engine as a Product Marketer Picks of the week Marc – WordCamp Tampa   The post HOA 73: Shayda Torabi – WP Engine appeared first on WPRoundTable.

Tom Harrigan has developed websites for over six years, focusing on big media and solving challenges for news organizations and editorial teams.  Before Alley Interactive, Tom was a senior developer at Code and Theory where he helped relaunch Vogue.com. He was also Lead WordPress Developer at HowAboutWe, where he worked on media properties such as Nerve.com which was recently acquired by IAC. Picks of the week Kyle – Kung Fu Grep – story on a plugin developer Jason – Fontastic The post HOA 72: Tom Harrigan – Alley Interactive appeared first on WPRoundTable.

Phil Hoyt, is a web developer,  who likes to create cool things. Ever since he was a child he has had a DIY attitude towards life. Plucking away at the keyboard late into the nights until the caffeine wore off. Now he develops creative and technical solutions with user experience always in the forefront. Picks of the week Kyle – WCUS Speakers Jason – Elegant Themes Article re WordPress size Marc – WordCrash The post HOA 71: Phil Hoyt – Insivia appeared first on WPRoundTable.

Tracy Appls is a creative problem solver. designer who codes. photographer. drummer. could probably deadlift you., and yes, her last name is really “Apps” Picks of the week Jason –  http://fliphtml5.com/ The post HOA 70: Tracy Apps – Tracy Apps Design appeared first on WPRoundTable.

Troy is an online marketing speaker, coach, consultant and podcaster. specializing in helping businesses and entrepreneurs use the Internet to attract new customers and build their communities. Picks of the week Kyle – UX Principles article Marc – Get Drip Email Service The post HOA 69: Troy Dean – WP Elevation appeared first on WPRoundTable.

Karen Arnold is a Happiness Engineer for WordPress.com at Automattic. Before working at Automattic, she ran a small web shop creating WordPress sites for small businesses. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with her husband and 4 children and blogs at karenalma.com. Picks of the week Kyle – https://freemius.com/wordpress/ Jason –  https://handsonwp.com/   The post HOA 68: Karen Arnold appeared first on WPRoundTable.

Zac Gordon is a professional educator with years of experience teaching in the classroom, leading workshops, giving talks and recording online courses. He has taught a range of web related topics from design and development to traditional programming and even robotics. Picks of the week Jason – JJJ’s BBPress Updates  + WPTavern Interview with JJJ Marc – Treehouse WordPress Workflow Zac – WordMove – (Along with ServerPress) The post HOA 67: Zac Gordon – Treehouse appeared first on WPRoundTable.

This week we talk about SSL and HTTPS No picks of the week. The post HOA 66: SSL and HTTPS appeared first on WPRoundTable.

When I’m not behind a computer you can find me playing superheroes with my three boys, or trying to spend quality time with my amazing better half, Jackie. Utah is home, and I love to spend time in the mountains whenever I get a chance. I also love bacon, headbands, and the Utah Jazz. Probably in that order. Picks of the week Jason – Article about traffic generation Ryan – Baremetrics The post HOA 65: Ryan Sullivan – WP Site Care appeared first on WPRoundTable.

Stephen Cronin is a quality specialist (Templates & Plugins) at Envato. He is also a WordPress plugin developer, Ex-Government web manager and a WordCamp speaker. Picks of the week Kyle – Untapped Beer Jason – Codebeats Marc – WordCamp Boston Stephen – HeroPress fundraising for WordCamp India, Make blog post about Feature plugins The post HOA 64: Stephen Cronin – Envato appeared first on WPRoundTable.

Thomas Griffen is the founder of Soliloquy and Co-Founder of OptinMonster.  Also a scratch golfer! Picks of the week Kyle – WordPress.tv & Pressnomics Jason – Interaction of Color;  Vector Area Marc – Prestige Conference, August 1-2 The post HOA 63: Thomas Griffin – Awesome Motive appeared first on WPRoundTable.

Ben Fox is passionate about WordPress, relationships, entrepreneurship and Dara. Co-Founder of http://Sidekick.pro  and http://FlowPress.ca  Picks of the Week Marc – WPGive & WordCamp Milwaukee Ben – Wrap BootStrap & Design Hero The post HOA 62: Ben Fox – SideKick appeared first on WPRoundTable.

Hey there, I’m Mendel, an intrapreneurial change-maker, developer, speaker, and teacher. I love the outdoors, so you’ll usually find me hittin’ the trails between tech events and code-slinging. I’ve also usually got my nose in a cup of single origin, Chemex-brewed coffee. As a GoDaddy Evangelist, I spend most of my time hanging out with developers, designers, entrepreneurs, and creative people all around the world to make sure their opinions and suggestions are heard. Picks of the week Kyle – EDD Compare Products Jason – Identifont... Read More Read More The post HOA 61: Mendel Kurland – GoDaddy appeared first on WPRoundTable.

Sara has a long history in designing, branding, creating and developing. As Co-founder and Creative Director of the team, Sara has a passion for art, design and typography, living by her motto, “Life is short, art is long, typography is everything, code is poetry.” A seasoned designer, Sara has done work for clients such as Disney Publishing and Flickr. Combining her love of code with her love of design, Sara is considerably adept at creating memorable as well as functional sites... Read More Read More The post HOA 60: Sara Cannon – Range appeared first on WPRoundTable.

As an Alley Interactive partner and Vice President of WordPress Platform Services, Matt Boynes develops digital solutions for our clients and publishers. After joining Alley in 2012, Matt led the rebuild and launch of Digiday, where he implemented responsive design and developed a new event creation system. In addition, Matt was responsible for constructing and implementing a revolutionary breakthrough search system for the Kaiser Family Foundation. Picks of the week Kyle – https://github.com/easydigitaldownloads/library Jason – http://www.wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/ Kellen – https://vip.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/preventing-xss-in-javascript/ Marc... Read More Read More The post HOA 59: Interview with Matt Boynes – Alley Interactive appeared first on WPRoundTable.

Sean Davis builds websites!  CSS is my thing, though I could stand to be more skilled. Couldn’t we all? When I’m not working on that stuff, I’m working out or playing racquetball. That’s my life. I also use the Twitter Machine quite often. Picks of the week Kyle – Anatomy of a critical security bug – WordPressTV Jason – Affinity Photo Kellen – Using xdebug in PhpStorm Sean – Nicolas Cage movies The post HOA 58: Interview with Sean Davis of Easy Digital Downloads appeared first on WPRoundTable.

I’m a web developer, writer, and consultant based in Birmingham, Alabama. I love building websites, and I build them with WordPress. Picks of the Week Jason – DesktopServer 3.8  Kellen – Postman REST Client Chrome Extension Marc – BACK UP YOUR DATA Brian – Article on VentureBurn The post HOA 57: Interview with Brian Krogsgard – Post Status appeared first on WPRoundTable.

Dan hails from Minneapolis, MN, has been a WordPress developer since 2009, focusing on front-end responsive code and clean admin interfaces. Prior to joining Alley Interactive, he worked on a large multi-site e-commerce WordPress install as an in-house developer at Blue Earth Interactive, and freelanced for four years prior to being at Blue Earth.   The post HOA 56: Interview with Dan Beil of Alley Interactive appeared first on WPRoundTable.

This interview is with Lyndsay Johnson and Ross Johnson from 3.7 Designs. With a formal graphic design education Lindsay has  expanded her skills in the last 4 years to front-end web development, user experience design, information architecture, WordPress development, and some necessary PHP and Javascript. Ross has done cool things as well. The post HOA 55: 3.7 Designs appeared first on WPRoundTable.