John Parkinson

WordPress Community Interview With John Sterrett

Posted on Friday, August 5th, 2016 at 10:33 pm by John Parkinson

Are there other tech events similar to WordCamps?

You betcha! And this is a little different than my past post.

If you have been involved in WordPress for any length of time you have probably heard of Joomla Events and DrupalCon.

I had the pleasure of helping my good friend John Sterrett organize two events related to the SQL Server field in 2010 and 2011. These events are called SQL Saturdays and are low cost events which feature multiple tracks for beginners, intermediate and advanced users of SQL Server.

John is a Microsoft MVP and is a consultant who specializes in SQL Server performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, database design, development and database administration. He is a well rounded consultant who has worked on government projects, startup projects, ISV projects and projects for global corporations.

So, sit back and enjoy something a little bit different.

http://wordpress.tv/2016/08/05/wordpress-community-interview-with-john-sterrett/

WordPress Community Interviews With Matt Cromwell and Jeff Matson

Posted on Monday, August 1st, 2016 at 9:42 am by John Parkinson

This week I have interviews with two people who are big proponents of the WordPress Community. WordCamps, Meetups, hallway tracks, community and WordPress TV are discussed.

Matt Cromwell

Matt is the Head of Support and Community Outreach at WordImpress, who built the Give Donation Plugin. He also is plugin and theme developer.

Matt is married with four children and also dabbles in U.S. history, politics, religion and music.

https://wordpress.tv/2016/08/01/wordpress-community-interview-with-matt-cromwell/

Jeff Matson

Jeff is a Documentation Mercenary at Gravityforms. He contributes to the WordPress and BuddyPress projects and is the creator of the notifybot plugin.

https://wordpress.tv/2016/08/01/wordpress-community-interview-with-jeff-matson/

Next week: We learn about another group that hold events similar to WordCamps.

WordPress Community Interviews With Ken Kramer and Topher DeRosia

Posted on Monday, July 25th, 2016 at 9:47 am by John Parkinson

I want to thank all of the people who have agreed to do the video interviews. Sometimes trying to get a day and a time scheduled is an issue but everything works out in the end.

As I do more interviews I find myself getting more comfortable while recording. Many thanks to the people who have made comments and suggestions for improvements. I am also learning more about editing the interviews and hope to make the videos more enjoyable to watch.

“Strive to improve!”

Ken Kramer

Ken has been involved in WordPress for 3 years and attended his first WordCamp in 2015. Ken, along with members of the Lehigh Valley WordPress Meetup, decided to organize WordCamp Lehigh Valley.

https://wordpress.tv/2016/07/25/wordpress-community-interview-with-ken-kramer/

Topher DeRosia

Topher is a WordPress Developer who has a passion for life success stories. He started HeroPress (the first story appearing in March 2015) with the idea of people telling how being involved in the WordPress Community changed their lives.

https://wordpress.tv/2016/07/25/wordpress-community-interview-with-topher-derosia/

WordPress Community Interview With Naoko Takano

Posted on Tuesday, July 12th, 2016 at 12:21 am by John Parkinson

When the idea of having video interviews on the WordPress TV blog was discussed during one of our weekly team chats, my mind immediately started to churn. I hope to make these interviews as varied and diverse as the WordPress Community itself. If you have an idea for an interview, please use the Contact Form on the WordPress TV blog page.

Also, I need to state that the Video Submission Guidelines will be followed for all interviews.

Naoko Takano

This week I had the privilege of talking with Naoko Takano, who is on the Global Team at Automattic. She discussed WordCamps, the WordPress Community and in particular the WordPress Community in Japan.

あなたの直子をありがとう！

http://wordpress.tv/2016/07/08/wordpress-community-interview-with-naoko-takano/

WordPress Community Interviews – Adam Warner & Shelby Elliott

Posted on Friday, July 1st, 2016 at 10:07 am by John Parkinson

The following interviews are the final two that I was able to record at WordCamp Northeast Ohio. I’m not sure what WordCamp I will attend next but I have several Skype interviews lined up. My idea for the video interviews is NOT to have featured news but to have a varied selection of guest from several different areas of the WordPress Community

Adam Warner

Adam is a member of the SiteLock Team. He likes to say that “My job title is WordPress Evangelist and it’s one that explains not only my core values and my personality, but also my role in contributing to the WordPress project as a whole.”

http://wordpress.tv/2016/06/27/wordpress-community-interview-with-adam-warner/

Shelby Elliott

Shelby is the owner of Corner Market Media where she likes to help people solve their web design and marketing issues. She is a member of the WordCamp Columbus Team.

http://wordpress.tv/2016/06/27/wordpress-community-interview-with-shelby-elliott/

Next video post: THINK GLOBAL!

WordPress Community Interviews – Michael Wiginton & Chris Lema

Posted on Friday, June 17th, 2016 at 5:01 pm by John Parkinson

Several weeks ago the WordPress TV team members kicked around the idea of interviewing people in the WordPress Community. Several different ideas were discussed such as recording methods, length of the interviews, types of questions, etc. As far as “who” to interview, it was decided that anybody who could stand to talk to us for 5 to 10 minutes would be a suitable candidate.

Michael Wiginton

Michael has been with the WPTV team for over 4 years. I wanted Michael to be the first interviewee because he has been a tremendous help to me since I began my involvement with WPTV. Michael also volunteers with WordCamp Atlanta.

http://wordpress.tv/2016/06/16/wordpress-tv-interview-with-michael-wiginton/

Chris Lema

Chris Lema certainly needs no introduction. I met him for the first time last weekend at WordCamp Northeast Ohio, where we were able find a quiet corner and talk for a few minutes.

http://wordpress.tv/2016/06/16/uploaded-video-4/

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