Author Archives: Mary DuQuaine

Newbie Workshop Follow Up

As promised, Bob Dunn provided us with some follow-up insights from last week’s Newbie Workshop: WordCamp Chicago, Some Resources and a Bit of Insight Bob Dunn and Mary DuQuaine provided an introduction to the world of WordPress.  The WP world … Continue reading Newbie Workshop Follow Up

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Interview with Matt Patulski

Tell us a bit about yourself and how you use WordPress: Wordpress has a duel purpose in my day-to-day. We use WordPress a lot in my day gig at Capgemini: We have several offerings like small brochure-ware sites, event kiosk … Continue reading Interview with Matt Patulski

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Interview with Samuel Wood aka Otto

Tell us a bit about yourself and how you use WordPress: My name is Samuel Wood, but everybody except my parents calls me “Otto”. It’s a nickname I picked up in college which stuck. I do random things for WordPress.org, … Continue reading Interview with Samuel Wood aka Otto

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Interview with Brad Parbs

Tell us a bit about yourself and how you use WordPress: I’m Brad Parbs, internet rockstar. I’m a designer, developer, plugin author, and core contributor. I use WordPress all of the time. Whether it’s building client sites, my own projects, … Continue reading Interview with Brad Parbs

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Interview with Tom Carney

Tell us a bit about yourself and how you use WordPress: I am from Philadelphia, PA. I love playing and watching sports (especially the local pro and college teams). I have been designing websites for over 10 years and have … Continue reading Interview with Tom Carney

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Interview with Pippin Williamson

Tell us a bit about yourself and how you use WordPress: I’m a WordPress plugin developer. I write plugins that are distributed on WordPress.org as well as other sites, such as Code Canyon. I also run a tutorial sites focused … Continue reading Interview with Pippin Williamson

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Interview with Joe Chura

Joe Chura owns Launch Digital Marketing which is one of our latest sponsors this year. Tell us a bit about yourself and how you use WordPress: I use WordPress as one of the core platforms for both my company and … Continue reading Interview with Joe Chura

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Interview with Trafton Esler

Tell us a bit about yourself and how you use WordPress: It sounds cliché to say that I am “passionate about business and technology,” but that’s a pretty fair description. I built my first computer when I was 13, and … Continue reading Interview with Trafton Esler

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Interview with Eric Marden

Tell us a bit about yourself and how you use WordPress: I’m a polyglot programmer (php, ruby, python, javascript, etc) and have been building for the web since 1996. WordPress is a fantastic and flexible CMS and one of my … Continue reading Interview with Eric Marden

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Interview with Becky Davis

Tell us a bit about yourself and how you use WordPress: I’m an independent web designer/developer and I use WordPress in over 95% of my projects. I mostly concentrate on custom themes for my clients and I also build custom … Continue reading Interview with Becky Davis

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