Kimb Jones

Making & Doing with WordPress

PS I’m a dad now

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Things have been pretty chaotic here over the past couple of months.

My wife and I spent most of Christmas and the New Year getting ready for the arrival of our son who was born on the 2nd of February 2017. here’s the tweet that announced his arrival:

https://twitter.com/mkjones/status/827209519788867584

So what’s it been like since he came along? Well, pretty different (in a good way). That’s the best way I can describe it, just different very, very different.

I won’t say that I feel totally overwhelmed. I think that because my wife and I had been trying to have a child for over 3 years that when it all finally came together it was something I had been mentally preparing for long enough just to enjoy the moment and breath a huge sigh of relief.

I took a few weeks away from work to adjust and now life and work continue with the ‘fog’ of new parenthood hanging over my brain most days – I hear this gets better as they get older!

 

WordPress Sheffield – November 2016 ‘Agile Special’

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Tuesday the 29th of November from 6:30pm head to the Sheffield Hallam University campus Cantor Building (153 Arundel Street, Sheffield, S1 2NU).

Agile Special

After a bit of a break I’ve organised a proper meetup for November that focuses on everything Agile. We have three speakers (me included) and we’ll be starting the meetup with free food (likely pizza) and drinks.

Arrive early, the first talk begins at 7pm!

For more info check the WPSheffield site.

7:00pm: There’s no place like Agile

Katie Attwood, Freelance Business Analyst

Agile as a term can be understood or misunderstood.
Agile as a principle can be applied correctly or incorrectly.

Or everything in between.

Katie will talk through her continuing (or never ending…?) journey – starting from understanding what agile is and how it can be applied at work and home.

7:30pm: Learning Agile – a MoSCoW approach

Matthew Love, Sheffield Hallam University

Matthew is a tutor of “DevOps” and many things Data. Has worked at Sheffield Hallam University for many years.

This talk, by Matthew will explore the potential use of fixed requirements but MoSCoW (“Must, Should, Could, Won’t”) levels of acceptance criteria in the context of students learning both Agile and WordPress skills.

8:15pm: WordPress news roundup & WordCamp updates

Kimb Jones, WordPress Sheffield organizer and Managing Director of Make Do

An overview of what’s been happening since last months meetup along with a look forward at any significant WordPress releases and a general look at important news from the WordPress community.

We’ll also be checking out upcoming WordCamps including an overview of WCUS and looking at UK-based WordCamps to attend in 2017.

WordCamp Manchester 2016 talk & Sponsorship

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I just spoke at WordCamp Manchester – my talk was an updated version of “10 Steps to doing your own thing (with WordPress)” that I gave at WordShesh a while ago.

Here’s a few post-talk Tweets from the event:

…and we (Make Do) also sponsored:

And remember Make Do are hiring, get in touch for details!

We need WordPress developers with a passion for PHP and Javascript that are in love with the WordPress ecosystem and community – pretty simple really…

I’m speaking on WordSesh 4 this weekend

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Saturday 20th of August 10am UCT+0 (11am UK time)

Doing anything this weekend? I hope not. Because I’m speaking at this years WordShesh event at 11am (UK time).

My topic is 10 Step Guide to doing your own thing (with WordPress) which is a session that borrows elements from a talk I did back in January at WordPress London and covers all of the messy steps I took when starting Make Do over 3 years ago. It’s a business-talk but is also very light, so book your space now and join the fun!

What is WordSesh?

For those of you not aware WordSesh is kind-of-sort-of an online WordCamp where speakers from all around the world join in and speak about WordPress-related topics over a 24 hour period.

It’s run by the infamous Scott Basgaard who somehow manages to stay awake during the full 24 hours (I use the term ‘awake’ very generously).