The Hot Air Podcast was a series I recorded with my friend Vic Drover for Watchful.net.
In this episode, we talk with Deb Cinkus, who has made bold moves: relocating with staff from North Carolina to Guatemala, and pivoting Polished Geek from web development to conversion optimization. She walks through how she handles big changes and the personalization tools she relies on.
The Hot Air Podcast was a series I recorded with my friend Vic Drover for Watchful.net.
In this episode, we talk with Sander Potjer and Martijn Boomsma, who run Perfect Web Team, behind some of Europe’s best-known Joomla sites. They explain why they run everything through GitHub, including client communication, and share lessons on performance optimization.
The Hot Air Podcast was a series I recorded with my friend Vic Drover for Watchful.net.
In this episode, we talk with Matt Schwartz, who runs Inspry in Atlanta, working within a large network of contractors across WordPress, Joomla and Magento. We dig into the billing and project management challenges that come with such varied work.
I chatted with Chetan Madaan from JoomDev on episode 15 of JoomCast, released on February 25th, 2020. We talked about how I found my way into Joomla, what led OSTraining and Joomlashack to acquire Joomla extensions, and where I think the Joomla platform is heading. We finished with a quick rapid-fire round.
The Hot Air Podcast was a series I recorded with my friend Vic Drover for Watchful.net.
In this episode, we talk with Hans Skillrud and Donata Kalnenaite. Hans built and sold a Chicago web agency, then teamed up with Donata to launch Termageddon. They talk about preparing an agency for sale, and how Termageddon helps agencies and clients keep up with privacy laws.
The Hot Air Podcast was a series I recorded with my friend Vic Drover for Watchful.net.
In this episode, we talk with SD Williams, who runs a Joomla agency in Chicago, teaches content strategy at DePaul University, and organizes local Joomla events. We cover her business model, how she wins clients, page builders, SEO, speed and the editor experience.
The Hot Air Podcast was a series I recorded with my friend Vic Drover for Watchful.net.
In the first episode, we talk with Eoin Oliver of Square Balloon, a London agency active in the UK Joomla community. We talk about how a MailChimp directory listing fueled his growth, handling the highs and lows of agency life, and his plans for 2020.
In this episode of the OSTraining Podcast, I talk with Dan Maby, who runs the WordPress agency Blue 37 and leads WPandUP, a non-profit that supports mental health in the WordPress community. We talk about why he started WPandUP, the help it offers, and DoSummitGood, its Giving Tuesday online event.
In the first episode of Season 2 of the OSTraining Podcast, I talk with Miguel Balparda of Nexcess, who spends most of the year traveling from Argentina to Magento events around the world. Miguel explains how Magento 2 and its community have changed, and where the platform is heading.
In this episode of the OSTraining Podcast, I talk with April Sides, a Drupal developer at Lullabot who is helping the State of Georgia move its many sites to Drupal 8. We talk about that project, her recent work, and takeaways from DrupalCon Seattle.
In this episode of the OSTraining Podcast, I talk again with Zac Gordon about teaching JavaScript to WordPress developers. We also cover how yoga shapes the way he works and teaches, and what he’s learned from launching React courses.
In this episode of the OSTraining Podcast, I talk with Jason Coleman, who runs Paid Memberships Pro, one of the most popular membership plugins for WordPress. He shares practical lessons from running his own membership business and from watching thousands of customer sites succeed and fail.