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Updates
- Kyle: 2020 is half over now.
- Adam: New client project w/Project Mgr! // backupspeaker.com about to launch!! // up to 4 workouts with F3 and feeling good.
News
Changes
- Lisa Canini has joined Sandhills Development
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: W Trucker Hat / Ashwaganda Tea / 2 books! – Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy & Retire Before Mom & Dad
- Kyle: North Stack hat / Coffee / Meaningful Work by Shawn Askinosie
Questions
- How do you find remote employees? -Serena Dawn
- Have you ever put mascara on your eyelashes? –Raquel Landefeld
Segment: Vague Rant Up
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Updates
- Kyle: Celebrated Father’s Day.
- Adam: Celebrated Father’s Day/ I won a book!
- Scott: Celebrated Father’s Day & life marches on.
News
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: WCLAX VIP WP HAT / H20 / TAO TE CHING
- Kyle: Open.film t-shirt / Cranberry juice / Meaningful Work by Shawn Askinosie
- Scott: gravity forms t-shirt. Water wc denver bottle / not reading
Questions
- Hi Adam and Kyle, it’s been a while. My first question here! How do you see website design trends evolving in the next 5 to 10 years? Nowadays, we see a lot of websites using a full-page/full-screen (like Adam’s ConciergeWP website), compared to those fixed-width websites (e.g. 800 pixels) often seen in the past. Personally, I like the look of a simple two-column design (sidebar on the left), but I’m not sure if such design is seen as old-school or timeless. I would love to hear your thoughts! —Joey J
- What are some options/ etiquette for a code review for a pull request? -Stephen
Segment: Deletable History
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Life Updates
- Kyle: Happy New Year!
- Adam: Schools out for the summer! // Kids need jobs/car?
WordPress News
- PHP Marks 25 Years! WP Tavern article.
Changes
- Shayne Sanderson and Robin Cornett have joined Sandhills Development
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: WC Raleigh tshirt / JAVA / Douglas Adams book(s)
- Kyle: Sandhills hoodie + WC Jackson 2018 shirt / Coffee / Meaningful Work by Shawn Askinosie
Questions
- Do you think online meetups will be here to stay beyond COVID-19? Since meetups were moved online, I’ve been attending not only local (Singapore) WordPress meetups but also those hosted in Sydney, etc. as there is little time difference from where I live. I’ve enjoyed attending overseas meetups and would love them to continue hosting online. Any thoughts on the future of WordPress meetups? I also miss the in-person meetups, so hopefully, both will be mixed in the future. -Joey J
LONDON TUBE STUDY: The Benefits of Forced Experimentation: Striking Evidence from the London Underground Network∗ - What are some options with dealing with noisy co-workers.. at the moment its not an issue as we are all homebound, but when our office opens again, we’ll be expected to go into work… the noises.. ..music too loud from one person, and the other smacks/chews gum (and food) really loud! -Ron P
Segment: Personal question
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Updates
- Kyle: Our company marketing meeting was interrupted by a loose chipmunk in the house.
- Adam: Vaca was great. Domain up for renewal.. Should I keep it?
- Shawn: Making pizza on fire.
WordPress News
Wearing/Drinking/Reading
- Adam: JetPack / Water / Douglas Adams books
- Kyle: WP Hat, Blogvault T-shirt, Jilt socks / Hard Seltzer / Meaningful Work by Shawn Askinosie
- Shawn: Dickies blue collared shirt / water (soon dirty martini) / Untethered Soul
Questions
- I’ve been a developer going on 9 years now and am looking for a change. I’m thinking of management. The issue I have is that I’ve never managed before. How do I apply for a job as a manager without managerial experience? -Name withheld per request
- Someone recently left the company I work for .. not sure exactly why. As they were exiting the position, they asked if I would be open as a job reference…. IMO, they weren’t that good. What should I say? – Thomas S.
Segment: Personal Question
Follow Shawn:
- Website
- LinkedIn @shawnaskinosie
- TedTalk : Find Your Calling Where It Hurts | Shawn Askinosie | TEDxOklahomaCity
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Updates
- Kyle: Flooded basement and a friendly squirrel.
- Adam: Rain. Sun. Short week next week! Vaca!!
- Dustin: New laptop, a staycation next week, home projects galore!
WordPress News: The Get Options question bonanza
We want way more questions! Starting today and going for two weeks, sending us quality questions will earn you rewards.
- 5 questions: Quick thank you and pitch your business or cause
- 10 questions: a song or some other full length produced commercially
- 20 questions: Get Options t-shirt
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: Woo purple / water / Writing Down The Bones /
- Kyle: Nexcess Hosting t-shirt / White Claw hard seltzer (Mango) / Meaningful Work by Shawn Askinozie
- Dustin: Regular uniform – dark gray WordPress T / Spindrift / Story Brand by Donald Miller
Questions
- Most of my profession and personal friends are software devs who fall into the age range of 25-35. It’s odd to say the least. Where are the older people? Let's say 50+?submitted by, Kimberly K.
- I work at a medium-sized agency and mostly love my job. The issue is one co-worker who often postpones things. Two issues in this case. 1. they are pretty high up the chain … 2. they are the bottleneck. What are some options to help move things along and keep my job! submitted by -Russell
Segment: WordStress
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Updates
- Kyle: Hunting for worms with a two-year-old.
- Adam: Vaca in 2 weeks! / New podcast/kids going back to school in fall 1 week early.. And they are upset about it!!! Cmon!
News
Changes/Whose Hiring?
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: GetOptions Workout Shirt!! & BeaverBuilder cap / Caffeine / The Big Leap
- Kyle: Sandhills Brewing t-shirt, WP Engine hat / Orange Juice / Traction by Gino Wickman
Questions
- A few months ago, I was hired to help a company with their social media. At first, things went well, they paid my bills, sent more work. But recently they have ghosted me. They don’t owe me any money, but the lack of communication suddenly is awkward to say the least. -Jennifer R
- What are some options to encourage a co-worker (a few of them actually) to get to the point? I don’t think I’m impatient, but cmon people, stop the over-explanation of things! – Carl Henkle
Segment: get_meta()
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Updates
- Joe: Parental leave as baby Morrision is now 4 months old.
- Kyle: chicken coop close to being done.
- Adam: Had physical. so/so… so.. back at it “Exercise” ..eating right. Dropped 8lbs!
WordPress News
Changes
- Sandy Edwards is now a US Field Marketing Manager at GoDaddy
- Allie Nimmons at WP Buffs
Wearing/Drinking/Reading
- Adam: Jetpack / Coffee / Big Leap
- Kyle: Nexcess hosting t-shirt, WordPress hat, WCA2 2017 hoodie / Bailey’s Irish Cream / Shape Up by Basecamp
- Joe: non WordPress CrossFit shirt // green mint tea / book 6 of Old Mans War book 6
- Questions How do you help employees pursue their own career ambitions?~ Anonymous
- I am a indie/freelance advanced developer. That said, I keep busy and make pretty good money. Oddly enough, my family doesn’t think I work hard enough or deserve the money. Options to convince them of their error? -Dave
Segment: Bomb dot coms
Kyle
- thirtysecondmotivation.com
- buffswp.com
- wpdrr.com
- wpkitchensink.com
- mattmullenberg.com
- wpgraveyard.com
- kylefancommunity.com
- isitsafetotouchmyface.com
- methreefreetreeskispreekey.com
- howtomakeaquarantinemusicalparodyvideo.com
Adam
- invalidstatement.com — band site developer specific info?
- upandtotheright.money – financial blog
- removetheex.com (removemyex.com is taken)
- thesystemsbooks.com docs based
Joe:
- bombsdotcom.com
- wp.club only –> $5499.99
- wp.news. $500
- bufftastic.com
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- Kyle: New original music. Songwriting challenge.
- Adam: New month..all new things…new client. New “diet” .. very sugar. Non if possible. And tracking what i eat, how I fee. Oh.. and the “new site” is 98% done..gonna put out “call” for submissions today/tomorrow.
WordPress News
Wearing/Drinking/Reading
- Adam: WooCommerce / Coffee & Water(lots) / starting “new” either The Big Leap or The Artist’s Way, or Writing Down The Bones. Kyle picked The Big Leap
- Kyle: Cloudways hosting t-shirt, SiteGround hosting hat, AffiliateWP flip flops / coffee / Shape Up by Basecamp
Questions
- At what point does your life with WordPress become too much? What would you sacrifice, ( thinking of WCAsia, as I ask) ~ Jen
- Do you ever geek-out and think about watching Saturday morning cartoons? ~ Raquel Landefeld
Segment: Unordered Lists
- Winner: TIE!
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Life Updates
- Kyle: Writing lots of songs.
- Adam: Dr Appt. Blood work. Bleh. not expecting great results to be honest diet has been meh. Lack of exercise. Etc.
WordPress News
- Frontity – raises 1M E capital from Automattic
Wearing/Drinking/Reading
- Kyle: WorkFront socks, Empowered by WordPress hoodie, North Stack hat/coffee / The Wastelands by Stephen King
- Adam WC AA/coffee // Good to Great .. really good and into it now.
Questions
- How do you make employees happy?
- When you get hungry, what’s your go-to snack? ~ Raquel Landefeld
Segment: Vague Rant Up
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Updates
- Kyle: 4 of 7 chics getting named. “Chloe”, “Coco” “cheek-cheek” “Reggie White”
- Adam: Wife’s 2nd test came back less than 24hrs and negative. 🙂 // Painting crew in the house.. Super slow!
- Scott: Kids. Managing life. Arizona is still there!
News
- Scott’s plugin “Leave it at the Door for WooCommerce “
Wearing/Drinking/Reading?
- Adam: WC Birmingham Hoodie, TextExpander T // Water // Good To Great
- Kyle: Siteground socks, Happy Camper Media Temple t-shirt / Lemon tinted home brewed IPA / The Wastelands by Stephen King
- Scott: Loop conf / Water / not reading.
Questions
- What suggestions do you have for balancing WordCamp attendance and/or organizing so that day to day client/biz life is maintained as an entrepreneur or employee? ~ Jen
- How many screen displays do you run? ~ Raquel Landefeld
Segment: “Bomb dot coms”
Scott’s contributions
- BombDotComs.com
- SneakySelfie.com (already taken!)
- AprilFoolsJokes.com
- AprilFoolsJoke.com
Adam’s contributions
- heykylemaurer.com
- heyscottdeluzio.com
- tobeadog.com
- dogsrulecatssuck.com
- catsruledogssuck.com
Kyle’s contributions
- covid39.com
- recipesincludingstalegrahamcrackersandpintobeans.com
- wpandemic.com
- sixfeetapartgames.com
- zoomscuseme.com
- wpbagpipes.com
- shouldishower.com
- getevenmoreoptions.com
- tigerkingwp.com
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