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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

• Envira Gallery acquired the juggernaut of WordPress and photography — Imagely. Imagely is the owner of NextGEN Gallery 

Changes/Whose Hiring?

• Thrive – Support Techs
• Automattic _ contractors via UpWork.

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

1. 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
2. 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

• GoDaddy SSH hack

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

1. Questions How do you help employees pursue their own career ambitions?~ Anonymous
2. 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

• ICANN blocks .org sale 
  • List of TLDS
• WCUS 2020 now an online event

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

1. At what point does your life with WordPress become too much? What would you sacrifice, ( thinking of WCAsia, as I ask)  ~ Jen
2. 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

1. How do you make employees happy? 
2. 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

1. 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
2. How many screen displays do you run?  ~ Raquel Landefeld

Segment: “Bomb dot coms”

Scott’s contributions

1. BombDotComs.com
2. SneakySelfie.com (already taken!) 
3. AprilFoolsJokes.com
4. AprilFoolsJoke.com
   

Adam’s contributions

1. heykylemaurer.com
2. heyscottdeluzio.com
3. tobeadog.com 
4. dogsrulecatssuck.com 
5. catsruledogssuck.com 

Kyle’s contributions

1. covid39.com
2. recipesincludingstalegrahamcrackersandpintobeans.com
3. wpandemic.com
4. sixfeetapartgames.com
5. zoomscuseme.com
6. wpbagpipes.com
7. shouldishower.com
8. getevenmoreoptions.com
9. tigerkingwp.com
   

If you are interested in any of those domains, why not use HOVER.com to register them! 

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Updates

• Kyle: Chicken Coop
• Adam:  school starting for boys, finally!.  Taking courses: Keyboard Maestro  New site/podcast coming together!!   // henry rollins podcast… kcrw.. ( CA ) 

WordPress News

• How’s business at Sandhills w/Covid19

Wearing/Drinking/Reading

• Adam:    WC Dayton  / Vodka-Cranberry  / Good to Great
• Kyle:  WC Ann Arbor 2017 hoodie, Pantheon hat, Flight of the Conchords t-shirt, Mongo DB socks / Jose Cuervo / The Wastelands

Questions

1. How do I find good contractors to work with? ~ Heather
2. Just wanted to ask if you would be interested in getting external help with graphic design? We do all design work like banners, advertisements, photo edits, logos, flyers, etc. for a fixed monthly fee.  We don’t charge for each task. What kind of work do you need on a regular basis? Let me know and I’ll share my portfolio with you. ~ Stephen M.

Segment: WordStress

http://traffic.libsyn.com/getoptionspodcast/GOP-e123.mp3

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Updates

• Kyle: My toe hurts a lot.
• Adam:  Ellen feeling much better. Same w/Avalon.  

WordPress News

• WordPress 5.4

Changes

• Jeff Chandler launched WPMainline

Wearing/Drinking/Reading

• Adam: JetPack/coffee in Maui Mug  / Stack of magazines for the project
• Kyle:  Sandhills Development jacket, Nexcess hat, Host Duplex t-shirt/coffee / The Wastelands

Questions

1. Did you ever get burnt out on the WP community and what did you do. Or, if you felt close to burning out… -Stephen
2. What is the proper way to load your toilet paper roll into the receptacle?  -Raquel Landefeld

Segment:  Tagline, You're it

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Updates

• Kyle: practicing guitar 
• Adam:  grocery bill up 27.2% – feeding 5, vs ~3.5. People. // take a course.. Flatironschool.com.

WordPress News

• WordCamps going online. San Antonio.. Kent. 

Wearing/Drinking/Reading? 

• Adam:  WC SD 2016 / coffee / Good to Great 
• Kyle:  Sandhills Brewing t-shirt, Work Front socks, WC Ann Arbor 2015 fleece/coffee / The Wastelands

Questions

• How do I review new plugins/themes and determine if they are a good, sustainable solution?  ~ Heathe
• What do non-WP people think you do when you tell them you work in WordPress?  ~ Michelle Frechette

Segment:   

• Personal Question

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Life Updates

• Kyle: Trying to break out of the minor pentatonic scale.
• Adam:  rested. Relaxed. Moved daughter…. Home. early. 

WordPress News.

• The call for speakers for WordCamp US 2020 (October 27-29) has been issued.
• mycamp.rocks has a growing directory of virtual WordPress meetups and conferences. If you are a meetup or conference organizer, please reach out to David Bisset and he'll add your event to the list.

Wearing/Drinking/Reading

• Adam:   WC Dayton / Caffeine – Costa Rica – // Extreme Ownership 
• Kyle:  WC Miami t-shirt, Empowered by WordPress hoodie, / coffee / The Wastelands

Question 1: How can we survive and thrive while stuck at home with our families?

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Adam's Podcasts: 

• • Darknet Diaries
  • The Daily (NY TIMES)
  • Over The Road (Trucking in America)
• Movies/Docs
• • Meru – amazon prime
  • Vue.js: The Documentary
  • Taylor Swift! 

Kyle’s Podcast Que: 

• • The Other Latif (Radiolab)
  • Darryl “DMC” McDaniels on Broken Record
  • Who Let the Dogs Out on 99% Invisible
  • The 27 Club podcast
  • Cautionary Tales podcast
  • Darknet Diaries podcast
  • Closing Time on Song Exploder
  • Coldplay Tiny Desk on Youtube
  • Jojo Rabbit
  • BlackKklansman
  • Kick out the Windows by Parsonsfield
  • Nicola Benedetti on Spotify
  • Working from home tips on Kitchen Sink WP
  • Work from home tips on Your Website Engineer
    

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Updates 

• Kyle: Holy crap, the hiring process is exhausting.
• Adam:  We had snow.  A credit of $6.52 to utility bill? // educated son this AM.. PJs to Work Meeting
• Tara: i hate cold calling. And I am sick of cold weather by now. Heading to Miami!

News

• No more “featured themes” on w.org
• WooCommerce licensing change

Wearing/Drinking/Reading? 

• Adam:   WC Asheville 2018 / Coffee / some fiction!  NEXUS by Ramez Naam
• Kyle: Sandhills Brewing t-shirt, Sandhills Development jacket, GoDaddy hat/ coffee / The Wastelands
• Tara:  Nerd Network from Amy Masson and Design TLC fleece/ Coffee in HC Mug / Nothing – trying Name of The Rose and The Four Agreements   

Questions:

1. I don't. Know if this will fit, but how does Tara search to find the “cold email” businesses? Are there tips on how to search?
2. How do you keep WordPress and family/real life separate? ~ Michelle Frechette

Segment

• Personal questions