Author: Dougal Campbell
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Speaking at WordCamp Atlanta 2013
I recently received confirmation that I have been selected as a speaker for WordCamp Atlanta 2013 (Fri & Sat, March 15-16). My topic is “Secure All The Things!”. This will be based on the security presentation I gave to the Atlanta WordPress Users Group a few months ago. The new version will probably be a…
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The Overdue Update
I never intended to let this site gather so much dust. When I set it up as a project portfolio showcase a few years ago, I had planned to keep updating it. But priorities shifted, life intervened, time availability shifted, and so on. As a result, it sat mostly untouched for at least the last…
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Speaking at WordCamp Birmingham 2012
I’ve been so busy with my new job that I haven’t had a chance to mention before now that I will be speaking at WordCamp Birmingham this weekend. My topic is “CSI: WordPress — Getting Into the Guts“. I’ll try to give intermediate WordPress developers a peek into some of the major API hooks to…
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Site Renovations
It’s time to do some cleaning up around here. Some time back, the portfolio function of the theme I was using stopped working (probably due to an updated version of jQuery in WordPress core, and the theme not following best practices). Since I had switched from consulting to a full-time job, I didn’t worry too…
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Speaking at WordCamp Birmingham 2010
I will be speaking at WordCamp Birmingham, which is September 18-19, 2010. My topic is “The Downside of a Popular Project”. This will be an expanded version of a blog post I made a few months ago: Open Source Community Personality Spectrum. But in addition to just talking about different personality types in a community,…
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WordCamp Savannah 2010
The last few weeks have been just a bit insane, with our kids starting school, and immediately getting sick from the new germ pool. So I forgot to mention that I’m attending WordCamp Savannah. Like, right now, as I type this. Matt Mullenweg kicked things off with an introduction to WordPress, WordCamps, a little history,…