Episodes

Introducing Paul Oyler Paul is a self-proclaimed crazy, old dude, who wishes it were still the 1970s, but who also loves 21st-century technology. Show Notes Business | Facebook Page Twitter | @PappyOyler Blog | Paul Oyler Online Preferred Pronouns | He/Him Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests share their stories, ideas, and perspectives. Tara: And now the conversation begins. This is episode 110. ...

Introducing Reed Gustow Reed Gustow is active in his local WordPress community. A local meetup organizer and former WordCamp organizer, Reed has been building websites and teaching WordPress for a long while now. Reed calls Philadelphia home. Show Notes Website | deltaangel.com Twitter | @tangofoxtrot Preferred Pronouns | He/Him Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests share their stories, ideas, and pe...

Introducing Christina Workman Christina is a frontend developer, support specialist, trainer and community leader in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Her favorite things include furry creatures, the colour purple, tea, Wapuu, and Brit TV. Show Notes Website | Amethyst Answers Twitter | @AmethystAnswers WordPress | Amethyst Answers Personal Blog | Christina Colors Preferred Pronouns | She/Her Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask qu...

Introducing Mike Demo A former MousePlanet MouseStation Podcast co-host, Mike Demo is a lover of open source first, specific tools later. Before joining BoldGrid as a community evangelist, Mike spent years in the financial and insurance industries. He believes in sharing his business acumen and marketing insight. He presents regularly on open source topics like WordPress and Joomla! – where he was a board member of that project. Show Notes Website | Bold Grid Podcast | Mouse Planet Podcast ...

Introducing Courtney Robertson Courtney has a background in teaching WordPress, working as a contractor with Modern Tribe, The Events Calendar, and first started using WordPress with version 2.5. Show Notes Website | CourtneyEngle.com Website | RobertsonHome.com Twitter | @courtneyengle Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests share their stories, ideas, and perspectives. Tara: And now the conversation ...

Introducing Vito Peleg Starting from the back of a van while touring the world with his band, Vito made the transition from a freelancer to an agency, growing to six figures by the end of year one, and to a team of 12 by the end of year three. Show Notes Website | WP Feedback Facebook Group | WP Feedback Group Pronouns | He/Him Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests share their stories, ideas, and per...

Year 2 In Review Show Notes Liam and Tara review the past year of the Hallway Chats podcast, discuss their views about success, share advice and announce plans for year 3. Tara on Twitter | @taraclaeys Tara’s pronouns | She/Her Liam on Twitter | @liamdempsey Liam’s pronouns | He/Him Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests share their stories, ideas, and perspectives. Tara: And now the conversation be...

Introducing Eric Karkovack Eric Karkovack has been a web designer since 1996, back when static HTML and Netscape ruled the web. In 1999, he became a home-based freelancer and has been there ever since. Show Notes Twitter | @karks88 Website | Karks.com Specky Boy | Eric Karkovack 1st Web Designer | Eric Karkovack Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests share their stories, ideas, and perspectives. Tara...

Introducing Miranda Knee Show Notes Twitter | @MaLandra_88 Website | MirandaKnee.com Other sites mentioned in the show: Mor10.com WesBos.com CMB2 Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests share their stories, ideas, and perspectives. Tara: And now the conversation begins. This is episode 102. Tara: Welcome to Hallway Chats. I’m Tara Claeys. Liam: And I’m Liam Dempsey. Today we’re joined by Miranda Knee....

Introducing Lee Drozak Lee is a WordPress teacher, Doer and Fixer, working with small business owners. She gives her client a different perspective for their digital space so that they can find solutions that work toward their business goals. Show Notes Twitter | @leedrozak ‏ Website | LeeDrozak.com Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests share their stories, ideas, and perspectives. Tara: And now the c...

Introducing Carrie Dils Carrie is a web developer instructor and freelance coach. She teaches front end web development and WordPress courses over at LinkedIn Learning. Show Notes Twitter | @cdils Website | Carrie Dils Website | The Fearless Freelancer Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests share their stories, ideas, and perspectives. Tara: And now the conversation begins. This is episode 100. Tara...

Introducing Kerry Carron Kerry is passionate about helping others. She educates, inspires, and networks with freelancers, sharing her experience, teaching skills, and offering actionable attitudes to shift mindset in the direction of success. Show Notes Twitter | @kerrycarron Website | Kerry Carron Website | Ultimate Solution Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests share their stories, ideas, and perspe...

Introducing Michelle Ames Michelle says she is an overextended, over-committed entrepreneur, author, blogger and social butterfly. As a WordPress fanatic, Michelle is the Head of Customer Success at GiveWP. Show Notes Twitter | @michelleames Website | All The Things By Michelle GiveWP | GiveWP.com Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests share their stories, ideas, and perspectives. Tara: And now the co...

Introducing Sophia DeRosia Sophia is a young WordPresser who’s interested in multiple aspects of life. She’s a taskmaster and the chief lover of dinosaurs. Show Notes Twitter | @Erin_Go_Blog Blog | Erin Go Blog Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests share their stories, ideas, and perspectives. Tara: And now the conversation begins. This is episode 97. Liam: Welcome to Hallway Chats. I’m Liam Dempsey....

Introducing Chris Lauzon Chris is a former WordPress guy who helped people build websites. Chris is now a consultant helping various startups and nonprofits ramp up sales and support teams. Show Notes Twitter | @Squirex2 Instagram | @squirex2 Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests share their stories, ideas, and perspectives. Tara: And now the conversation begins. This is episode 96. Liam: Welcome to ...

Introducing Marius Jensen Marius is an all-round work potato with a passion for helping others help others. Marius enjoys flying under the radar and represents the WordPress.org support community. Show Notes Plugin | Health Check Plugin Plugin on GitHub | Health Check open source project Twitter | @ClorithMJ Blog | Clorith.net WordPress Support Team WordPress Support Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our g...

Introducing Alex Sirota Alex is a father, a husband, a son, director of NewPath Consulting, contributor in the WordPress Toronto community, a trumpet player and a University of Michigan football fanatic. Show Notes Twitter | @alexsirota Website | New Path Consulting WordPress Community | WordPress Toronto Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests share their stories, ideas and perspectives. Tara And now ...

Introducing Rahul Nagare Up until last year, Rahul’s only public speaking had been once – in 4th grade. Last year, he stepped out of his comfort zone and now speaks at meetups and WordCamps about once a month. Rahul is the co-founder and CEO of Scale Dynamix, where he manages thousands of WordPress websites. Show Notes Twitter | @ngingxreload Website | Scale Dynamix Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guest...

Introducing Jonathan Gilbert Jonathan works in Portland, Maine for an employee-owned company called Qualpay. Jon went to his first WordPress event in 2016 and has been hooked on WordPress and its community ever since. When not working, Jon enjoys hiking, traveling, cooking, and hanging out with his cats and wife. Show Notes Twitter | @prefont LinkedIn | Jonathan S Gilbert Website | www.qualpay.com Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam...

Introducing Sara Cope Sara is a software engineer working remotely for the US Federal Government. She’s passionate about education and diversity in tech and loves helping others level up their skills. Show Notes Twitter | @sarassassin Website | sara.io Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests share their stories, ideas and perspectives. Tara: And now the conversation begins. This is episode 91. Liam: We...

Introducing David Wolfpaw David is a professional web developer focused on helping small businesses by providing ongoing WordPress maintenance and support through his service FixUpFox. He helps organize both WordPress Orlando and WordCamp Orlando. Show Notes Twitter | @davidwolfpaw Website | Fix Up Fox Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests share their stories, ideas and perspectives. Tara: And now the...

Introducing Charlie Reisinger Charlie serves as the director of technology for Penn Manor School District in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. His first book, The Open School House, chronicles more than 15 years of open-source learning programs at Penn Manor. Show Notes Book | The Open Schoolhouse Twitter | @charlie3 Website | Charlie Reisinger Website | Penn Manor Schools Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and ou...

Introducing Lisa Stambaugh Lisa Stambaugh has been known as “Web Diva®” for over 20 years. She is a knitting enthusiast, curly girl and cookie artiste. That’s not all! She tells is also she is an obsessive wordsmither and musical theatre devotee. Show Notes Book | Web Diva Wisdom Website | Collective Discovery Website | Much Ado About You Blog Post about Women in Tech | The Importance of Female Mentorship In The Tech Industry Cookie Recipe | Mocha Chip Cookies recipe Episode Transcript T...

Introducing Val Vesa Val loves social media. He is very passionate about technology and online marketing. Some of his interests include CMS hardening and tech writing. He loves to take photos, go swimming and spend time with his family. Show Notes Twitter | @adspedia Instagram | @adspedia Unsplash | @adspedia 500px | adspedia Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests share their stories, ideas and perspe...