Episodes

Introducing Ian Dunn Ian Dunn is a plugin developer who has sponsored to contribute to the WordPress project full time. Most of his work is focused on building tools to support the community, particularly through WordCamps and Meetups. Show Notes Website | Ian Dunn Website | 5 for the Future 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. And now the conversation begi...

Introducing Chris Hufnagel Chris Hufnagel is a creative freelancing dad of two. He geeks out about solving problems using design and code. Chris stumbled upon WordPress seven years ago and has been freelancing ever since. Show Notes Website | Chris Hufnagel Twitter | @chrishufnagel 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. Liam: And now the conversation begins....

Introducing Cathi Bosco Cathi Bosco is a creative professional, nature lover, and visual communications designer working to make the web a better place for all. Show Notes Website | C&D Studios Website | Docs with Apps Twitter | @bethebreeze 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 Liam: And now the conversation begins. This is episode 60. Welcome to Hallway C...

Introducing Dan Beil Dan Beil has been working with WordPress since about 2009 and has loved every minute and seconds of it. He has been a freelancer, in-house developer, and remote employee. Show Notes Website | AddActionDan GitHub | dannyb195 Twitter | @add_action_dan 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. Liam: Welcome to Hallway Chats. I’m Liam Dempsey....

Introducing Andy Fragen Andy Fragen is a WordPress hacker and hobbyist. He’s an acute care surgeon who is also self-taught programmer – doing this for fun while trying to solve problems. Show Notes Website | TheFragens.com GitHub | afragen WordPress.org | afragen Twitter | @andyfragen 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. Liam: Welcome to Hallway Chats. I...

Introducing Josh Gellock Josh Gellock is the SEO consultant at Expander Digital, an SEO studio he founded in 2014. Through his business, Josh helps other businesses improve their search visibility. When he’s not meeting with clients, you can find him biking on trails or fishing on the lake. Show Notes Company Website | expanderdigital.com Twitter | @expanderdigital Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests...

Introducing Mary Job Mary Job lives outside Lagos, Nigeria. She is a philosopher by birth. She runs How Do You Tech for work. She loves to travel, take photos, write, meet awesome people, and experience cultures. She loves doing 22 and experimenting with food and listening to great music, and great wine. Show Notes Personal Website | Ask Mary Job – Your Personal Tech Consultant Personal Blog | My Personal Stories Company Website | How Do You Tech? Non-Profit Organisation | Uwani Foundation...

Introducing Morgan Estes Morgan Estes is a Christian, a husband, a father, a WordPress developer, a veteran, and a nerd. He has been working with WordPress since 2009 and first learned PHP by reading the WordPress source code. Show Notes Website | Morgan Estes Website | Big Wing Twitter | @morganestes Episode Transcript Liam: This is Hallway Chats, where we talk with some of the unique people in and around WordPress. Tara: Together, we meet and chat with folks you may not know about in ou...

Introducing Lauren Pittenger Lauren Pittenger is a front-end WordPress designer and developer. Her college degree is in English, but she’s always had a strong interest in design – and she has also earned a web design certificate. She is obsessed with her cat. Show Notes Website | Lauren Pittenger Website | Mindful Creative Life Twitter | @laurenpittenger Twitter | @_mindfulcreativ Life Coach School | The Life Coach School Episode Transcript Liam: This is Hallway Chats, where we talk with ...

Introducing Michele Butcher-Jones Michele Butcher-Jones is the WordPress technical specialist for Thrive Agency. She also teaches beginners WordPress and freelances with her own shop 13 Core. In her free time, she blogs at Can’t Speak Geek. She’s a lead organizer for the Southern Illinois WP Meetup and runs WP Kids, a Slack group for people interested in organizing WordCamps for kids. Show Notes Website | Can’t Speak Geek Website | Thrive Agency Website | 13Core Twitter | @michele_butcher ...

Reflecting on the first year of Hallway Chats Co-hosts Liam Dempsey and Tara Claeys discuss the first year of the Hallway Chats podcast, and their own definitions of success. Episode Transcript Liam: This is Hallway Chats, where we talk with some of the unique people in and around WordPress. Tara: Together, we meet and chat with folks you may not know about in our community. Liam: With our guests, we’ll explore stories of living – and of making a living with WordPress. Tara: Welcome to Hal...

Introducing Norma Miller Norma Miller is an international captioner and as such is the owner of the captioning firm White Coat Captioning. Through her company, Norma and her team caption live conferences, seminars, classes, events, and more around the world including more WordCamps than we can count. Norma calls Vermont her home where she lives with her husband and her Yorkie, Mr. Jefferies. Show Notes Website | White Coat Captioning Website | White Coat Captioning UK Twitter | @whitecoatca...

Introducing Nadia Williams Nadia Williams is a Jane of all trades. An educator by profession, she has always enjoyed technology tools, stumbling into the world of ed tech and WordPress around the same time. Nadia is a teacher, a polyglot, a yogi, a travel addict, and a lifelong learner. Show Notes Website | MsWillipedia Instagram | MsWillipedia Twitter | @mswillipedia Episode Transcript Liam: This is Hallway Chats, where we talk with some of the unique people in and around WordPress. Tara...

Introducing Russell Aaron Russell is a new father, blogger, racing enthusiast, and back-end developer meet support technician. Based out of Las Vegas, Nevada, Russell works at WebDevStudios. Show Notes Website | russellenvy.com Website | WebDev Studios Website | Maintainn Website | WordPress Vegas Meetup Twitter | @enqueue_russ Episode Transcript Liam: This is Hallway Chats, where we talk with some of the unique people in and around WordPress. Tara: Together, we meet and chat with folks...

Introducing Jeff Matson Jeff Matson is the head marketing guy for Gravity Forms and he looks after everything marketing and sales related. Jeff is married to Jamie and they have two dogs. When not working at Gravity Forms or on his own side-projects, Jeff likes to hang out in his own garage arcade. Show Notes Website | jeffmatson.net Twitter | @thejeffmatson Work Twitter | @gravityforms Work Facebook | facebook.com/GravityForms Episode Transcript Liam: This is Hallway Chats, where we talk...

Introducing Pam Aungst Pam Aungst is owner of Pam Ann Marketing, and Stealth Search and Analytics. Both offer SEO, PPC, and Analytics services. Pam loves the outdoors. She lives in Northern New Jersey with her boyfriend and 18 year old daughter. Show Notes Website | Pam Ann Marketing Website | Stealth Search and Analytics Twitter | @PamAnnMarketing Episode Transcript Liam: This is Hallway Chats, where we talk with some of the unique people in and around WordPress. Tara: Together, we meet ...

Introducing Ebonie Butler Ebonie Butler has her BS degree in information technology from Drexel University. And in 2015, she became interested in WordPress as a platform to start blogging about metal music. She recently started her first developer position with YIKES, Inc. as a WordPress developer. Show Notes Website | Ebonie.me Podcast website | http://metalandcoffee.com/ Twitter | @metalandcoffee_ Episode Transcript Liam: This is Hallway Chats, where we talk with some of the unique peopl...

Introducing Lindsay Halsey & Lori Calcott Lindsay Halsey and Lori Calcott are co-founders of WP SEO Hub and partners at webShine, a search engine marketing agency in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. They focus on running profitable campaigns for their clients and teaching business owners about holistic SEO practices. Show Notes Website | WP SEO Hub Website | Webshine Twitter | @wpseohub Twitter | @lindsay_wpseo Twitter | @lori_wpseo Episode Transcript Liam: This is Hallway Chats, where w...

Introducing Simon Ateba Simon is a journalist and editor and publisher of Today News Africa on Todaynewsafrica.com. A digital newspaper publishing from Washington DC but focusing on Africa. He was forced to master and to love WordPress in order to thrive. Show Notes Website | Todaynewsafrica.com Twitter | @simonateba Episode Transcript Liam: This is Hallway Chats, where we talk with some of the unique people in and around WordPress. Tara: Together, we meet and chat with folks you may not k...

Introducing Yvette Sonneveld Yvette is a WordPress enthusiast living in The Netherlands. She attended and volunteered at her first WordCamp in Miami in 2014. Yvette has been on the WordPress Marketing Team since WordCamp Europe in 2017. Show Notes Website | Inbound Marketing Bliss Twitter | @yvettesonneveld Episode Transcript Liam: This is Hallway Chats, where we talk with some of the unique people in and around WordPress. Tara: Together, we meet and chat with folks you may not know about ...

Introducing Birgit Pauli Haack Birgit Pauli Haack has been a web builder for the last 22 years and is still fascinated by it. Right now, she is learning JavaScript for the third time and evangelizes for the upcoming release of Gutenberg in WordPress core. By day, she runs her own web agency Pauli Systems. Show Notes Website | Pauli Systems Website | Gutenberg Times Website | WP4Good Twitter | @bph LinkedIn | Birgit Pauli Haack Instagram | IDX Podcast | NP Tech Projects Episode Transcrip...

Introducing Mark Wahl Mark helps build teams and manage processes to create digital products and services, often using WordPress! He is Technical Director at the Jake Group, a DC-based digital agency. Show Notes Website | Jake Group Twitter | @markawahl LinkedIn | Mark Wahl Episode Transcript Liam: This is Hallway Chats, where we talk with some of the unique people in and around WordPress. Tara: Together, we meet and chat with folks you may not know about in our community. Liam: With our...

Introducing Dale Reardon Dale Reardon is from Australia and is the founder of My Disability Matters. An online community for the disability sector. Dale is qualified as a lawyer but he asks that we not hold that against him. He loves everything to do with France. Wine, food, and champagne. Dale is legally blind and uses a guide dog, Charlie. Show Notes Website | My Disability Matters News Site/Blog Website | My Disability Matters Club and Community Peepso social network software Twitter | @...

Introducing Cory Webb Cory is a full-stack web developer from Waco, Texas. He’s the author of Beginning Joomla! Website Development. He’s a relative newcomer to WordPress after transitioning from Joomla work. Cory’s married, with three children. He loves public speaking and has given more than 15 talks at Joomla conferences and has now even given one WordCamp talk. Show Notes Website | Reactiv Studios Twitter | @corywebb Episode Transcript Liam: This is Hallway Chats, where we talk with som...