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Introducing Evelyn Maina Evelyn is a very unusual guest in that we brought her into the WordPress community! Years ago when Liam and Tara started this podcast they hired Evelyn as their transcriber. Since then, Evelyn has gotten to know more than 175 WordPressers by transcribing their interviews here on Hallway Chats. Her perspective as an “outsider” was quite heartwarming. Show Notes https://havenscribe.com/ https://glowfaceportal.co.ke/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/evalyn-maina/ Transcript: ...

In November 2022 Topher went to WordCamp Italy in Milan. While there he had several conversations with attendees and sponsors. Episode Transcript Topher: Hey folks, welcome to Hallway Chats. I’m your host Topher. This week is going to be a little bit different from usual. This last November, I had the opportunity to go to WordCamp Italy in Milan, or WordCamp Italia in Milano, depending on how your mama says it. While I was there, I got to have some actual in-person hallway chats with a number...

Topher and Sophia met with Benjamin Zekavica and Moritz Bappert, both WordCamp Europe 2023 volunteers. Show Notes Episode Transcript Topher: Hey everyone! Welcome to Hallway Chats. I’m Topher and my co-host is Sofia. Sophia: Hello. Moritz: Hi. Nice to meet you. Benjamin: Nice to meet you two. Topher: It’s great having you here. Once again, our guests are from WordCamp Europe. Please tell us your names and what your role is for WordCamp. Benjamin: I’m Benjamin. I’m 24 years old, and I’m a...

Show Notes Episode Transcript Topher: Hey everyone. Welcome to Hallway Chats. I’m Topher and my co-host is Sofia. Say hello, Sophia. Sophia: Sorry. Hello. I was trying to look at the show. Topher: Okay. Our guests today come from WordCamp Europe. Please tell us your names and what your role is for WordCamp. Evangelia: Hi, my name is Evangelia Pappa. And for WordCamp Europe 2023, I am one of the global leads this year. So I’m responsible for the teams of budgets, sponsors, and the community ...

Show Notes Contact Info: Website WordPress Twitter Episode Transcript Topher: Hey everyone, welcome to Hallway Chats. I’m Topher and my co-host today is Sophia. Sophia: Hello. Topher: She waved. Before we get started, I want to say thanks to our sponsor Nexcess. They’ve been good to us for a couple of years now. And I’ve been really, really happy with their hosting. Their servers are really fast. They give me all the special tools that I really like in a host, and they have some really gre...

Show Notes Contact Info: Website LinkedIn Twitter Episode Transcript Topher: Hey everyone, welcome to Hallway Chats. I’m Topher, your host today. My regular co-host Nyasha is sick today, so it’s just gonna be me and our guest. Before we get started, I want to say thanks to our sponsor Nexcess. We’ve been hosted with Nexcess for a couple of years now and it’s been extremely good. To put it bluntly, their servers are fast, uptime is great, good communication when there needs to be downtime. A...

Show Notes Contact Info: Yoast Profile Episode Transcript Topher: Hey folks, welcome to Hallway Chats. My name is Topher. This week we have another hallway chat that was actually recorded on-site at a WordCamp. This one was recorded at WordCamp Italia in Milan and we were outside in a beautiful courtyard at an ancient university. My guest is Iolanda Sequino. She works for Yoast and was there at WordCamp working the booth and we got into a great conversation and I said, “Hey, we should recor...

Show Notes Contact Info: https://www.wp1x1.de/ @MajaBenke Episode Transcript Topher: Hey everyone! I’m Topher. Welcome to Hallway Chats. This episode is a little bit different. It’s another one that was recorded in person, so it’s just me and the guest. Last summer, I visited Barcelona and I spent about a week wandering the city and seeing the sights with Maja Benke, who was from Germany. We basically just moved from cafe to cafe throughout the week trying food and beverages and just talkin...

Show Notes HeroPress Essay: The good and the bad of open source WordPress Contact Info: http://lesley.pizza @lesley_pizza Newsletter Glue Episode Transcript Topher: Hi everyone! My name is Topher. Nyasha: And my name is Nyasha. Topher: And this is Hallway Chats. Before we get started, I want to draw your attention to Nexcess. They are our sponsor and we greatly appreciate it. I am a user of their services. The HeroPress site is around their servers. And it’s fantastic. I really like it. T...

Show Notes HeroPress Essay: How I tried, applied, got involved. Realizing one of my childhood dreams. Contact Info: @Alice_Ridice WordPress.tv Episode Transcript Topher: Hey folks, this is Topher. This week’s episode of Hallway Chats is a little different. This is a live recording from working in Italy last November. Nyasha wasn’t there with me so it’s just me and my guest, Alice. And I hope you enjoy this one because it was really fun to make. We were outside in an atrium sort of place. It ...

Show Notes Silence Commentary, from Cassandra Decker Tom’s Socials: https://twitter.com/tomfinley https://wptoots.social/@tomfinley Websites / Projects: https://prufcreative.com https://tomfinley.co https://dcbeer.com Episode Transcript Topher: Hey, everyone. My name is Topher. Nyasha: And my name is Nyasha. Topher: And this is Hallway Chats. Before we get going, we want to thank our sponsors at Nexcess, a Liquid Web brand. They have some new tools for ECommerce that really make them stand o...

Show Notes This episode of Hallway Chats kicks off a new era with a new co-host Nyasha Green! And this week we talk with Matt Mullenweg. Matt Mullenweg is co-founder of the open-source publishing platform WordPress, which now powers over 40% of all sites on the web. He is the founder and CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, WPVIP, Day One, and Pocket Casts. Additionally, Matt runs Audrey Capital, an investment and research company. He has been recognized fo...

Show Notes This episode of Hallway Chats is a little different from previous episodes. Recently Cate and Topher had the opportunity to go to WordCamp Europe in Porto, Portugal, where we had some literal hallway chats. This 4one is with Grzegorz Ziółkowski. Piccia’s Site: https://gziolo.pl/ Twitter | @gziolo Episode Transcript Topher: All right. So tell me your name. Greg: My name is Greg Ziolkowski. But I go by Greg because it’s just easier for everyone. Topher: Yes. Yeah. All right. And no...

Show Notes This episode of Hallway Chats is a little different from previous episodes. Recently Cate and Topher had the opportunity to go to WordCamp Europe in Porto, Portugal, where we had some literal hallway chats. This one is with Piccia Neri. Piccia’s Site: https://designforconversions.com/ Twitter | @Piccia Episode Transcript Topher: So I have heard your name pronounced seven different ways today. So first order of business, state your name. Piccia: Pea-cha. Topher: Pea-cha. Piccia: ...

Show Notes This episode of Hallway Chats is a little different from previous episodes. Recently Cate and Topher had the opportunity to go to WordCamp Europe in Porto, Portugal, where we had some literal hallway chats. This one is with Sofie Couwenbergh. Sofie’s Site: https://letmewritethatdownforyou.com/ Twitter | @SCouwenbergh Episode Transcript Topher: So what is your name? Sofie: I’m Sofie Couwenbergh. Topher: Where do you live? Sofie: I live in Lisbon. I’m from Belgium originally, but ...

Aurooba Ahmed is a freelance WordPress developer and contributor. Show Notes Aurooba’s Blog: https://aurooba.com/ Twitter | @aurooba Episode Transcript Topher: Hey everyone, my name is Topher. Cate: And I’m Cate. Topher: And this is Hallway Chats. Before we get going, I want to thank our sponsors at Nexcess, a Liquid Web brand. They have some new tools for eCommerce that really make them stand out from other options. WooCommerce automated testing, Sales Performance Monitor, and Plugin Perfo...

Tammie Lister is a web designer at XWP and a WordPress core contributor. Show Notes Tammie’s Blog: https://tammielister.com/ Twitter | @karmatosed Episode Transcript Topher: Hey everyone! My name is Topher. Cate: And I’m Cate. Topher: And this is Hallway Chats. Before we get going, we want to thank our sponsors at Nexcess, a Liquid Web brand. They have some new tools for eCommerce that really make them stand out from other options. WooCommerce automated testing, Sales Performance Monitor, a...

Jen Swisher is a Happiness Engineer on the Jetpack plugin at Automattic and is organizing WordCamp US 2021 online. Show Notes Event Date: October 1 Event Website: https://us.wordcamp.org/2021/ Twitter | @JenSwish Episode Transcript Topher: Hey everyone! My name is Topher. Cate: And my name is Cate. Topher: And this is Hallway Chats. We’d like to take a moment to thank our sponsor Nexcess, a Liquid Web brand. Be sure to check out their new product WP Quickstart. WP Quickstart is a fast and ...

A Conversation with Joe Howard about the WPMRR Virtual Summit Joe Howard is the founder and Chief Innovation Officer of WPBuffs, and is organizing the second WPMRR Virtual Summit. Show Notes Event Date: September 21-23 Event Website: https://wpmrr.com/ Twitter | @wpmrrsummit Episode Transcript Topher: Hey everyone! My name is Topher. Cate: And I’m Cate. Topher: And this is Hallway Chats. We’d like to take a moment to thank our sponsor Nexcess, a Liquid Web brand. Be sure to check out thei...

A Conversation with Cate and Topher DeRosia The DeRosias are the founders and stewards of HeroPress. If you don’t already know about it, HeroPress tells the stories of people who have leveraged WordPress and its community to change their lives and achieve their goals. Through these stories, global connections are made and conversations are had that build a stronger community, more employment, and educational opportunities, and easier access to resources. Show Notes Website | HeroPress Twitter...

Introducing Stephanie Hudson Stephanie is a geek, entrepreneur, inventor, and craft beer lover. Her passion is helping grow agencies to scale and thrive through her white label company, FocusWP. Show Notes LinkedIn | Left Brain Facebook | Stephanie Hudson Website | Focus WP Preferred Pronouns | She/Her 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 t...

Introducing Bet Hannon Bet discovered WordPress in 2008 and has been involved in the WordPress community since 2013 at meetups, WordCamps, and on the support team. Bet runs an agency, Bet Hannon Business Websites, where she specializes in WordPress and accessibility. Show Notes Twitter | @bethannon Website | BHMBizSites.com Preferred Pronouns | She/Her Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions and our guests share their s...

Introducing Patrick Rauland Patrick is obsessed with eCommerce. He’s created eCommerce websites for clients, worked at WooCommerce in support, development, and product management, and he creates courses on LinkedIn Learning for WooCommerce. He’s written several books on eCommerce, and also runs WooSesh, an online conference all about WooCommerce. Show Notes Twitter | @BFTrick Website | Speaking In Bytes Game Website | LaidBackGames.com Nexcess | Optimize WooCommerce, Store Builder Preferred P...

Introducing Ken Elliott Ken lives in Columbia, South Carolina, where he is a full-time webmaster at a law firm. He’s also a co-owner of BKreative Media Solutions, an agency that supports small and medium businesses with digital branding solutions. He’s a core organizer of his local WordPress meetup, which is on a bit of a hiatus to the COVID. Show Notes Website | BKreative Media Solutions: bkreative.net Twitter | @kennethspeaks Instagram | kennethspeaks Preferred Pronouns | He/Him Episode ...