I’m speaking at the Metro Detroit WordPress Meetup, Sept 21, 2014, and shockingly, I’ve got my slide deck ready well before time!

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10+ Things I Learned at WordCamp This Summer

by Jim Luke,
a.k.a. @EconProph

Who’s Jim Luke?

• Professor Economics at Lansing Community College:   jimluke.com  and econproph.net

• Blogger:    econproph.com

• Plansolutions LLC

 

8. WordPress Philosophy

• Out of the Box
• Design for the Majority
• Decisions, not Options
• Clean, Lean, and Mean
• Striving for Simplicity
• Deadlines Are Not Arbitrary
• The Vocal Minority
• Our Bill of Rights

 

Bonus:  read “A Year Without Pants”

Links for more info:.

1. Brute Protect:  https://bruteprotect.com/
2. WP Multi-Networks Plugin:  https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-multi-network/
3. Future of WordPress Updates:  http://wordpress.tv/2014/06/30/andrew-nacin-advanced-topics-in-wordpress-development/
   • http://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/10/25/the-definitive-guide-to-disabling-auto-updates-in-wordpress-3-7/
4. P2 theme:  http://wordpress.org/themes/p2
5. API-JSON:  http://wptavern.com/json-rest-api-slated-for-wordpress-4-1-release
6. Desktop Server from ServerPress:  http://serverpress.com/products/desktopserver/
8. WordPress Philosophy:  http://wordpress.org/about/philosophy/
9. ChalkPress:
10. Making Presentations in/with WordPress:  Other plugin and theme presentation options include:
    1. Jetpack Presentation Shortcode http://en.support.wordpress.com/presentations/
       1. You can see a demo of the Jetpack Presentation Shortcode, including underlying code, at http://bluelotusworks.com/organizing-the-wordpress-backoffice-eight-plugins-that-help/
    2. 3D Presentation http://wordpress.org/plugins/3d-presentation/
    3. HTML5 Slideshow Presentations http://wordpress.org/plugins/html5-slideshow-presentations/
    4. Post Presentations http://wordpress.org/plugins/post-presentations/

Bonus:  Year Without Pants