"I often felt as though the industry had moved ahead while I was standing still. It was an uncomfortable feeling, and for a long time I questioned whether I had fallen behind." — Jina Parekh #WordPress heropress.com/essays/the-f...
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"For five years, my focus was simple: my family and my job. I wasn’t learning new technologies. I wasn’t attending events. I wasn’t contributing to WordPress." — Jina Parekh #WordPress heropress.com/essays/the-f...
"In 2019, I attended my first WordCamp in Vadodara. I made new connections, learned from contributors, and realized there was an entire community that believed in sharing knowledge instead of keeping it to themselves." — Jina Parekh #WordPress heropress.com/essays/the-f...
The First 10 Years, The Next 10 Years - પહેલાંનાં ૧૦ વર્ષ, આગળનાં ૧૦ વર્ષ
Jina Parekh writes about how many small things in life nudged her into the WordPress community, and why she gives back.
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"My first ten years in WordPress weren’t just about learning how to write code. They were about learning how to grow through uncertainty, motherhood, self-doubt, and, most importantly, community." — Jina Parekh #WordPress heropress.com/essays/the-f...
આ અઠવાડિયાનો HeroPress નિબંધ “પ્રથમ 10 વર્ષ, આગામી 10 વર્ષ” શીર્ષક ધરાવે છે, જે વડોદરા, ગુજરાત, ભારતની જીના પારેખ દ્વારા લખવામાં આવ્યો છે. heropress.com/essays/the-f...
The First 10 Years, The Next 10 Years - પહેલાંનાં ૧૦ વર્ષ, આગળનાં ૧૦ વર્ષ
Jina Parekh writes about how many small things in life nudged her into the WordPress community, and why she gives back.
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This week's HeroPress essay is titled "The First 10 Years, The Next 10 Years" by Jina Parekh from Vadodara, Gujarat, India. #WordPress heropress.com/essays/the-f...
The First 10 Years, The Next 10 Years - પહેલાંનાં ૧૦ વર્ષ, આગળનાં ૧૦ વર્ષ
Jina Parekh writes about how many small things in life nudged her into the WordPress community, and why she gives back.
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"WordCamps have changed for me over the years — less about the sessions on stage, more about what happens between them. " — Volodymyr Melnychenko #WordPress heropress.com/essays/liste...
"When you work in a small agency, you live inside your own bubble — and then suddenly a whole other world appears.
“Listen... the birds are already singing” - “Послухай… пташки заспівали”
Volodymyr writes about how meaningful WordCamp Europe is as a place for the Ukrainian diaspora to gather.
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Есе, що вийшло цього тижня на HeroPress, має назву “Послухай… пташки заспівали", за авторства Володимира Мельниченка із Гельсінкі. #WordPress heropress.com/essays/liste...
“Listen... the birds are already singing” - “Послухай… пташки заспівали”
Volodymyr writes about how meaningful WordCamp Europe is as a place for the Ukrainian diaspora to gather.
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This week's HeroPress essay is titled “Listen… the birds are already singing” by Volodymyr Melnychenko from Helsinki. #WordPress heropress.com/essays/liste...
“Listen... the birds are already singing” - “Послухай… пташки заспівали”
Volodymyr writes about how meaningful WordCamp Europe is as a place for the Ukrainian diaspora to gather.
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Hey #WordPress folks, will you take the State Of The Community survey? www.thewpcommunitycollective.com/state-of-the...
The State of the Community - The WP Community Collective
The State of the Community survey aims to understand the current perspective of the people in and around the WordPress open source project community. The survey is open for responses from May 27…
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A few weeks ago the WordPress Grand Rapids meetup asked me to give a talk on HeroPress and we recorded it. I talked about its origins, processes for finding and publishing stories, and some of the tech behind it all. #WordPress #WPGR #HeroPress youtu.be/-mCgoehAWtk
The Story Of HeroPress, Told To The WordPress Grand Rapids Meetup
HeroPress is over 10 years old now, with over 300 posts. The good folks at the WordPress meetup in Grand Rapids, Michigan, asked me to tell the story of how it got started and how I manage it…
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I posted a new Hallway Chats episode today, with Russell Aaron. It was a really fun talk, you should get to know him too. Also, I included the conversation we had AFTER the show, because that was good too! hallwaychats.com/episodes/epi...
Episode 182 – A Chat With Russell Aaron - Hallway Chats
In this conversation with Russell Aaron we talk about glory days of WordPress, YouTube, and BONUS material at the end!
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"During the organizer vetting and orientation process, the interviewer kept returning to one question: Could I make it to Mumbai?
Indebted: The Ugandan WordPress Dream that Flew to Asia - Ebbanja: Ekirooto kya Uganda ekyagenda e Buyindi
Emboozi eno weeri ne mu Luganda. There are moments in life when you sit back, look around, and just shake your head in disbelief. The kind where you ask yourself, “Eh! Is this really me?” This is one…
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This week we also have audio, read by Moses himself, in both English and Luganda. heropress.com/essays/indeb...
Emboozi ya week Eno eweereddwa omutwe "Ebbanja: Ekirooto Kya Uganda ekyaagenda eBuyindi" enyumizibwa Moses Cursor Ssebunya okuva e Uganda. #WordPress heropress.com/essays/indeb...
Indebted: The Ugandan WordPress Dream that Flew to Asia - Ebbanja: Ekirooto kya Uganda ekyagenda e Buyindi
Emboozi eno weeri ne mu Luganda. There are moments in life when you sit back, look around, and just shake your head in disbelief. The kind where you ask yourself, “Eh! Is this really me?” This is one…
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This week's HeroPress essay introduces a new language to the site! Luganda is a Bantu language spoken in the African Great Lakes region. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luganda
Luganda - Wikipedia
Ganda or Luganda[4] (/luːˈɡændə/ loo-GAN-də;[5] Oluganda [oluɡâːndá])[6] is a Bantu language spoken in the African Great Lakes region. It is one of the major languages in Uganda and is spoken by more…
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This week's HeroPress essay is titled "Indebted: The Ugandan WordPress Dream that Flew to Asia" by Moses Cursor Ssebunya from Uganda. #WordPress heropress.com/essays/indeb...
Indebted: The Ugandan WordPress Dream that Flew to Asia - Ebbanja: Ekirooto kya Uganda ekyagenda e Buyindi
Emboozi eno weeri ne mu Luganda. There are moments in life when you sit back, look around, and just shake your head in disbelief. The kind where you ask yourself, “Eh! Is this really me?” This is one…
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Random data from Jetpack Stats on HeroPress.com for the last 7 days. I never would have guessed that linkedin would be HeroPress' primary traffic driver.
"I am no longer the child who measured heroism by the arc of a punch. A hero is someone who shows up when someone needs you to, to listen without agenda, to celebrate people as they are rather than as you wish they were." — Aditya Kane #WordPress heropress.com/essays/the-h...
The Hero of HeroPress and quiet art of walking with people
Aditya Kane talks about his early experiences with HeroPress and how it has shaped his life and career.
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If you're wondering what kind of person I am, watch out for the axe. "If #WordPress were a world unto itself, conjured by a Tolkien-like imagination, Topher would be a axe-wielding dwarf who walked with you for a while just to make sure you're alright." — Aditya Kane heropress.com/essays/the-h...
The Hero of HeroPress and quiet art of walking with people
Aditya Kane talks about his early experiences with HeroPress and how it has shaped his life and career.
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"South Asia took to [HeroPress] immediately. A remarkable number of the earliest essays came from India." — Aditya Kane #WordPress heropress.com/essays/the-h...
The Hero of HeroPress and quiet art of walking with people
Aditya Kane talks about his early experiences with HeroPress and how it has shaped his life and career.
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"Telling your story as worthy of an audience was the first important step. HeroPress was built on that belief." — Aditya Kane #WordPress heropress.com/essays/the-h...
The Hero of HeroPress and quiet art of walking with people
Aditya Kane talks about his early experiences with HeroPress and how it has shaped his life and career.
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This week's HeroPress essay is number 300! I asked Aditya Kane to write it, and he made "The Hero of HeroPress and quiet art of walking with people". #WordPress heropress.com/essays/the-h...
The Hero of HeroPress and quiet art of walking with people
Aditya Kane talks about his early experiences with HeroPress and how it has shaped his life and career.
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COMING WEDNESDAY! The 300th essay on HeroPress.com, I'm very excited! It's written by Aditya Kane from Pune, India. Make sure you stop by and check it out! #WordPress
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Finally, my dream came true. I was selected as a volunteer at WCAsia. The most special part? I attended with my family. My husband supported me. My 4yo son, Mantra, enjoyed every moment. This was not just my journey—it became our journey. — Shital Marakana #WordPress heropress.com/essays/from-...
😊 From a Small Village to WordCamp Asia: My WordPress Journey 🌍✨
Shital Marakana writes from Rajkot, India about how focusing on WordPress and joining the community have brought her joy.
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इस हफ़्ते के HeroPress निबंध का शीर्षक है — “एक छोटे से गाँव से WordCamp Asia तक: मेरी WordPress यात्रा” — जिसे भारत के गुजरात राज्य में स्थित राजकोट की शीतल माराकाना ने लिखा है। #WordPress heropress.com/essays/from-...
😊 From a Small Village to WordCamp Asia: My WordPress Journey 🌍✨
Shital Marakana writes from Rajkot, India about how focusing on WordPress and joining the community have brought her joy.
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આ અઠવાડિયાના હીરોપ્રેસ નિબંધનું શીર્ષક "એક નાના ગામથી વર્ડકેમ્પ એશિયા સુધી: મારી વર્ડપ્રેસ જર્ની" છે, જે રાજકોટ, ગુજરાત, ભારતના શિતલ મારકણા દ્વારા લખાયેલ છે. #WordPress heropress.com/essays/from-...
😊 From a Small Village to WordCamp Asia: My WordPress Journey 🌍✨
Shital Marakana writes from Rajkot, India about how focusing on WordPress and joining the community have brought her joy.
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"Coming from a small village with limited exposure to computers, I never imagined that one day I would be part of a global community and attend an international event like WordCamp Asia 🌏. " — Shital Marakana #WordPress heropress.com/essays/from-...
