Joe Casabona

Hi! I’m Joe Casabona, a Front End Developer, Instructor, & Public Speaker. When I’m not writing code, I’m teaching people how to build things with and for WordPress. You can find my courses over at WP in One Month. I also host a weekly podcast called How I Built It, where I interview product developers and business owners about how they create. In addition to the profession stuff, I love Star Wars, Disney, smoking cigars, and playing the drums.

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Build Something

How I Built It is a podcast that tells origin stories - specifically the origin stories of products and businesses. For 30 minutes each week, we look at how something went from inception to complete.

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Learn WordPress

At WP in One Month, I create focused courses and instruction videos on how to use specific tools to work towards a single goal. I will teach you how to complete the very task you are trying to complete.

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I've written 5 books over the course of 6 years. My first book, Building WordPress Themes from Scratch, taught you how to do just that. Today, you can learn everything from podcasting to smart device development.

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I make things with WordPress

I started working with WordPress in 2004, when it was about 1 year old. Since then I've worked on everything from small mom and pop shops to huge sites for Fortune 100 companies. I've done everything from create custom themes and plugins, to cleaning 3 million spam comments from WordPress installs. I love tinkering, creating, and scratching my own itch. Here's some of my work:

I've been a teacher for 10 years, starting at the college level for the University of Scranton as a TA with my own class. Now I still teach there, as well as develop online courses, accredited classes, and custom curriculums for WordPress, web development, and general technology. Here's a small sample:

WordPress Development for Sessions College
How to Build WordPress Themes for Udemy
Principles of Computer Science and Software Development for The University of Scranton

I teach & create Courses

You can also check out my blog for more!

Joe Casabona speaks on Never Assuming When Teaching WordPress, at WordCamp US 2015 #wcus

I Speak Publicly

See my current talk and upcoming events

I've been a professional public speaker for most of my career, speaking in front of classes, for webinars, and at conferences all over the country. I got my start in grammar school when I joined Drama Club, so I'm very comfortable being in front of people. I talk on a wide range of topics, from development to empathy. Here are a few samples:

Open Source in the WordPress Community (WordCamp Lehigh Valley)
Developing Courses for WordPress (WordCamp Baltimore)
Never Assume When Teaching (WordCamp US)

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