events

  • November 12, 2014

    NEPAWP November Meetup: Blogger Chat!

    This month we are switching things up a bit at the NEPAWP Meetup and bringing it back to basics- we’re talking all about blogging! It will be a pretty open discussion about all things blogging: starting one, running one, SEO, more comments, using social media, and more. If you have a question about blogging, join us on November 19th at 7pm at CoalWork: 544 Spruce Street, Scranton, PA. RSVP Here.

    For good measure, if you want to comment with your blog link here or on the RSVP page, I will compile a list to send to the attendees!

  • June 12, 2014

    Announcing 1085 & a Beginner’s WordPress Workshop

    When the weekly coding sessions were announced, I also alluded to courses, or workshops, that will be taking place at the Launch Pad in Downtown Scranton. I’m very excited  to announce the first one, as well as the venture behind it.

    First, the Workshop: This is one that’s been requested to me personally a few times so I wanted to make it happen as soon as I could. It’s called The Beginner’s Guide to WordPress and it will cover what WordPress is and how to use it, from adding posts to managing users and everything in between. The Workshop will be July 10th, from 6:30-8:30pm and will cost $20. For an extra $27, you can get access to 23 intro videos for WordPress, reinforcing what we talk about in the workshop.

     Get Your Ticket Now! 

    Next is the venture I’ve started to support these workshops, which is called 1085 (https://1085.co/). 1085 is a place for teaching and learning. It’s a place that organizes Workshops & sells Books, and there’s a lot more planned, all in downtown Scranton. You can read more here. Throughout the summer, there will be more workshops and resources added. I’m really excited for what’s in store, and you should be too!

  • June 6, 2014

    WordCamps, Summits, and Coding, Oh My!

    I’m hitting the final stretch of my speaking tour, with just 3 (maybe 4?)  WordPress events left for the summer before taking July off. I’m also giving a  TEDx talk in Scranton in August, but more information to come on that later. I won’t be off the grid though, as I have lots of great stuff planned in the Downtown Scranton area! More details and my speaking schedule after the jump.

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  • November 7, 2013

    Upcoming News & Events

    Whoa. Almost a month has gone by and I haven’t written a thing on this blog; sorry about that! Since officially announcing my new book, Responsive Design with WordPress, I’ve been working diligently to finish up all of the writing, reviews, edits, and design approvals. I’m happy to say that Monday I will be done completely with the book. In the coming weeks, there will be a lot going on, and I wanted to give everyone a heads up!
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    About the Book

    First and foremost, the book is set to go to print on November 20th, which should put it on the shelves by December 16th. If you can’t wait that long, the ebook is currently in production and should be out before that. I will update this post (and Twitter, and Facebook, and Google+) with the official release date for that.
    In the coming weeks, I’ll probably have lots of news, links, sample readings, and even a couple of giveaways for the book so keep an eye out for that. I’ll tag everything on social media with #rwdwp.

    Upcoming Events

    I’m also going on a bit of a speaking/events tour in the next few weeks. You can see the whole schedule here, but a couple of notable ones are:

    • November 19th at 7pm: NEPA WordPress (@nepawp) @ Vintage Theater in Scranton, PA. Phil Erb will be talking about local WordPress developments. I’ll be in attendance with discounts and more. RSVP here
    • November 21st at 6pm: NEP-Tech group @ Posh in Scranton, PA. I’ll be speaking for about my book, WordPress, and RWD in general. RSVP Here
    • December 7th: Tentatively I will be doing a WordSesh talk. @WordSesh is a completely only, 24-hour WordPress conference. I’ll post more details about that as they come.

    At any of these events (and many more), those who show up will get a coupon for 35% off the price of my book, so come on by and say hi!

  • October 4, 2013

    Speaking: NEPABlogCon and Beyond!

    Though I haven’t officially announced it yet, I have been talking for a while about a new book I’m working on called Responsive Design with WordPress. We are a couple of months out from release but things are going well! In the time running up to the release I’ll be out there speaking quite a bit to promote it.

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  • June 7, 2013

    Upcoming Speaking Events

    As it turns out, I’m speaking a couple of times next week on WordPress Custom Post Types- check out the information below and register if you’d like!

    Connecting Custom Post Types
    WP Summit, Online, June 11th, 2013 at 12pm CST
    Use the code 20JOE for 20% off.
    DIY Custom Post Types
    NEPA WP Meetup, Library at The University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, June 13th, 2013 at 7pm EST