The Web Princess

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The Web Princess

Asking a Better Question

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In my time as a developer and trainer for hire I have been asked by clients or trainees to make changes to their websites. More recently I’ve been working as a team lead/project manager and I’m finding that even though the context is different I’m often asked by clients to make changes to content, or code, or to processes.

A lot of times this is no big deal; there have been cases where I’ve been gung ho! and dived straight in to make the changes the client asks for, after all… other times? I ask a better question…

Growing & Developing your WordPress Meetup

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Below is a transcript of my talk from WordCamp Europe 2016 in which I talked about growing & developing your WordPress meetup. If you were there and just wanted the download of templates… the zip file is here.

There are two universal (and often unconscious) questions people ask themselves when deciding whether to join a community.

Making an Escape

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There’s nothing like spending your work life on a project that features some completely delicious images of faraway places to stir up excitement about to chucking the laptop in my bag and taking off for more adventures. It’s been 18 months or more since the US experience, time to turn my attention back to Europe, where I haven’t set foot for 25 years or more.

Changing Tack : Adjusting your Sails for the Winds of Change

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I know for some of you the idea of change thrills you, you thrive on it, you can’t wait to see what the change does in you and for you – in some ways, that’s me… I tend to find myself itchy for big change every 3 years or so, change of job, change of scene.. I get frustrated with stasis…. However, for what I suspect is the majority of us… the prospect of change can be upsetting, challenging and can even leave us feeling fearful and anxious.

Beating Imposter Syndrome

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In one of our recent WordPress Melbourne meetups the theme for the evening was Imposter Syndrome.

You know what I mean by that, right? That nagging feeling that you’re just not quite up to scratch. It’s the feeling that holds you back from putting yourself out there for bigger, better challenges. It will cripple you as you compare yourself to others.

Simple tips for a Better Freelance Business

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A week later I’m finally posting my slides from my WordCamp Brisbane 2015 talk “How to Freelance like a BOSS” where a a fantastic group of interested freelancers listened attentively and quizzed me mercilessy about my simple tips to begin having a better freelance business. It was a great experience sharing my journey, and an equally great one hearing from everyone else about theirs.

Credible Web Professionals and WordPress as a Credible CMS

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One of the things that happened this last year was that I had a number of interesting conversations with a client seeking a quote who had been navigating the process of choosing a developer for their simple business website.

I was one of three people up for the job.

The WordPress Project: It’s all about YOU!

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This is a bit of an  unusual post, it isn’t a tutorial, it’s a ‘request for comment’ well, a request for a little bit of help actually…

I’m heading to WordCamp Sydney at the end of September with an idea for a conversation about the unsung heroes of WordPress in Australia… I’m keen to find out just who those people are and spend a little bit of time introducing some of the awesome things that people are doing in our WordPress community…

Freedom Comes from Making the Bed

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There are some times when being in business for yourself is kind of a drag.

Don’t get me wrong, I love what I’m doing, I love the technical aspects of all the code tweaking and messing about with making pretty designs work as amazing, functional websites. I love the freedom that’s inherent with freelance… That’s the cool stuff.

The business side of being in business? For me? Less fun. Less free.

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