We put the spotlight on our panelist Sallie Goetsch. Sallie has been involved with the web since it’s beginnings in the early 1990s, as well as a career in academia. She talks about these subjects, the WordPress community, living in the UK, and Greek philosophy in this very special episode of WP-Tonic.
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Sallie is also the organizer of the East Bay WordPress Meetup and a valued member of the WordPress community.
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http://www.meetup.com/Eastbay-WordPress-Meetup/
Episode 137 Table of Contents
0:00 Intros
1:42 How did Sallie first get into web development?
4:01 Sallie’s early experiences with WordPress
5:07 How Sallie got involved with the East Bay WordPress Meetup
6:52 What are the biggest changes Sallie has seen in the web since the early 1990s?
9:27 What Sallie remembers about the Web Standards Movement.
10:05 Are we still addressing the same concerns on the web as we were ten and twenty years ago?
11:18 How is the web community progressing on making accessibility a priority?
12:43 What advice would Sallie give to people just starting out in web development today?
17:16 Some quick pricing advice.
17:35 Is there anything different about WordPress in comparison to other web communities?
20:46 Are there problems in the larger overall web community when it comes to discrimination?
24:25 Why Sallie left academia.
25:51 Differences with living in the UK and the US.
30:51 Sallie’s advice on prequalifying clients.
34:18 Does your physical location make a difference in being able to do business?
37:17 Will the San Francisco WordCamp be brought back anytime soon?
38:47 Jonathan and Sallie have stories about travelling in the winter.
40:20 What does Sallie see happening with WordPress?
45:18 Podcast outros
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