A big thanks and shout out to Brad and Dre for having me on the Dradcast to talk about everything from JavaScript to AI. I talk a little about what I have been up to with my JavaScript for WordPress as well. It was a fun show and you should listen over here: http://dradcast.com/shows/episode-088-learn-javascript-deeply/
Tonight I'm speaking at the DC WordPress Meetup on Lessons in Learning WordPress. I'll be talking about some of the lessons I've learned in teaching WordPress over the years and offer some suggestions on ways folks new to WordPress can learn more. https://speakerdeck.com/zgordon/lessons-in-learning-wordpress
Thanks to George Sephanis for inviting me on the WPwatercooler show this week to discuss what else is worth learning deeply in 2016 besides JavaScript. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ-fzGM669M Of course, several of the folks on the show, including myself, are still focused on learning JavaScript in 2016, However, a number of other good areas came up as well: Ways of Building with … Continue reading Guest on WPwatercooler – Beyond Learning JavaScript Deeply
As I speed down the path to launch for my JavaScript for WordPress Master Course, I have been busily learning and relearning JavaScript anew. Actually, I have worked with JS for a long time now and even taught college and high school JavaScript courses well before Treehouse. However, JavaScript has come a long way in the last few … Continue reading How and Where I’ve Been (Re)Learning JavaScript
Hi Everyone! First of all I want to say a huge thank you again to all the Community for showing such amazing support! I've had many people reach out to me and thank me for teaching WordPress to them over the years, hundreds of people have voted on WP Dev Casts about what course they … Continue reading Announcing My JavaScript for WordPress Master Course
Hi Folks! Wow, there sure has been a lot of commotion in the community since Treehouse let me go last week. I appreciate everyone's support so much! However, Treehouse contacted me to inform that I mispoke about Treehouse not continuing to teach WordPress. They stated this and asked me to share: Treehouse will continue offering their … Continue reading An Update on WordPress at Treehouse
This last week has been quite a week for me. Treehouse, The online learning company where I have been teaching WordPress for the last 3+ years told me that they had decided to stop teaching WordPress and that I had been fired. That was Monday. On Friday the same week, WordCamp US started. Between Monday and … Continue reading The Sustaining Heart of the WordPress Community
For the last several months I have been rewriting all of the Beginners WordPress content at Treehouse. Excited to announce today that WordPress Basics, the third of seven or so beginners courses in our Learn WordPress track has been released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b-L5gyGZUo This course covers how to manage content in WordPress, how to work with different types of … Continue reading New WordPress Basics Course at Treehouse
https://twitter.com/professorjosh/status/665957144940924929/photo/1 Today I had the chance to speak on a panel at WordCamp Orlando on Technology Education with the following rock stars: Susanna Miller, Iron Yard Gregg Pollack, Code School Josh Murdock, Valencia College Zac Gordon, Treehouse We had a great moderator, Orrett Davis, who brought some great questions as well as fielded some superb questions from … Continue reading Technology Education Panel at WordCamp Orlando 2015
After running my wp.zacgordon.com site on a shared SiteGround server with several other WP sites and having this site (and the others) hacked 3 times now in the last few months, I felt it was time to make a change. I have thought about moving my WordPress blog to WordPress.com before, but never pulled the trigger … Continue reading Moving to WordPress.com
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