Andy McIlwain
@andymci on WordPress.org and Slack
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- Member Since: June 10th, 2010
- Location: Ajax, Ontario, Canada
- Website: andymci.ca
- Job Title: Content & Community
- Employer: GoDaddy
Contribution History
Andy McIlwain’s badges:- Marketing Contributor
- Meetup Organizer
- WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker
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Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Canada 2024
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 5.7: What’s on your wishlist?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Improved media management, like adding a taxonomy. Relative URLs instead of absolute URLs in content. -
Created a topic, A must-have plugin., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I use Really Simple SSL on pretty much every site I bu… -
Wrote a comment on the post Online conference platform concerns, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I've seen Jitsi come up in different groups as an OSS alternative to Zoom. Not… -
Wrote a comment on the post Researching livestream infrastructure and support, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Riffing on this further... Documentation/Guidance - What equipment & software you'll need to host a… -
Wrote a comment on the post Researching livestream infrastructure and support, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Are there any modifications that will need to be made to the WordCamp website to… -
Wrote a comment on the post Researching livestream infrastructure and support, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I think the local, in-person option is great for places that allow it. :) -
Wrote a comment on the post Researching livestream infrastructure and support, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Was that from the ban on virtual events by Meetup.com itself? We ran into that… -
Wrote a comment on the post Researching livestream infrastructure and support, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
We've hosted a handful of virtual meetups on Crowdcast in the past year. Our setup… -
Wrote a comment on the post WCEU 2020 – Leave no Contributor Behind, on the site Team Updates:
On the non-dev side, would be nice to segue new contributors into some sort of… -
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team goals for 2020: suggestions wanted!, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Ditto w/ everyone else. +1 on all of this. -
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team goals for 2020: suggestions wanted!, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Re: the camera kits -- last I checked, Canada's been relying on the same set… -
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team goals for 2020: suggestions wanted!, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
My shortlist, since folks have already dug into these at a more granular level: Documentation.… -
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team goals for 2020: suggestions wanted!, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Aye. That's what we did for our local group. Took the WordCamp boilerplate and modified… -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Meetup Annual Survey Changes, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Echoing @_dorsvenabili's comment. A template goes a long way, and leaving it to local organizers… -
Created a topic, One of my favourite plugins., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Love this plugin. It's a go-to on any site that'll chu… -
Wrote a comment on the post Grow Your Meetup survey results for #WCUS, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Hey Dan. Good question! Those will come with the workshop recap. Most of the responses… -
Wrote a new post, Grow Your Meetup survey results for #WCUS, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thanks to all the WordPress meetup organizers who responded to our recent survey. We received… -
Wrote a comment on the post Meetup organizer survey for WordCamp US, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thanks for the question. It's a purposely open-ended prompt. So far, we've received different interpretations.… -
Wrote a comment on the post Meetup organizer newsletter suggestions for October 2019, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
A call for submissions to the meetup organizer survey for WCUS. We planned to take… -
Wrote a new post, Meetup organizer survey for WordCamp US, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Hello! We're hosting the Grow Your Meetup workshop at WordCamp US 2019. To prepare for… -
Wrote a comment on the post Meetup organizer newsletter suggestions for September 2019, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Adding to the "Grow Your Meetup": Our workshop survey is up and ready to share.… -
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp US 2019
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Wrote a new post, Behind the WPToronto & WordCamp Toronto logos, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
The WPToronto and WordCamp Toronto logos were both originally designed by Gurcharn Birdi at Kobayashi… -
Wrote a new post, Sponsor spotlight: Hover, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
Thanks to Hover for helping make WordCamp Toronto 2018 possible. Hover sells domain names and… -
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Toronto is tomorrow Saturday Dec. 1st, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
Hi Rick. Thanks for registering in advance. You should've received a refund for the ticket… -
Wrote a new post, Sponsor spotlight: Weglot, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
Thanks to Weglot for helping make WordCamp Toronto 2018 possible. Weglot is the best WordPress… -
Wrote a new post, Sponsor spotlight: Major Tom, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
Thanks to Major Tom for helping make WordCamp Toronto 2018 possible. Major Tom is a… -
Wrote a new post, Gutenberg & the building blocks of an online presence., on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
The following is a guest post on behalf of our sponsors at GoDaddy. GoDaddy Pro provides… -
Wrote a new post, Featured speaker: Andrea Zoellner, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
Andrea's sessions are Copywriting for better UX and Storytelling with Gutenberg. Andrea is the Chief Content Creator at… -
Wrote a new post, Sponsor spotlight: Jetpack, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
Thanks to Jetpack for helping make WordCamp Toronto 2018 possible. Transform how you work with… -
Wrote a new post, Featured speaker: Ryan Moore, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
Ryan's session is Building and automating WordPress workflows. Ryan is the co-founder of Uncanny Owl, a… -
Wrote a new post, Sponsor spotlight: WooCommerce, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
Thanks to WooCommerce for helping make WordCamp Toronto 2018 possible. 28% of all online stores… -
Wrote a new post, Featured speaker: Brian Rotsztein, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
Brian's session is Current trends in SEO for businesses and bloggers. Since 1997, Brian has worked… -
Wrote a new post, Featured speaker: Ryan Meghdies, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
Ryan's session is Growth and the future of SEO using Gutenberg. Ryan has managed web design and… -
Wrote a new post, Sponsor spotlight: BoldGrid, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
Thanks to BoldGrid for helping make WordCamp Toronto 2018 possible. BoldGrid is a… -
Wrote a new post, Sponsor spotlight: Boom Host, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
Thanks to Boom Host for helping make WordCamp Toronto 2018 possible. Headquartered right here in… -
Wrote a new post, Featured speaker: Christie Witt, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
Christie's session is Migrating 1,300 websites from HTML to WordPress. Christie specializes in corporate brand implementation… -
Wrote a new post, Sponsor spotlight: Bluehost, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
Thanks to our sponsors at Bluehost for helping make WordCamp Toronto 2018 possible. -
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Toronto is now free to attend!, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
Hi Gilles - just followed up via email. You should have your refund now. :) -
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Toronto is now free to attend!, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
Hi there. The tickets are (were?) self-refundable via the link that was sent to you… -
Wrote a new post, Hello from DreamHost!, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
The following is a guest post from our sponsors at DreamHost. Pop quiz - Where… -
Wrote a new post, Featured speaker: Troy Fawkes, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
Troy's session is The One Stop Marketing Shop: Gutenberg's Marketing Toolbox. Troy has managed and… -
Wrote a new post, Featured speaker: Juan Pablo Gomez, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
Juan's session is CSS Grid, Gutenberg, and the future of layouts. From Juan: "NYC based web… -
Wrote a new post, Featured speaker: Adrian Tobey, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
Adrian Tobey's session is Democratizing Digital Marketing: Why we need to create a better user experience.… -
Wrote a new post, Three Reasons to Invest in Great Website Content, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
The following is a guest post by Andrea Zoellner. Andrea is the Chief Content Creator at SiteGround,… -
Wrote a new post, Speakers & Sessions: Part 2, on the site WordCamp Toronto 2018:
We've just published the schedule for this year's WordCamp Toronto! You'll notice our theme of…
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