Jamie O (@idealien) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Whether it is helping customers automate their business processes through his work with Rocket Genius (Gravity Forms, Gravity Flow and Gravity Experts), or creating custom t-shirts, woodworking and other bespoke products from his workshop with Idealien Studios, Jamie always brings a creative and enthusiastic perspective with him.

He learned layout and design from first principles – in no small part to growing up with a Vandercook proof printing press in the basement. As the technology for print changed to digital, so did his skillset with a first resume job doing student newspaper production layout in Quark XPress while getting his Bachelor of Commerce degree at Carleton University. When content and commerce shifted to online tooling he levelled up his digital skills again. First, by helping Lee Valley Tools launch their eCommerce site, followed by deploying multiple WordPress projects within the Canada Post Group of Companies as a mix of analyst, developer and process automation expert.

He is equally capable and comfortable working with small business clients to help them scale their limited resources as he is with getting enterprise-scale initiatives to deliver solutions to their staff and customers in a cost-effective manner.

Jamie has contributed to WP core, presented multiple times at WordCamps around Ontario, and now is enjoying helping to instigate the inaugural WordCamp Canada eh!

WordPress Origin Story

I discovered WP in its’ “blue admin period” around version 2.1. I saw the potential immediately and by WP 3.0 I knew there was no going back. There’s more to this origin story which I look forward to sharing, but will wait to tell the tale either in person, over a beer or on a podcast or when someone asks directly about it.

Member Since: July 26th, 2008
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Website: idealienstudios.com
Job Title: Enterprise WordPress Developer and Gravity Forms/Flow Afficianado
Employer: Idealien Studios
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Contribution History

Core Contributor
Photo Contributor
Plugin Developer
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Translations

Wrote a new post, A taste of things to come, on the site WordCamp Canada 2024:
The calendar is quickly coming up on July and Canadians are gathering to celebrate important…
5 months ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Canada 2024
10 months ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Canada 2024 (#WCEH)
10 months ago
Posted a reply to Depecrated message, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Similar error related to the use of wpmu_new_blog PHP Deprecated: wpmu_new_blog is deprecated since version…
3 years ago
Created a topic, Field Helper settings tab is blank, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WordPress 5.5.1 Gravity Forms 2.4.21 Field Helper 1.1.…
4 years ago
Committed [2352111] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 0.2.0 from GitHub
4 years ago
Committed [2352107] to Plugins SVN:
Preparing for migration to GitHub Action based deployments
4 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 2019
5 years ago
Posted a reply to Feature Suggestion – Switch language set when editing?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Related suggestion: Being able to change b/t plugins would be great. Perhaps each element in…
8 years ago
Created a topic, Feature Suggestion – Switch language set when editing?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Loco2 is exceptional! One small feature idea that migh…
8 years ago
Created ticket #2414 on Meta Trac:
Example Code Typo - permission_callback on ...
8 years ago
Committed [1562819] to Plugins SVN:
Retiring Plugin - removing all versions.
8 years ago
Committed [1562817] to Plugins SVN:
Retiring Plugin
8 years ago
Mentioned in [39224] on Core SVN:
Twenty Seventeen: Fixes custom header text color issues
8 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Feature Proposal: Better theme customizations via custom CSS with live previews, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Question: Would this respect the DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT config variable?
8 years ago
Posted a reply to No rideshares available message, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
User test link confirms it has been resolved.
8 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Ottawa 2016
9 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post 2FA! 2FA! 2FA!, on the site Make WordPress Core:
"We will be including at least one constant / filter or something to that effect…
9 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Shortcode Roadmap Draft One, on the site Make WordPress Core:
"Only Shortcake can save us now!" Seriously! If Shortcake were to be brought into core…
9 years ago
Mentioned in [31656] on Core SVN:
Improve experience when deleting users from a multisite network.
10 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post This Week in 4.2: February 23 – March 1, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Re: Enhancements prior to March 10 deadline..."If you have a patch that needs developer feedback,…
10 years ago
Mentioned in [31461] on Core SVN:
Update the descriptions for `transition_post_status()` and the `{$new_stats}_{$post->post_type}` hook with more information about the expected behavior of transitioning post statuses.
10 years ago
Created ticket #2134 on Plugins Trac:
Consideration of structural elements
11 years ago
Committed [826611] to Plugins SVN:
v0.2.2 tag
11 years ago
Committed [826610] to Plugins SVN:
v0.2.2 - Resolved WP 3.8 and latest GF issue on submit of meta data
11 years ago
Committed [721124] to Plugins SVN:
readme updates
12 years ago
Committed [721123] to Plugins SVN:
initial release artwork
12 years ago
Committed [721120] to Plugins SVN:
readme updates
12 years ago
Committed [721119] to Plugins SVN:
readme updates
12 years ago
Committed [721118] to Plugins SVN:
i18ln setup
12 years ago
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i18ln setup
12 years ago
Committed [721114] to Plugins SVN:
initial release artwork
12 years ago
Committed [721113] to Plugins SVN:
initial release
12 years ago
Committed [721112] to Plugins SVN:
initial release
12 years ago
Committed [654114] to Plugins SVN:
typo in FAQ
12 years ago
Committed [654113] to Plugins SVN:
0.2.1
12 years ago
Committed [654075] to Plugins SVN:
v0.2.1 - See changelog for notes. Still work to do before getting this to ...
12 years ago
Committed [653298] to Plugins SVN:
v0.2 updates
12 years ago
Committed [653297] to Plugins SVN:
v0.2 updates
12 years ago
Committed [653294] to Plugins SVN:
v0.2 remove unnecessary sync files
12 years ago
Committed [653292] to Plugins SVN:
V0.2 updates
12 years ago
Committed [653288] to Plugins SVN:
v0.2 added to trunk
12 years ago
Committed [653287] to Plugins SVN:
v0.2 added as tags/0.2
12 years ago
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