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I started my journey with WordPress more than 10 years ago with a simple travel blog on WordPress.com. That first foray evolved into being a freelance developer and eventually the owner of 9seeds a WordPress development focused digital agency.

At the start of that path into WordPress lay the Orange County WordPress Meetup and WordCamp Orange County, both which played an critical role into my second/third career.

Later I moved to Maui, Hawaii where I founded the Maui WordPress meetup group and 5 years later organized the first (and only) ever WordCamp Maui. Now I’m back to being a full time digital nomad traveling the globe and running 9seeds from wherever I can find decent wifi.

I still attend a lot of WordCamps from Bangkok to Warsaw, and still quite a few in the US as well.

You can get in touch with me personally via Twitter: @jb510
You can get in touch with me professionally via 9seeds: Get in Touch with 9seeds.

Interests

Travel, Photography and a lot of outdoor stuff…. especially ocean based outdoor stuff.

Posted a reply to What does “Use WordPress functions to send mails (uncheck to use…) mean?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for explaining.

6 days ago
Posted a reply to What does “Use WordPress functions to send mails (uncheck to use…) mean?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Using mail() would break all the filters that hook to wp_mail() and any SMTP plugins…

1 week ago
Created a topic, What does “Use WordPress functions to send mails (uncheck to use…) mean?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is an alert check box for "Use WordPress functio…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Guys, we need a replacement…, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Frequent updates aren't the sign of good code... The best code can go years without…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to removed from repo?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The best source for this vulnerability disclosure is the actual source here: https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2017/06/29/reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-postman-smtp/ The fix…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Postman SMTP Plugin has been removed from WordPress Repositary – Why??, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@GermanKiwi that WordFence link isn't a very good resource, they don't even link to the…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for permanent change of word for Code of Conduct, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I don't see a problem with it, but would suggest a more globally understood term…

1 month ago
Created a topic, Feature Request: disable url by url, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We use Postman SMTP on 50+ sites with a spectrum of SM…

2 months ago
Created a topic, Best by far, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
After years of using several different SMTP plugins, w…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to SMTP Plugin and Getting Alerts for Events Opted Out Of, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sounds good.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to SMTP Plugin and Getting Alerts for Events Opted Out Of, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@yorman - well 100k active installs isn't chump change ;) It's much more useful than…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to SMTP Plugin and Getting Alerts for Events Opted Out Of, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks to this thread figured it out. Sucuri - you shouldn't be hiding those options…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Gutenberg & Themes, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Matias - Great video thanks for making these. I was hoping you'd also demo what…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposed Event: WordCamp for WordCamp Organizers, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I love the idea of this. Once upon a time, I thought the Summit would…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposed Event: WordCamp for WordCamp Organizers, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
These are interesting ideas, but a lot of it sounds like ideas for another event…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposed Event: WordCamp for WordCamp Organizers, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
This seems related to the "regional camp" idea which I also took to mean "niche"…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Modifying WordPress Logo for Local Community Logos, on the site Make Local Communities:
I don't recall ever seeing a license attached to the logo itself. I've assumed it's…

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Regional WordCamps discussion summary and proposal, on the site Make WordPress Community:
This issue resonates with me too. I don't think "regional" needs to span multiple cities.…

3 months ago
Created a topic, Possible Conflict with Gravity Forms, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I just ran into a conflict between Gravity Forms and Q…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post PHP Meeting Recap – July 24th, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Yay! I'm so looking forward to being able to upgrade PHP to 7 or 7.1…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Unable to login if invalid domain for site key, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Got it. Thanks again, and it looks like you can add localhost as well, although…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Unable to login if invalid domain for site key, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks Mihai. Currently I just disable (from wp-config) invisible captcha along with a few other…

3 months ago
Created a topic, Unable to login if invalid domain for site key, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is a minor, but recurring frustration. First, ho…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Regional Camps, Take 2, on the site Make WordPress Community:
A) Whatever the organizers want it to be... I really think more trust should be…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Swag for Meetup Groups, on the site Make WordPress Community:
We got a swag pack which was cool, but it lasted forever (2+ years?). I…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Contributor Badges as stickers for all, on the site Make WordPress Community:
I really like the idea of central providing this stuff on request. I know central…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Swag for Meetup Groups, on the site Make WordPress Community:
I love the idea of go local, but generally, there are huge economies of scale…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post A Better “Page on Front” Experience: Previous Ideas, on the site Make WordPress Design:
First, I'm super happy people are looking at this age old point on confusion for…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Enabling HTTP/2 Server Push with the Cloudflare WordPress Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can anyone clarify, how CloudFlare determines which assets to server push? Is it everything? Is…

3 months ago
Created a topic, Issues with the Nomad World Map Widget, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm having two (unrelated) issues: 1. When I try to sa…

3 months ago
Created a topic, Speeds things up, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin does just what it says it'll do, HTTP/2 pu…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post What’s new in Gutenberg? (July 8th), on the site Make WordPress Core:
It's getting better, but it honestly still feels more like a 0.0.4 alpha than a…

3 months ago
Created a topic, How to merge terms?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin description says one can "rename, delete, m…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Free version asking for license key?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm confused. I too have a admin notice [that can't be dismissed :( ] that…

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post How do we know if a WordCamp is successful?, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Love this idea! I think some of the most useful data is expectations vs actual.…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Multisite Support?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for clarifying!

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post JavaScript Chat Summary for May 30th, on the site Make WordPress Core:
. Can we bring some third-party consultants in on this to get an unbiassed opinion?…

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post JavaScript Chat Summary for May 30th, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think rebuilding the media manager with a JS framework would be a better experiment…

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for new feature on WordCamp.org sites to hide certain pages from WordPress/Search Engine search results., on the site Make WordPress Community:
Seems very useful and thought out so +1. I also like the idea of being…

5 months ago
Created a topic, No more typeform.io API Keys being issued, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
TypeForm.io is no longer issuing API keys :( TypeForm…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Excellent with one exception, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks MihChe! Going to start using this across a whole bunch of sites. Really appreciate…

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post What’s in a name? Organizing Wordcamps and developing the Finnish community, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Thank you for this detailed report. It'll be interesting to see how the other city…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Excellent with one exception, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Awesome, thanks, Mihai. I was looking for a repo to send you a PR for…

5 months ago
Created a topic, Excellent with one exception, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
First, this plugin works great out of the box for most…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to TLD validation list updated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
note to @jasonhendriks -- it'd be nice if that crazy array $tldTree had a filter…

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Premium Plugin in exchange for promo favors for Meetup Organizers, on the site Make WordPress Community:
+1 on Mendel's thoughts. I think it fine as long as the use of said…

5 months ago
Created a topic, Love how easy this is to use, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Worked as expected and easy to maintain over time

5 months ago
Created a topic, Didn’t work, used the older Uber Login Logo instead and it worked fine., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Didn't work, after which I found a nearly identical pl…

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post User Testing the Gutenberg Editor, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Wow these are great user tests! I've only watched a dozen, but a few things…

6 months ago
Created a topic, Tags, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
First, thanks for picking up this plugin. Second, on …

6 months ago

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