Episode 126 – Danny Rubio

Introducing Danny Rubio

Danny is a digital content producer based in Utah who loves WordPress and makes some mean tacos.

Show Notes

Website | Rubio.tv

YouTube | Danny Rubio

Twitter| @Rubio_tv

Preferred Pronouns | He/Him

Episode Transcript

Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress.

Liam: We ask questions and our guests share their stories, ideas, and perspectives.

Tara: And now the conversation begins. This is Episode 126.

Liam: Welcome to Hallway Chats. I’m Liam Dempsey.

Tara: And I’m Tara Claeys. Today we’re joined by Danny Rubio. Danny is a digital content producer based in Utah who loves WordPress and makes some mean tacos. Welcome, Danny. Thanks for joining us.

Danny: Thanks, guys for having me. I’m really excited to be here.

Liam: Hey, Danny, nice to meet you. Thanks for joining us out here in the hallway. Tell us a little bit more about yourself if you would, please. And don’t skip on the details around the tacos.

Tara: Oh, absolutely not. So like you guys said, I’m a digital content producer. A lot of people don’t know what that means. I’ve heard the term from some other creators called full-stack creators. Basically, people who know how to do video and websites and audio, some marketing, photography and that sort of thing. I’ve been working as a video producer for now for about seven years. I for two years after college lived in Memphis as a video digital content producer at a news station. And then I started going to WordPress meetups there, getting involved in that community, which was a really awesome tech community down in Memphis. I don’t know what it was, it just was really lively in all departments. Then I started helping out with a couple of freelance sites, doing some video for them and then ended up helping them out with WordPress sites.

Then moved back to Utah where I’m originally from, and have been working at a university in their department – a department that deals with online in hybrid course creation for the university as a whole. And I’m their video producer. I help consult with faculty members and create videos that are a little more than just like screen recording and PowerPoint stuff for them. Then I’ve been doing freelance work here in Utah. I’ve been trying to get a WordPress meetup in my area up again, but with everything that’s going on right now as of time of this recording with coronavirus, I think I’m going to try to do a remote meetup. I don’t know if that’s going to work., but we’ll find out to see if we get enough people. I think I can make it happen but we’ll see how that goes.

Overall, I’m a fan of making content. I mean, that’s where it comes down too for me. I love WordPress because it’s so versatile. For a little bit, I was a little worried about where it was going. And then as they announced Gutenberg, the new block editor, I got really excited for the platform and where it was going. So I doubled down on WordPress and decided okay, I’m going to put most of my eggs there at least for when it comes to creating websites and whatnot.

I have two little girls, and I do make mini fantastic tacos. This is a tip for anyone. If you have an insert pot, and you throw in some frozen chicken, some salsa, some cilantro and a little bit of lime, cook that for like 15 minutes. And then all you have to do is put in a hand mixer into the instant pot, you got shredded delicious chicken. That’s super easy. Obviously, I had a little bit more when it comes to wanting to make it fan...