Episode 128 – Nigel Rodgers

Introducing Nigel Rodgers

Nigel likes helping people with WordPress, whether it’s building new websites, fixing websites, organizing meetups and events, and connecting people.

Show Notes

Website | DiviMade.com

Twitter| @nigelmrodgers

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 128.

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

Tara: And I’m Tara Claeys. Today we’re joined by Nigel Rodgers. He likes helping people with WordPress, whether it’s building new websites, fixing websites, organizing meetups and events, and connecting people. Nigel says he’s an introvert and that WordPress world is one of the few things that he’s managed to stick with for a long time. Hi, Nigel, we’re so glad you’re here. Thanks for joining us.

Nigel: Hi, guys. Thanks for having me.

Liam: You’re very welcome. Thanks for joining us. Tell us a little bit more about yourself more than what Tara shared.

Nigel: My name is Nigel and I live in Harare. That’s in Zimbabwe. I’ve been here pretty much my whole life. I started using WordPress in 2016. I think it was sometime in the middle of 2016. Around August, I think I found out that there was a new WordPress meetup and also that we were having our first WordCamp at November. As soon as I found out about the WordCamp, I signed up to be a speaker and joined the meetup also. I have been pretty much doing WordPress since, as a web developer.

Liam: Well, it’s impressive that your first time you signed up to speak. Do you remember what you spoke about?

Tara: Yeah. My talk was on using WordPress with Git. Since then I’ve rolled back a bit on the more developers side of things, and I’ve just mainly built websites now. Like, less technical stuff. So using page builders and a bit of code here and there, but not that much anymore.

Liam: Do you prefer that or do you miss the code?

Nigel: I kind of miss the code. I prefer to get back into code but at the same time life catches up and you have to keep earning the money and doing other things.

Tara: Nigel, what time is it where you are?

Nigel: It’s really late. It’s about 12 am here. That’s actually an interesting story. So most days, especially the beginners and those who can’t afford backup power, this is like our 8 a.m. because normally when it isn’t locked down and the factories and industries aren’t closed – so now factories and industries are closed, so it’s a bit okay – but when factories and industries are all running and all, we get power for about eight hours a day between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. So that’s actually seven hours. That’s where we get power at our homes because we are on an economic depression and the electricity isn’t enough for the whole country.

Tara: Wow. Wow.

Nigel: So normally this is when I’d be just have woken up, two hours ago.

Tara: That’s a challenge. Wow. So you sleep during the day when there’s no electricity?

Nigel: When there’s no electricity. Either way, I do sleep during the day because then we also go to co-working spaces during the day. So that’s kind of okay when we can go to the co-working space. But if I can’t go there, then I have to work from home. And the only time I can work from home if I can’t afford a solar backup or a generator is from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Tara: Wow. Thanks for sharing that.