Episode 153 – Seth Goldstein

A Conversation with Seth Goldstein

Seth is a WordPress designer and digital marketer who has been active in the WordPress community in the Philadelphia for more than a decade.

Show Notes

Website: GoldsteinMedia.com

Podcast 1: DigitalMarketingDive.com

Podcast 2: EntrepreneursEnigma.com

Twitter | @GoldsteinMedia

Twitter | @SethGoldstein

Episode Transcript

Topher: Hey everyone! My name is Topher.

Cate: And my name is Cate.

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Our guest today is Seth Goldstein. Welcome.

Seth: Hey.

Cate: Hey Seth.

Seth: Thanks for real.

Cate: We’re really excited to have you on. Why don’t you go ahead and tell us a little bit about yourself?

Seth: Well, I’ve been using WordPress—this is a WordPress podcast so we’ll start with that—since 2010. Before that, I was trying to do things old school with HTML, and I was like this, “There’s got to be a better way.” And then I discovered WordPress, self-taught myself how to do that. And it’s been WordPress ever since. I mean, I discovered the community, I think, around 2011, first WordCamp soon after that.

But before all this, I was a journalist. I went to University of Delaware and went to J School there. Did that for six years, major burnout from that job just because the nature of the job it’s a lot of long hours, lots of meetings, lots of accident scenes. Leave that one alone. But this a lot of stuff. Then left that, then opened up Goldstein Media because I’ve been doing web design on the side since – what is it? 1998, I think what decade it was. It’s 1998 before the millennium. So last century. We guys are old.

Anyhow, I’ve been doing it 20 years since then. But then from 2013 onward, I’ve been really diving into WordPress, following people on WordPress. I met Topher. I think I met you at WordCamp US, the first one in Philly, which is local for me because I’m just north of Philly. We met there. And Cate you were there too, weren’t you? That was fun.

Topher: You are muted, Cate.

Cate: I am muted. So, yes, I was there. We had both girls with us.

Seth: Oh, yeah.

Cate: It was a family affair for us.

Seth: That was an exhausting event and I was only a volunteer. I did photography for the first two WordCamp US in Philly.

Topher: That’s cool.

Seth: My feet hurts so bad after that.

Cate: There is a lot of walking for sure.

Seth: A lot of walking and conference centers are not known for their plush carpets. I think there was stuff around on it. So yeah.

Cate: Over the years, I’ve definitely developed conference shoes and not conference shoes.

Seth: Oh, that’s a good idea.

Cate: It’s funny how when you travel a lot to conferences, you start to really curate what’s worth taking and what’s not worth taking, and what serves-

Seth: The shoes are a must.

Cate: Shoes are a must.

Topher: Is the weight in your bag worth it?

Cate: Yeah. So that’s really cool. I love that you went from journalism into WordPress. I think that’s a really natural move for a lot of people.