Report of Wordcamp 2023

Met up with WP Umbrella – https://wp-umbrella.com/

Product Hunt – https://www.producthunt.com/

Next years Wordcamp 2024 is in Torino, Italy – https://europe.wordcamp.org/2024/

New Podcast – Family and Childrens Entertainers, The Podcast – https://www.facethepodcast.com

All about and for children’s entertainers – now launched

Interviews of entertainers as well as a round-table feature

Website may look familiar…

Site needs a few tweaks but is pretty much there

Thanks to the following generous and talented people Paul Longhurst, Taylor Drayson and Hayley for help putting the website together

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Taylor is in Athens at Wordcamp – https://europe.wordcamp.org/2023/

Contributors day

Talks on subject all about WordPress

Meeting up with other WordPress professionals

Month 2 of 12 Months of Coffee

Computer problems still on-going. New computer is being set up

M3 Pro chip, so the software needed re-installing to get the correct version

Data and settings need to be transferred from previous machine

Apple repaired my old iMac for free under UK Consumer Law – check it out if you have computer problems

WWDC 2023 – Apple Announcements – https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/101/

New Computer updates announced – migration to Apple Silicon is complete

Mac Pro announced with M2 Ultra chip

Lots of software updates announced – iOS, Mac OS, Watch OS, tvOS

Apple Vision Pro – mixed reality headset – https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro

Amazing technology including eye tracking – spatial computing

Released next year to allow developers to create apps for it

Huge cost for a pro device – £3500 !!!

iOS voicemails being transcribed live

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Trix in the Stix Magic Convention

Talking to other industry colleagues

Computer decided not to boot

Apple Support is great, even for older devices

After the second time of not being able to boot in three weeks, took it to AmSys to be repaired – https://amsys.co.uk/

Transferring Data

UK Consumer Law – 6 years for date of delivery – https://www.apple.com/uk/legal/statutory-warranty/uk/

Need a reliable machine

Purchased a new system, Mac Mini M2 Pro plus a Studio Display with great speakers

Thinking about new ways to store data

Dynamic Redirects – taking you to the latest episode

Each episode has it’s own URL and a dynamic redirect is really useful

Updated the get rid of the ? in the url

SnippetClub Tutorial – https://snippetclub.com/dynamic-redirects/

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Business telephone and internet was down this week

12 Months of Coffee – first trip to Milan

Starbucks Roastery everyday

Enjoyed coffee and working in a new environment

A new location every month, drinking coffee and taking in the atmosphere

Collecting Starbucks Coffee mugs, special one for the Roasteries

Getting inspired by new cultures

Visiting Apple Stores

Next month is Wordcamp in Greece

New Podcast – for Family and Children’s Entertainers

Interview format, and then every 4th episode will be a round table with previous interviewees

Website – https://www.facethepodcast.com

Launching at the Convention Trix in the Stix next week

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Stressful week, as Gordon’s main computer wouldn’t restart after an update.

Apple support is the best – you can ring them any time during your ownership of their product

1Password – Password Manager – https://1password.com/

Mange all your passwords and sensitive information

Master password unlocks all the others

Classic version which was licensed, is slowly going away – cloud and subscription based is the future

Gordon was upset having to pay a subscription, however 1Password offered 50% discount on the first three years

All data is encrypted

Unlimited devices – data is all in 1Passwords cloud

Credit and Debit cards can also be added – along with bank details

API available

Knows what website you are on, or application you have loaded and offers passwords for them

Watchtower feature monitors duplicate, and leaked passwords so you can keep them secure

Unlimited vaults – so you can share passwords and data with other members of the family

The safest way to create passwords is to make sure they are all random letters, numbers and symbols, and different for every single use

Offers to update existing and save new logins

Not sponsored by 1Password – we are just happy users

Google are looking to eradicate passwords completely – https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/one-step-closer-to-a-passwordless-future/

Command line available for developers

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The day before the Coronation of King Charles III

Hard Drive Issues

NAS failed on me

Company Drobo has gone out of business

Software wasn’t updated to current OS which was an issue I knew about

Purchased a Synology DS1522+ to replace it – but the hard drives need the data rescuing first which is a big issue

External USB drive as a second copy of your data

Backup 321 – 3 copies, 2 different media, 1 copy offsite

Very expensive and stressful

Book recommendation from WhiteP4nth3r – https://whitep4nth3r.com/blog/make-time/

Book – Make Time by Jake Knapp John Zeratsky – Amazon US – https://www.amazon.com/Make-Time-Focus-Matters-Every/dp/0525572422/

Amazon UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Make-Time-Focus-Matters-Every/dp/0525572422/

First Chapter tip – highlight priority – set yourself one task to achieve that day, and get it done, minimum 90 minutes, maximum 2 hours

Laser focussing – reduce distractions

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News: Jonathan from the USA came to visit

I was asked to be a judge at The Magic Circle Close Up Magician of the Year competition

Upright Go 2 – correct your posture – https://store.uprightpose.com/products/upright-go2

People who work on computers hunch over it and need to be aware of their posture

Gadgets to sense and correct habits

Oura Ring – https://ouraring.com/

Replacement Mic for our podcasts – Elgato Wave:3 – https://www.elgato.com/en/wave-3

Connects with Stream Deck to control the mic

Purchased a pop filter and shock mount as well

How does it sound? Leave a comment below.

Drobo NAS – drive failure, new hard drive needed

Purchased Seagate Ironwolf 4TB

Livedrive – cloud based backup – https://www2.livedrive.com/

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Quote Builder for a customer who runs a boiler installation company

A form that lets the customer answer some questions and gives a recommendation and price

Lots of variables depending on the size of the house, type of boiler and so on.

Hooks for Fluent Forms – https://fluentforms.com

Extending the functionality is a great way to get more from the plugin

Party Bag System

Making up the party bags and making it efficient

Party bags were printed in China – 50,000 minimum order

Prizes bought in bulk – stored in the loft on the reinforced section

Personalised print also go into the bag

Fill the bags whilst watching TV – about 500 at a time

Boxes are designed to hold the party bags upright with a dowel through the handles

This way things don’t fall out of the bags

A storage stand in the garage which holds dowel rods with party bags

These can be transferred into the boxes very quickly and easily

Party bags are supplied to make it easy for bookers

They included bags are paid for from my marketing budget

Items run out at different times

Peak Design Bags – all packed, ready to go – https://www.peakdesign.com/

Same for Magic equipment – all set, ready to go

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The State of AI

New AI tool that creates video chapters for our episodes in Happy Scribe

Added chapters to episodes going back to #100

AI Prompts – text writing

Trained on models – lots of content that it has found and been fed

Fact checking is essential with anything that AI gives you

Dall-e, test to image, https://openai.com/product/dall-e-2

Stable Diffusion is the name of the technology

Midjourney has become very popular – https://www.midjourney.com/showcase/recent/

Text, fingers and toes are a problem for Image AI Generators

Smart Chatbot – ChatGPT – https://chat.openai.com/chat

Plugins added recently

AI uses in photography and image manipulation

Is AI getting too big too quickly?

Are jobs going to be lost?

Who owns the Copyright of AI generated content?

It’s an exciting time for AI

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WordPress 6.2 update is coming – https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-6-2/

Clean Out – checking what you have before moving things from one car to another

Have I used things in the last 12 months, if not, are they essential?

This led to the Office Cleanup

Look through things once a year to check if they are still being used

Find space for things you are going to use and archive things you don’t need right now

WordPress Meetup in Brighton

Lots of different types of users

Social evening, talking with other like-minded people

Discuss problems, solutions, sharing ideas

List of meetups – https://www.meetup.com/pro/wordpress/

Digital Video Library is now live…

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