All the way from London, Sunny Ratilal joined us for a discussion about his university studies, WordPress development, being involved in open source, working with EDD and plenty more besides. Sunny’s a pretty brilliant chap and I very much enjoy chatting with him.

Rock and Roll decided my future. I like loud music, iced coffee, and storytelling. I dream in digital, and work WP Engine as a Product Marketer Picks of the week Marc – WordCamp Tampa

Tom Harrigan has developed websites for over six years, focusing on big media and solving challenges for news organizations and editorial teams.  Before Alley Interactive, Tom was a senior developer at Code and Theory where he helped relaunch Vogue.com. He was also Lead WordPress Developer at HowAboutWe, where he worked on media properties such as Nerve.com which was recently acquired by IAC. Picks of the week Kyle – Kung Fu Grep – story on a plugin developer Jason – Fontastic

Phil Hoyt, is a web developer,  who likes to create cool things. Ever since he was a child he has had a DIY attitude towards life. Plucking away at the keyboard late into the nights until the caffeine wore off. Now he develops creative and technical solutions with user experience always in the forefront. Picks of the week Kyle – WCUS Speakers Jason – Elegant Themes Article re WordPress size Marc – WordCrash

Tracy Appls is a creative problem solver. designer who codes. photographer. drummer. could probably deadlift you., and yes, her last name is really “Apps” Picks of the week Jason –  http://fliphtml5.com/

Troy is an online marketing speaker, coach, consultant and podcaster. specializing in helping businesses and entrepreneurs use the Internet to attract new customers and build their communities. Picks of the week Kyle – UX Principles article Marc – Get Drip Email Service

Karen Arnold is a Happiness Engineer for WordPress.com at Automattic. Before working at Automattic, she ran a small web shop creating WordPress sites for small businesses. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with her husband and 4 children and blogs at karenalma.com. Picks of the week Kyle – https://freemius.com/wordpress/ Jason –  https://handsonwp.com/

Zac Gordon is a professional educator with years of experience teaching in the classroom, leading workshops, giving talks and recording online courses. He has taught a range of web related topics from design and development to traditional programming and even robotics. Picks of the week Jason – JJJ’s BBPress Updates  + WPTavern Interview with JJJ Marc – Treehouse WordPress Workflow Zac – WordMove – (Along with ServerPress)

This week we talk about SSL and HTTPS No picks of the week.

When I’m not behind a computer you can find me playing superheroes with my three boys, or trying to spend quality time with my amazing better half, Jackie. Utah is home, and I love to spend time in the mountains whenever I get a chance. I also love bacon, headbands, and the Utah Jazz. Probably in that order. Picks of the week Jason – Article about traffic generation Ryan – Baremetrics