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wcus

  • .@ryancduff going a great job on talking on the HTTP API. Info on that and it’s wrapper functions in codex: codex.wordpress.org/HTTP_API #wcus

  • “Using cURL is bad.” @ryancduff now talking at @wordcampus about the HTTP API. #WCUS

  • “Be the change you wish to see in the web.” @photomatt quoted by @EricMann #wcus

  • “WordPress is about democratizing publishing for EVERYONE – not just ones who have the latest MacBook Pro.” @EricMann #wcus

  • “Graceful degradation/progressive enhancement can help make your site load better on slow devices.” @EricMann #wcus

  • “If someone [in Haiti] wants to load the @WordCampUS site, it would take them around 4 minutes.” @EricMann #wcus

  • “In Haiti it takes just as long to look a 100KB website then it takes to load a 10MB here in the US.” @EricMann #wcus

  • “In Haiti you pull out a phone to update Twitter but let theres little electronic or running water.” @EricMann #wcus

  • . @EricMann talking about the future of WordPress being low tech. #wcus

  • If you haven’t gotten your #wapuu bowling shirt yet I am in Kite and Key room now and through the next hour. Down in front. #wcus

  • Dear @WordCampUS: if you continue feeding us lunches like this we’ll need a “nap area” in addition to the “quiet area”. #wcus

  • Pixel ninjas at the @flexidb booth at @WordCampUS #wcus

  • Special thank you to whoever made the Mac and Cheese possible for the @WordCampUS lunch. #wcus

  • Data.gov runs WordPress. Even has source code on Github. github.com/GSA/data.gov/ @sarassassin #wcus

  • “Slack was valuable. Even if your team is partly remote take EVERYONE online. makes it easier.” @sarassassin #wcus

  • “digitalgov.gov is a useful site for UX testing for our government site.” @sarassassin #wcus

  • “We used the Better WordPress External Links plugin for better control over links.” wordpress.org/plugins/bwp-ex… @sarassassin #wcus

  • .@WordCampUS attendees: a reminder PLEASE during sessions put your phones, tablets, laptops, watches, and cats on mute. #wcus

  • Project parameters for a government project: Six Months Zero Budget Content Unfinished @sarassassin #wcus

  • “Citizen science is a crowdsourcing tool that can help accelerate science/tech innovations.” @sarassassin #wcus

  • Listening to @sarassassin talk about a WordPress site built for the White House. #wcus

  • The “looking for work” and “looking for hire” boards currently at @WordCampUS. #wcus

  • They did think of everything. #WCUS

  • .@SiteGround always has a nice photogenic booth. #wcus

  • Great block of @wordcampus lightning talks from @technosailor @UglyRobotDev @mtoppa #WCUS

  • Another happy #wapuu bowling tshirt customer. @rkoffy #wcus

  • “Simply updating to #php7 might improve performance by a factor of 2 or more.“ @UglyRobotDev #wcus

  • “If you aren’t enabled OPCache, then you’re crazy.” @UglyRobotDev #wcus

  • Speeding up PHP? Use NGINX instead of Apache. Using Multisite? Use a CDN or Varnish. @UglyRobotDev #wcus

  • Worst Performance Offenders: 1. Unneeded queries 2. Remote Requests 3. Bad Flushing rewrite rules 4. Filesystem access. @UglyRobotDev #wcus