Jon Brown – @jb510 | WordPress.org

Member Since: March 19th, 2010
Location: Ever changing
Website: wanderingjon.com
Job Title: Developer
Employer: 9seeds
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Bio

I started my journey with WordPress 15 years ago with a simple travel blog on WordPress.com. That was to document a year sabbatical I took from my career as a Civil Engineer to travel. That foray into long term travel sparked a desire to be a full time “digital nomad” before the term existed.

That drove me to turn my life long hobbyist programing skills into real profession programming skills, then going from a freelancer to eventually the owner of 9seeds a small WordPress development focused digital agency.

At the start of that path into WordPress lay the Orange County WordPress Meetup and WordCamp Orange County, both which played a critical role into supporting my career transition.

Later I moved to Maui, Hawaii where I founded the Maui WordPress meetup group and 5 years later organized the first (and only) ever WordCamp Maui. Now I’m back to being a full time digital nomad traveling the globe and running 9seeds and it’s all remote worker staff from wherever I can find decent wifi.

Interests

Travel, Photography and a lot of outdoor stuff…. especially ocean based outdoor stuff.

Contribution History

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WordCamp Organizer
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Wrote a comment on the post External Linking in Docs Policy, on the site Make WordPress Documentation:
External links are the foundation of the World Wide Web, to disallow them is to…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post New recommendations for event organizers in light of COVID-19, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Just got that meetup email! Thanks.

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post New recommendations for event organizers in light of COVID-19, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Probably should, since one I just talked to minutes ago was unaware of this post.…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post New recommendations for event organizers in light of COVID-19, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Note. A major problem with mask and glove wearing is that folks aren't trained to…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Financial support for venues for Meetups that run the Diverse Speaker Training Workshop, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
@angelasjin Thank you for clarifying that. Needing a venue for a longer period of time…

3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Safe and welcoming events in the WordPress community, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I think framing this on behavior, rather than attire is a very wise point to…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to [TranslatePress - Translate Multilingual sites] Translate WooCommerce error message, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for getting back to me.

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Financial support for venues for Meetups that run the Diverse Speaker Training Workshop, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
First, let me cut to the chase. I don't support funding for this. I don't…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Event Cancellation Guidelines and Procedures, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I understood the intended scope, but there really should also be guidance for how to…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Event Cancellation Guidelines and Procedures, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I think we all need to consider if cancelation actually protects healthy people. I don't…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to [TranslatePress - Translate Multilingual sites] Translate WooCommerce error message, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Dragos, I think there may be some confusion about the pop-up. This is an JS…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to [TranslatePress - Translate Multilingual sites] Translate WooCommerce error message, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Mulțumesc for the quick response. Unfortunately I had already tried that, and just tried again.…

1 month ago
Created a topic, [TranslatePress - Translate Multilingual sites] Translate WooCommerce error message, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
How would one translate a string that appears in a bro…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Changes to the support guidelines for linking to off-site resources, on the site Make WordPress Support:
+1 On Jeff Matson's thoughts above. I do appreciate the stack exchange guideline to post…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to [Cloudflare Page Cache] Setup instructions could use some more detail, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Cool! I’ll check it out. Still would like to see more detailed documentation all around…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to [Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log] Office 365 – 5.7.3 Authentication unsuccessful, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you run the connectivity test and post that here? What web host are you…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to [Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log] Office (outlook) authentication failed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you run the connectivity test? What web host are you using?

3 months ago
Posted a reply to [Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log] Network is unreachable when using office 365 SMTP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@anilvermapes Where are you hosting?

3 months ago
Posted a reply to [Pixel Caffeine] Error with Woocommerce Subscriptions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I’m seeing the exact same error with woocommerce subscriptions. ` 2019-11-17 00:51:42 +0000 action created…

3 months ago
Created a topic, [MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress] RECAPTCHA Suddenly not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WTH.. Recaptcha just suddenly stopped working in 4.7 …

4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a consistent spacing system for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design:
I'm not a designer but followed this (thank you!). I can't speak to if this…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to Possible problem with PHP 7.2 and All in One Event Calendar 2.5.44, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jmsronan move off WPE, or better get rid of anything using IonCube. How is IonCube…

5 months ago
Created a topic, [All-in-One Event Calendar] Possible problem with PHP 7.2 and All in One Event Calendar 2.5.44, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry I’m not certain about this, but felt it wo…

5 months ago
Created a topic, [Cloudflare Page Cache] Setup instructions could use some more detail, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I imagine, like myself, most people are going to find …

6 months ago
Created a topic, [Google Analytics Dashboard Plugin for WordPress by Analytify] How to turn off Analytify menu in admin bar?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This menu is pointless and takes up valuable space. H…

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Incident Report: Deputy Asked to Step Away from Official Roles, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I don't know who the individual is, but I'm with Carl on this. Reading the…

6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Incident Report: Misappropriation of WordCamp Funds, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Sad this happened, glad it was reported and investigated. The investigation seems to have been…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
TY. Interested in what they say, because this really sounds like it'd be open to…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Serious question. Has anyone asked legal about this? I think we all recognize that the…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Site owners opted in to minor updates by updating to 3.7 and not disabling minor…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
No... Suggesting we stop providing minor auto-updates for ancient versions, and NOTIFY admins that their…

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
an awful number of people who aren’t represented here. An awful number of people who…

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Again... "auto-updating" being a safe process is not an excuse for unexpectedly updating peoples sites…

8 months ago
Created a topic, [Shared Counts - Social Media Share Buttons] SharedCount.com pricing changes coming 9/15, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This isn’t really a support thread, more a heads…

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Feature plugin discussion: a consent and logging mechanism for user privacy, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The generic use of "user" here is a bit confusing. I always think of "user"…

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Should Security Fixes Continue to Be Backported to very old versions of WordPress?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The premise of this proposal though is that "patching security issues as far back as…

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Should Security Fixes Continue to Be Backported to very old versions of WordPress?, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Personally, I'd like to see specific versions designated LTS. There are certain versions that change…

8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Updates to the WordPress User & Developer Survey, on the site Team Updates:
I like Morten's Questions, while he’s got a lot of them there is one line…

9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post XML Sitemaps Feature Project Proposal, on the site Make WordPress Core:
At this point roughly half the comments above mention needing the ability to control what…

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Ahead of WordCamp US last…, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+1 on "not live streaming these" and only taking photos if Matt and his _guest_…

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post XML Sitemaps Feature Project Proposal, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Love seeing features like this added to core. I think yoast seo handles this brilliantly…

10 months ago
Created a topic, [User Session Synchronizer] Brilliant! Needs better documetnation, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin works extremely well. I am seriously impr…

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post The 4 “Gets” in WordPress Community Organizing, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Andrea this is a really good document! I do think the "gets and don't gets"…

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post The Block Registration API – status update, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The RFC https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/blob/add/block-registration-rfc/docs/rfc/block-registration.md does show consideration for dependencies, handled similarly to enqueueing scripts in PHP…

10 months ago
Created a topic, [YITH WooCommerce Tab Manager] Of very limited use, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin name is misleading. It adds a single tab …

11 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Request for Public Post Preview on WordCamp Sites, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
We use https://wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/ on a lot of sites. This is one of those 3-4 plugins…

11 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Widgets to Blocks UX Flow Proposal, on the site Make WordPress Design:
First directly answer questions. 1/2: I think the "Widgets" menu name should change _now_. We…

11 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Call for Organisers – WordCamp Asia, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
@kenshino super excited this is coming together! Just a point of clarification on the organizer…

11 months ago
Posted a reply to Not recognizing Business Manager account, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is now resolved. It seems like Pixel Caffeine had cached what account and pixel…

12 months ago
Committed [897798] to Plugins Trac:
Create tag 0.5

6 years ago

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