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Live 80s Music at the Daybreak Volunteer Celebration
I had the pleasure to join the regular staff at Daybreak and serve all our amazing volunteers. On top of that I enjoyed taking in an 80s music concert as well. I was in elementary school in the 80s so some would think that I would identify more with 90s music. It’s a both/and relationship for me, but for whatever reason I gravitate to 80s music. The following song was played last night and came up on my Google Play Music station this morning. For sure a 80s favorite. Check out Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey:
WordCamp US 2019 – Thinking Remotely Through Games – Tammie Lister
Benefits Dissolve – thought barriers Opens – creativity Types of Play Unoccupied Play – free to think on your own Independant or solitary play Onlooker play – watching others Parrallel play – same time but separate Associative play Team Context Parallel play – same task, in isolation Associative Play – co-op working Co-op Play – together as a team Game Types Constant Unoccupied play – lab-time each week Associative play – hack days Events Parrellel Play – 6up (what if what could be) / elevator pitch Co-op Play – Team shield Merged play – Retrospective Retrospective Rose / bud / thorn Fire / forge / treasure Warm Ups – opens up everyone to collaborate Sketch Photo Tips Be flexible – adapt as play Always summarize…

WordPress US 2019 – Design Systems: Crafting For Crafters – Jon Quach
Jon Quach – https://jonquach.com/ Design Systems are important but can be complicated and hard to understand. What Are Design Systems? They are about process. They make up the interfaces and designs of a product. They help answer many design and development questions. What Are The Challenges of Design? There can be a breakdown of handoff between design and development. Things don’t always end up the way they were intended. No documentation. Nobody knows how developer created things. It’s not because people are bad at their jobs or don’t care. Lacking the understanding of how user interfaces and experience should work together. How Do You Create A Design System? You create a Design System to empower the team building the product. End users don’t care about…

WordPress Grand Rapids – September 2018: Show And Tell
Nicole – BoldGrid Post & Page Builder Free & Premium Versions Not Compatible With Editing on Mobile Not Yet Compatible With Gutenberg Premium Designer Blocks & Sliders BoldGrid Central Free cloud-based WordPress instances for testing things out. Crio WordPress Theme Available on ThemeForest Topher – BigCommerce Provides a plugin that pushes your BigCommerce store content to WordPress. All-one SaaS platform. Uses an iframe for checkout so all transactions are at BigCommerce for PCI compliance Can connect BigCommerce to Amazon as a channel. WordPress is just like a channel in BigCommerce and you can push specific products or product categories to different WordPress sites. Request WordPress Beta Access and get free Dev BigCommerce access for life. General Tips Plugins Imsanity
WordCamp US 2019 – Securing WordPress in the age of 0-Day Vulnerabilities – Rahul Nagare
scaledynamix.com/WCUS 0-Day Vulnerabilities Recently discovered No current fix Already being attacked Reference – wpvulndb.com Why My Site? They want to send your traffic somewhere else to boost SEO rank They want to use your site as a “bot” to attack a targeted site. How Do You Protect Your Site? Protection Against Redirects Hardcode your site/home URL Protect your wp-config.php Protect Against Automated Plugin Updates Limit access to wp-admin, white-list admin IPs Protect Against Code Injections Block all POST requests without a valid referrer Set Content-Security-Policy header You still need to follow the standard security best practices

Back At It With The Daybreak Group Runs
My phone died and my watch powered off at around the 5 mile mark. I ended up doing 7.5 miles by the finish. This was my longest run to date. I’m feeling a little more comfortable with the idea of doing the half marathon in the fall. [endomondowp type=’workout’ workout_id=’885243077′] Daybreak