Ongoing:
- Open Parenthesis (May 2006 – present)
Former blogs:
- CMS Myth (May 2011 – March 2014)
- Delight (October 2011 – March 2014)
- Optaros (June 2007 – April 2011)
(There’s some overlap between the Optaros blog and Open Parenthesis.)
2020:
- 8/27/20 – Building Remote Teams (panel) during CoRiseSummit  (video)
- (ongoing) Appearance in make|SHIFT – A Documentary by WP Engine About Creative Technology. .
- 6/10/20 – make|SHIFT Panel: How Brands & Agencies Are Using Creative Technology to Adapt to a New Reality and Protect the Brand Experience. WP Engine Summit 2020 / The Digital Breakthrough Conference, Online.
2019:
- 9/14 – Don’t Fear the Block: Gutenberg’s Getting Good. WordCamp NYC 2019, New York, NY. (slides)
- 8/8 – #NoStalking – Advertising That Respects User Privacy. (Lightning Talk). WordCamp for Publishers 2019, Columbus, OH. (slides)(video)
- 7/26 – There’s a Reason We Call Them Institutions: The Five Dysfunctions of Higher Ed Web Teams. WP Campus, Portland, OR.
- 6/25 – Art + Science: How Technology Became the Canvas for a New Era of Advertising (Panel). WP Engine Digital Summit 2019, Austin, TX.
- 4/29 – Working in the Open: Open Source in an Agency. Boston WordPress meetup. Boston, MA.
2018:
- 8/24-25/18 – The Blob, the Chunk, and the Block: Structured Content in the Era of Gutenberg. WordCamp Minneapolis / St. Paul, Minneapolis, MN.
- 8/8-10/18 – Taking What Back, and from Whom?: Imagined Communities and the Role of WordPress in the Future of the Open Web. WordCamp for Publishers, Chicago, IL.
- 7/21-22/18 – The Blob, the Chunk, and the Block: Structured Content in the Era of Gutenberg. WordCamp Boston, Boston, MA.
- 7/13/18 – The Grass is Always Greener: What Do Other CMS’s Offer Higher Education? WP Campus, St. Louis MO.
- 6/25/18 – OMG GDPR WTF. Boston WordPress Meetup, Boston MA.
- 4/27/18 – Engaging in Digital: Sites for Non-Profits. 48in48 Boston, Cambridge, MA.(slides)
- 3/8/18 – WordPress and the Future of Digital Publishing. Invited speaker at Haymarket Media annual Sales & Leadership conference. Atlantic City, NJ
- 2/26/18 – Gutenberg: An Agency Perspective. Boston WordPress Meetup, Boston MA. (slides)
2017:
- 10/21/17 – Dear Firstname Lastname: Content Targeting & Personalization in WordPress. WordCamp NYC. New York, NY (slides)
- 7/22/17 – But Why? Use Cases for the REST API. WordCamp Boston. Boston, MA (video, slides)
- 3/9/17 – 10 Use Cases for the REST API in 10 Minutes. A Day of REST. Boston, MA. (slides)
2016:
- 12/6/16 – Distributed, Not Disconnected: Employee Engagement for Remote Work. Remote Working Conference, Online. (slides) (video)
- 12/3/16 – WPDrama, The Four Agreements, and the WordPress Community. WordCamp US, Philadelphia, PA (slides) (video)
- 11/29/16 – Disrupting Distribution – Getting Content to Users. Gilbane Digital Content Conference, Boston, MA (slides)
- 11/1/16 – Should You Go Headless? Leveraging a Headless CMS for Modern Digital Publishing. CIO Review.
- 10/1/16 – Managing Clients Without Going Crazy – WordCamp Rhode Island, East Greenwhich, RI (slides)(video)
- 9/14/16 – Appearance on Finely Tuned Expert with WP Engine. (video)
- 8/6/16 – Stop Gathering Requirements and Start Defining Success – WordCamp Toronto, Toronto, ON (slides)
- 7/17/16 – Client Diplomacy: From Adversaries to Allies – WordCamp NYC, New York, NY (slides</>)
- 6/27/16 – Design from the Content Out – Boston WordPress Meetup, Boston, MA (video)
- 5/17/16 – CMS Integrations: WordPress and Brightcove – Brightcove Play, Boston MA. (video)
2015:
- 12/3/15 – Building a Better Author Experience: WordPress as a CMS Platform – Gilbane Conference 2015, Boston, MA.
- 10/30/15-11/1/15 – The Enterprise Disconnect: WordPress and the Complexity of Simplicity – WordCamp NYC, New York, NY.(slides)(video)
- 10/24/15 – The Future of WordPress (and Your Role In It) – WordCamp Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI.(slides)
- 9/26/15 – Designing from the Content Out – WordCamp Rhode Island, Greenwich RI. (video)(slides)
- 9/12/15 – Designing from the Content Out – New England Regional Developers Summit. Amherst, MA. (video) (slides)
- 9/12/15 – Business Panel – New England Regional Developers Summit, Amherst MA. (video).
- 7/19/15 – The Four Agreements and Professional Services – WordCamp Boston. Boston, MA.(video)
- 6/13/15 – Getting Outside the WordPress Bubble – WordCamp Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA. (video)(slides)
- 5/27/15 – Enterprise Video the Easy Way: Previewing the New Brightcove Connector for WordPress – Big Media and Enterprise WordPress Meetup, New York NY.
- 5/16/15 – The Four Agreements & Professional Services – WordCamp Maine. Portland, ME. (Slides).
- 4/25/15 – Building Software, Building Community (Keynote) – WordCamp Minneapolis. Minneapolis, MN. (Slides)(Video)
- 2/28/15 – The Enterprise Disconnect: Selling WordPress Outside the Bubble – Prestige Conference 2015 – Las Vegas, NV.
2014:
- 11/19/14 – Dradcast 66 – “One Line is Better than No Lines” (video)
- 11/13/2014 – Engineering Influence: Talking to Developers About Content. Confab Higher Ed 2014. Altanta, GA. (slides)
- 10/25-10/26/2014 – Learning from the Other 80%. WordCamp San Francisco 2014, San Francisco CA. (slides)(video)
- 9/13/2014 – Structured Content in Drupal and WordPress. New England Regional Developers (NERD) Summit. Amherst, MA.(slides)(video)
- 8/16/2014 – Delivering the News on WordPress (with Matt Fulton). WordCamp Maine, Portland, ME. (slides)(video)
- 8/16/2014 – Keynote: Building Software, Building Communities. WordCamp Maine, Portland ME. (slides) (video)
- 8/3/2014 – “These Fragments I Have Shored Against My Ruins”: Modernism, Post-Modernism, and Responsive Web Design. WordCamp NYC, New York, NY. (slides)(video)
2013:
- 11/14/2013 – Looking ahead to 2014: A Panel Discussion to Explore What Higher Education Web and Digital Teams will be Talking About. Panel at Discover the Power of Drupal in Higher Education, Bentley University, Waltham MA.
- 11/11-12/2013 – CMS Myths in Higher Education, Confab Higher Ed, Atlanta, GA. (slides)
- 10/27/2013 – Beyond Posts and Pages: Getting Chunky with WordPress. WordCamp Boston 2013, Boston, MA. (video) (slides)
- 06/22-23/2013 – Truly Responsive Design. Design4Drupal 2013. Cambridge, MA (video)(slides)
- 05/16/13 – Beyond Posts & Pages: Structured Content and Content Types in WordPress (slides). We’re on a Mission: Using WordPress for Non-Profit Organizations (slides). Panel: Customer Experience Management in the Real World. CMS Expo 2013, Chicago, IL.
- 04/24/13 – Responsive Design & Sitecore (Panel Moderator), Sitecore User Group – New England, Boston, MA. (slides)
2012:
- 08/21/12 – Web Publishing at Harvard: Challenges, Opportunities, and Case Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
- 08/18/12 – Delivering Results: The State of Content Management and the Opportunity for Drupal (Keynote), DrupalCamp CT, New Haven, CT. (slides)
- 07/15/12 – Why the !#%@^$ isn’t WordPress a CMS?, WordCamp Boston 2012, Boston, MA. (video)(slides)
- 06/12 – Technical Reviewer for WordPress for Education from Packt Publishing (published June 2012).
- 05/09/12 – CMS Mythbusting – Web Experience Management, CMS Expo, Evanston, IL. (slides)
- 04/28/12 – Digital Strategy 101, New England GiveCamp 2012, Cambridge, MA. (slides)
- 01/21/12 – Case Study: Harvard Institute of Politics Forum Microsite, Western Mass Drupal Camp, Amherst, MA.
2011:
- December 2011 – Technical Reviewer, Packt Publishing: WordPress 3.0 Cookbook
- 12/1/11 – How Much Content Would a Content System Manage if a Content Management System Could Manage Content? (aka the Woodchuck talk). Gilbane Boston 2011, Boston, MA. (slides)
- 09/18/11 – Open Source Video using Kaltura and Drupal, DrupalCamp Montreal 2011, Montreal, Quebec. (video)
- 07/24/11 – Don’t be a Tool: Content Management Strategy, WordCamp Boston 2011, Boston, MA (video)
- 2/17/11 – “Making Private Event Retail Work For You” – Interview with John Mulliken, VP of Strategic Initiatives for CSN Stores, eTail West, Palm Desert CA. (Invitation-only Executive Luncheon).
- 2/9/11 – “With Friends Like These, Who Needs Revenue? Leveraging Social Networks” Magento Imagine eCommerce Conference, Los Angeles, CA
- January 2011 – Technical Reviewer, WordPress 3.0 for Business Bloggers
2010:
- Invited technical reviewer, Packt Publishing book: WordPress 3 Ultimate Security (published June 2011)
- 12/21/10 – Social Commerce and Group Buying Roundtables, PluggedIn Ventures eCommerce Summit, New York, NY
- 12/2/10 – Social Publishing in the Enterprise (Panel), Gilbane Boston, Boston, MA
- 2/25/10 – The Great CMS Debate, North Shore Web Geeks, Newburyport MA. (Panel discussion on Drupal, WordPress, Expression Engine, and Kentico, featuring Marc Amos, Jay Batson, Tom Herer, and John Eckman
- 1/23/10 – Founding Organizer, WordCamp Boston, Cambridge MA
2009:
- 11/14/09 – “You Got Your WordPress in My Facebook!,” WordCamp NYC 2009, New York, NY
- 9/23/09 – “The Assembled Web: Web Content, Community, and Commerce Management,” Executive Board of Visitors, Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University, Long Island, NY
- 8/27/09 – Invited Speaker, “The Assembled Web,” Experian Forward, Experian, Irvine CA
2008:
- 12/2/08 Panel Moderator, “Open Source Content Management,” Gilbane Boston 2008. (Ellie Auvrey of Jahia, Nate Aune representing Plone, Michael Wechner of Wyona)
- 10/14/08 – “We’ve Only Just Begun: The Business Impact of Web 2.0” – Web 2.0 Kongress, Hamburg Germany
- 06/18/08 – “Tag, Upload, Share, Discuss: Content Management in the Age of Participation” – Web Content 2008, Chicago, IL
- 06/12/08 – Panel Moderator, “Open Source Platforms for Enterprise 2.0” – Enterprise 2.0 Conference, Boston MA. Panelists: Bob Bickel of Ringside Networks, John Newton of Alfresco, Jeff Whatcott of Acquia
- 5/20/08 – “Stump the Consultants” participant, “Facebook in the Enterprise” panelist – Enterprise3: Portals, Collaboration, Web. San Diego, CA
- 5/18/08 – “ReTweeter: Programming to the Twitter API” – BarCamp Boston, Boston MA
- 5/17/08 – “WPBook: From WordPress To Facebook (and Back)” – BarCamp Boston, Boston MA
2007:
- 12/4/07 – “Enterprise 2.0 – how to unleash the power of web 2.0 for Intranet and Extranet platforms” – Optaros Webinar
- 10/30/07 – “Rich Internet Applications: The What, Why, When, and How” – Optaros Webinar
- 9/24/07 – “Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Return of the Browser Wars” – Ajax World West, San Jose CA
- 5/07 – “Ajax Done Right, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the DOM” – AjaxWorld Magazine, Volume 2 Issue 3
- 5/18/07 – “Assemble Enterprise 2.0 on Open Source” – Optaros White Paper
- 3/27-28/07 – “Next Generation Internet Applications” – Optaros Executive Events, Zurich and Geneva, Switzerland
- 3/20/07 – “Not Just Another Pretty Face: Building the Business Case for Ajax Applications” – Ajax World East, New York NY
- 1/07 – “What’s in it for me? Building the Business Case for Ajax ” – AjaxWorld Magazine, Volume 1 Issue 2
2006:
- 12/06 – “From ‘View-Source’ to ‘Open Source’: Ajax and the Maturation of Web Development” – AjaxWorld Magazine, Premiere Issue
- 9/26/06 – “Ask the Experts Your Questions About Open Source Content Management” – Webinar sponsored by Optaros
- 9/18/06 – “Web 2.0 and Content Management Strategy” – Malcontents Episode 1. Inaugural episode of a podcast for Content Management Professionals
- 9/13/06: “Exploring the Influence of Open Source on the Software Development Industry.” Software Development Best Practices Expo. Invited participant in a roundtable on how Open Source licensing and distributed development methodologies are changing the industry.