Category: Long Talk
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Intentional Designing: Crafting Purposeful Digital Experiences
Have you ever used a website or an app that was so frustrating to use that you just gave up? Or maybe you’ve used one that was so well-designed that you couldn’t help but grin and sing its praises. What made the difference between these two experiences? In this presentation, we’ll talk about why it’s…
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Beyond Keywords: User-Centric Approach to Product-Led SEO
Are you tired of chasing keywords in SEO? Join me as I share a simple yet powerful idea: the real secret to great content lies in putting users first. In my journey through SEO and product marketing, I stumbled upon a game-changing approach: Product-Led SEO. This approach shattered the outdated mindset of keyword obsession, showing…
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Democratizing Performance
Performance is essential for user experience and is becoming increasingly important for search engines through core web vitals. Just as WordPress democratizes publishing, it can also play a significant role in making good performance accessible to everyone. This presentation highlights recent improvements made by the WordPress core performance team and upcoming new features that the…
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ChatWP. What would you ask your WordPress site?
In the last 12 months, since WordCamp Asia Bangkok, tangible artificial intelligence has become mainstream. For example, Large Language Models (LLMs) such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT have become the fastest growing web applications in history. But these models have mostly been developed and trained by large technology companies using proprietary datasets they’ve scooped up from the…
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How to counter arguments from developers, designers and managers against accessibility
Do you get an aggressive, dismissive or defensive reaction from your design or development colleagues, your marketing department, your managers, or even from your full-service advertising agency as soon as you start talking about accessibility? Want to learn how to counter and motivate? Come to my talk, and you will go home with some great…
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Getting Ready for the Deprecation of 3P Cookies
The web has brought a wide range of free services and capabilities to users such as email, social media, online shopping, streaming video, and many others. These services rely on an economic model that depends on tracking users and identifying audiences for targeted advertising. Today, increasing concerns about user privacy, data breaches, and the misuse…
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【Ctrl+Hack+Delete】 Uncover the dark side of WordPress from a hacker’s perspective
This plan explores WordPress vulnerabilities from a hacker’s perspective, highlighting risks in plugin development. Beginning with common WordPress functions, we unveil issues arising from misuse and share secure coding practices. We delve into a WordPress plugin source code parser’s journey, detailing how hackers decipher source code to find security flaws. This initiative enhances understanding of…
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WP-CLI for PHP developers
When was the last time you tested code in production? Your own website doesn’t count. WP-CLI for PHP developers is the sequel of WordPress through the Terminal talk, focusing on a set of commands and tools useful for PHP developers. This is not just a live demo of WP-CLI commands. This is zooming out and…
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From independence to integration: The journey of being acquired
Tales of startups and scale-ups are something you hear a lot in the WordPress ecosystem. Stories of innovation, challenge, and success are celebrated and serve as beacons of inspiration. However, there’s an uncharted narrative many shy away from, often only whispered about: the journey of being acquired. I present a talk that seeks to demystify…
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Legal implications on use of AI tools
As we embrace multiple AI tools as we saw with the launch and storm of ChapGPT, Midjourney and plenty of others, as users we also need to be aware of possible legal implications, including data protection, and governance compliance. Other matters of interest includes intellectual property and how to best safeguard your interests as users.…
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Design is: An Expedition of the Multifaceted Nature of Design
Design is more than the way things work; it’s the essence of purpose, intention, and human connection. A transformative craft that weaves functionality and meaning into the fabric of being. Let’s journey through the intricate art of design and embark on an expedition of its multifaceted, ingenious nature. Join me, and a community of fellow…
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Website Accessibility – Why, When and How
Website accessibility is often the last thing we think about when creating a website, and sometimes it is not considered at all, but it is more than just ticking a box for compliance. Studies show one in six people in the Asia-Pacific region lives with disability, and that this is likely to increase, so it…