{"id":637,"date":"2017-08-16T22:04:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T02:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.baltimore.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=637"},"modified":"2017-10-25T14:23:24","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T18:23:24","slug":"10-victories-in-fails-clothing","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/baltimore.wordcamp.org\/2017\/session\/10-victories-in-fails-clothing\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Victories in #Fail&#8217;s Clothing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='525' height='295' src='https:\/\/video.wordpress.com\/embed\/MldBcxy4?hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Slides: <a href=\"https:\/\/2017.baltimore.wordcamp.org\/files\/2017\/10\/Mike-Morucci-10-Victories-in-Fail\u2019s-Clothing.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 Victories in #Fail&#8217;s Clothing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Did you ever feel like a poseur? Like any minute your clients, or level-10 WP colleagues, are going to find you out?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no idea what I\u2019m doing. Someone much more technical than me would know this. Am I being filmed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I do. Every day.<\/p>\n<p>But I learned there are a ton of people in this World of WordPress (WoWP \u00a9Mike Morucci just now) who have different skills, but not all of them. Who struggle with issues but somehow find solutions, often by trial, error &amp; Google search, and share them. You\u2019ve just got to dive in.<\/p>\n<p>In this talk, I will share #FAIL after #FAIL after #FAIL:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Web site?! Let\u2019s start a Private Facebook group.<\/li>\n<li>Just pick a template\u2026from a million choices.<\/li>\n<li>SITE DOWN! SITE DOWN! What did YOU do, Mike?!<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t need an expensive host. LOOK, this is only $4.95\/month!<\/li>\n<li>When should I launch? It\u2019s not ready\u2026 It\u2019s still not ready\u2026 It\u2019s ready! Wait&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>I can make my own logo. For free!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Why share my mistakes? Because failure is awesome. It brings wisdom one wouldn\u2019t acquire without failing in the first place. I\u2019ll also share a few tips\/tools that keep me sane.<\/p>\n<p>This talk is meant for the newbie who wears that badge proudly and is not embarrassed to say: \u201cHi, my name is Mike, and I don\u2019t know a &amp;*$%ing thing about PHP.\u201d Or for the expert, who just likes to judge. I want you to feel better, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slides: 10 Victories in #Fail&#8217;s Clothing Did you ever feel like a poseur? Like any minute your clients, or level-10 WP colleagues, are going to find you out? \u201cI have no idea what I\u2019m doing. Someone much more technical than me would know this. Am I being filmed?\u201d I do. Every day. 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