http://spectacu.la/forum/ A great WordPress community en Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:50:09 +0000 http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/kmb42vt-kirk-m#post-60 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:38:05 +0000 kmb42vt 60@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Hi all,</p> <p>Looks like I've just joined a rather elite group here. Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself since I've just been graciously granted entrance to the club (first "club" I've ever been a member of at that and thanks!).</p> <p>I'm a disabled veteran (ex-Cold War submariner [US Navy]) and a computer/peripherals/R&#38;D type of guy who rode the so-called "crest of the wave" in computers during the final 2+ decades of the Cold War. Approximately 4 years ago I brought my "geek" back out of the closet when I became interested in WordPress and haven't looked back since (much to my wife's dismay...even though she has a degree in computer systems management...go figure).</p> <p>I'm not a programmer per say in that I could never sit down and write an entire theme from scratch. But I'm one heck of an experienced troubleshooter and can usually fix most basic CSS and PHP problems myself. A bit like being able to speak French or Spanish but not being able to write it. </p> <p>I also administer/upgrade/fix problems and do installs for non-tech WordPress bloggers. In fact, I'm bringing two more brand new WP sites online over the next few days once I get the owners familiar with the basics. </p> <p>Strangely enough, one of the things I've noticed over the time I've been doing this is that more and more folks my age (around 50 +/-)are getting into their own custom WP installs. In fact, all of the people I do work for are my age or older. Any more of these "clients" come my way and I'm going to have to go legit. Egad, that means paperwork(ugh)!</p> <p>Okay, that's enough. You'll also find that I'm a wordy bas**** which comes from writing tech manuals for a number of years.</p> <p>Looking forward to the next 6 months. </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/rkw1956-richard#post-21 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:06:48 +0000 rkw1956 21@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Like Dan I showed an interest in spectacu.la at WordCamp UK - excellent weekend.</p> <p>Me, I'm a hybrid, someone who feels the pull to code and the urge to market, keeping an eye on each. Have been excited about the Internet for 12 years - that's a very long time for me!</p> <p>Looking forward to playing with the themes, tomorrow hopefully. </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/dan13l-dan#post-13 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:16:39 +0000 dan13l 13@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Hello to anyone reading this!</p> <p>I'm Dan, and after an enjoyable lunch with Dave and James during the first day of WordCamp UK I offered to sign up to help test Spectacu.la. </p> <p>Thanks for invite Dave, hopefully I can provide some useful feedback.</p> <p>As for me, I'm a .Net developer by day, who likes to hack around with WordPress and PHP by night. I host a number of blogs and other sites built upon WordPress for people.</p> <p>Cheers!</p> <p>Dan. </p> http://spectacu.la/forum/topic/clopinettes-dave#post-12 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:58:49 +0000 clopinettes 12@http://spectacu.la/forum/ <p>Hi - just to introduce myself, Dave, to you all. I'm one of the two (along with HyperionJRW) behind Spectacu.la... and boy are we excited about this.</p> <p>It's been hard working getting everything just right, but we feel it's there now. Getting everything integrated took a lot of work and testing. So the first phase is testing and once we have feedback on that, along with tweeks, we'll move on to marketing the system and releasing the new themes that are in the pipeline.</p> <p>A bit about me, I'm a long term IT type who's been through the whole mill from printer operator through to business analyst on large-scale international projects. But tired of corporates, myself and James decided to do something new. Spectacu.la is just one of the fruits of our collaboration.</p> <p>I also enjoy badminton, motor-racing (not this year, too expensive!), travel, music, cycling and gadgets. Oh yes, the gadgets...</p> <p>Look forward to chatting with you all in here! </p>