Being in advertising/communications for many years, I’ve experienced a few disruptive technologies. So much so, we reorganized our small business for change. MightyWrite was born. Great, let’s have some fun writing for business. But, in time I started to miss being a graphic designer. I have to admit, I’d become distracted with building a house, neglecting innovations in the online world that effected the core of our previous decade old business. So when a new client asked me to make changes to their website a few years ago, I logged into something completely new! Wow, this is cool. I discovered WordPress.

Ever since I've studied WordPress and have come to appreciate how thankful I am to have embraced it. Recently, I attended WordCamp Winnipeg 2016, and through the experience of those more involved with WordPress gained many new insights on "what is" WordPress. It's an open source community project which encourages development contributions from many talented individuals to improve it everyday. Nice. The event, organized by a group of dedicated local volunteers, provided a great lineup of presenters who lent their knowledge freely so all could learn where to start, what technologies were required, and where to find out more. The final presenter of the day reminded us of the original intent of WordPress – blogging, and encouraged we continue to share freely without prejudice or judgement. Nicer.

WordPress came along just in time for me. Sure the competition has increased, but markets have grown. It's the wild, wild, web open to all who want to venture into it and find riches that get beyond just the monetary. Thank You WordPress and WordPress Community