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Connecting Your Remote Team Through Live Cooking Sessions

There are a lot of online activities that remote teams can do together, and a live cooking session is one of them. Working remotely is great but requires extra effort to build connections within the team. At OnTheGoSystems, we're always eager to try new ways of connecting with each other. OnTheGoSystems cooking session online Coming from different parts of the world and with such a diverse background, we wanted to seize the opportunity and...

November 12, 2021

Mercedes Barreda

Community and Events, Work and Stories

WordCamp Buenos Aires 2017

Saturday July 8th, 9.00 am. Rain. It’s wet and cold. The Argentinian WordPress community is about to hold  the 5th WordCamp. A long queue of people slithers out of the venue, Area 3, co-working space in the nice surroundings of Palermo, Buenos Aires City. In spite of the bad weather, there is a lot of enthusiasm. The talks are promising. The organizers have taken care of all details. Everybody is looking forward to it! As we arrive, Laura and I...

July 17, 2017

Mercedes Barreda

Community and Events, Work and Stories

The use of WordPress in non-profit websites gets more popular by the day

The number of WordPress sites on the web has increased in the last year.  Currently, it powers somewhere between 25% and 27% of the whole web. There is a good reason for this and it lies in the fact that WordPress is not only a free platform to build simple blogs, but one that can also be easily used for more complex sites. More and more bloggers, entrepreneurs and website owners in general turn to this CMS. Among them, it...

March 10, 2017

Mercedes Barreda

Community and Events, Work and Stories

WordCamping around Asia in good company

Dat Hoang from Vietnam and Emerson Maningo from the Philippines, traveled together to attend 2 WordCamps: WordCamp Denpasar and WordCamp Manila. For Emerson it was his first experience at a WordPress event, as opposed to Dat, who has attended several events before. Dat & Emerson at WordCamp Denpasar 2016 Both of them spoke at the 2 WordCamps. Emerson shared his impressions: “I was a bit nervous, though I am used to speaking at different events. We...

February 14, 2017

Mercedes Barreda

Community and Events, Work and Stories

WordPress Action in South America

We all agree the WordPress community is growing rapidly everywhere. Not only is it expanding in Europe and North America but also in other places, like South America. Last November, on the 19th, 2016 WordCamp SaoPaulo took place in UNICID – Universidade Cidade de São Paulo. Here, at onTheGoSystems, we did not want to miss the opportunity and asked around among our team members who would be willing to attend and possibly apply as a speaker. The surprise came when...

February 2, 2017

Mercedes Barreda

Community and Events, Work and Stories

The first ever WordCamp held in Kathmandu’s name

Shekhar Bhandari at WordCamp Kathmandu 2016 November 19th, 2016. Kathmandu, capital city of Nepal. With more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, the WordPress community hosts 5,000 members in this city, which makes it a very good place for a WordCamp. The first ever WordCamp held in Kathmandu's name was attended by 250 people. Shekhar Bhandari, one of our WPML supporters, joined as a volunteer and has shared his impressions with us   “This was my second time at...

January 5, 2017

Mercedes Barreda

Community and Events, Work and Stories

Kasia Janoska with John Parkinson on wordpress.tv

At OnTheGoSystems, we are very proud of how much we have achieved in the WordPress Community this year. As a company, as Global Sponsors we try to get involved and contribute as much as we can. We have been participating in as many WordPress events as possible: local WordCamps all over the world from Asia to South America, WordCamp Europe and US, big and small meetups, contributing to WordPress and the Incubator Program. We have even assigned someone in the...

December 15, 2016

Mercedes Barreda

Community and Events, Work and Stories

Mr. WordCamp

Andrés at WC Antwerp He is from Colombia but lives in Sevilla, Spain. He attended his first WordCamp in Leiden, back in 2013. Here at OnTheGoSystems, we all know Andrés by the nickname of “Mr. WordCamp”. Below is the story of how he earned it. How was it that you first got in touch with the WordPress community and how did it evolve into you becoming Mr. WordCamp? Before attending my first WordCamp (Leiden 2013) I...

November 23, 2016

Mercedes Barreda

Community and Events, Work and Stories

An all-time player in the WordCamp field

Harshad at WordCamp Nashik Harshad Mane (from India, Compatibility team) has been part of OnTheGoSystems for almost 5 years now and has taken different roles in our team. He is also involved in the WP community all around the globe. He is big in his achievements, in spite of his small stature. He is a versatile team player. I have talked to him about his WordCamp adventures, and as expected, he has gained vast experience and...

November 9, 2016

Mercedes Barreda

Community and Events, Work and Stories

Become a WordCamp expert in a few months: in Lauren’s words

Lauren at WordCamp Tampa She speaks fast and takes action fast. She has stepped out of her comfort zone to get involved in the WordPress community and is now on fire. She claims she can be shy at times, but it’s hard to imagine her in a hesitant attitude. Meet Lauren (from the US, WPML support), who has gone from no experience at a WordCamp or a Meetup at all to being selected as a speaker...

November 2, 2016

Mercedes Barreda

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