OnTheGoSystems News

Working cheerfully while working remotely

Star of the Month Andreas Panagiotopoulos talks about moving from QA to the Development team, maintaining balance, and working from home as a new dad. Andreas, tell us a bit about yourself. I am Andreas Panagiotopoulos, and I am from Argos Greece. I have completed my Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering and then I took 2 Master's Degrees. One in Digital Communications and one MBA. All my studies have been done in Athens. I have lived in Athens since 2000,...

October 26, 2021

Meet Adelance – Our New Project that Brings People Together

Adelance is a new project that we’ve started, which combines software development and physical activities. The purpose of Adelance is to bring people together through social dance classes. Why should a software development company like OnTheGoSystems go into a project like this? I’m an avid tango dancer. I’ve been dancing tango since I lived in Argentina 10 years ago. Since then, social dance has been part of my life and travel. I danced in Argentina, Israel, USA and several European...

October 26, 2021

Amir Helzer

OTGS September News

We used September to finish work on the biggest WPML release ever. It will be released in the first days of October. We also released a new version of WooCommerce Multilingual with great new features. WPML News WPML 4.5.0 We published the WPML 4.5 Release Candidate. This means we're very close to the final release. The main difference between this version and Beta 2 before it, is performance and user experience improvements. We're running this version on our own production...

September 29, 2021

Laura de Figueiredo

Marcel Tannich on his move from Austria to Spain and the freedom of working remotely

August’s OTGS Star of the Month was Marcel Tannich, one of our amazing WPML supporters! Read more about how his interest in Space Invaders became a lifelong passion for computers, and how working remotely gives him the freedom to travel and pursue his hobbies. Tell us a bit about yourself, Marcel! I was born in Innsbruck, Austria, known as the “Heart of the Alps”. My family lived in a small village a few minutes drive away from the city. I...

September 21, 2021

Jakub Bis on Working Remotely from the Philippines

Jakub Bis joined OnTheGoSystems in 2016 and turned the benefit of working remotely into a life changing adventure! See how the WPML developer made the choice to move to the other side of the world and what he’s learned in the process. What made you decide to take your development skills on the road? I come from Poland, and my whole adult life revolves around programming. I studied in Krakow and decided to stay there after graduation. It was a...

September 19, 2021

Community and Events, Work and Stories

Happy and healthy people behind WPML and Toolset plugins – Part IV

Do what you love, and love what you do! Here at OnTheGoSystems, we encourage people to use their yearly scholarship allowance to pursue things they like doing during their free time. The program helps our coworkers discover new talents and develop new skills that they might not have tried if not for this program. It also gives us the opportunity to be more social when working remotely. Here are some ways OTGS members have used their scholarship benefit recently. Online...

September 6, 2021

OTGS August News

In August, we continued working on finishing WPML's upcoming big version. It's almost ready and is scheduled for the September release. We also released a new version of Toolset, and with the help from our partners, published a number of useful articles. WPML News WPML 4.5.0 The release of 4.5.0 is in sight. We spent the past month solving issues revealed by the beta and polishing the user interface. Thanks to everyone for trying out the beta and providing us...

September 1, 2021

Laura de Figueiredo

Dean Jones on partnerships, music, and “having the right mindset and energy”

After only four months at OntheGoSystems, Dean Jones has already been recognized by coworkers as being proactive, a quick learner, and a great addition to the Partnerships team. Tell us a bit about yourself, Dean. Where are you from and what is your family like? I was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and have been living here for my whole life. My father was born in Johannesburg and my mother in Cape Town. Since my father is Jewish (his...

August 5, 2021