Updated after the talk, see the update and video, the transcript and the slides below. Original post 4 May 2026 On 9 May 2026, I m going to give a lightning talk at WordCamp Torino. Title: A Torinese woman inspiring Community journeys Here is the description: A personal story designed to inspire others through mentorship, belonging, [ ]
Date: 03.06.2026 13:00 to 16:00 CEST | Venue: Near Przystań Wawel Resto Bar In 2025 in Basel, 2024 in Torino, 2023 in Athens and 2022 in Porto, we had picnics in parks near the venues, the day before WordCamp Europe opening. All were a success and we met friends from all around the world! We were first inspired by a similar picnic in Vienna (WordCamp Europe 2016) organised [ ]
Header image: Ally flags from Library.lgbt Why being an ally to the LGBTQIA+ community matters to me One of the things I’m proud of is having been called an ally by a lesbian friend (I didn t give myself this title). I also mention LGBTQIA+ rights on my About me page and link to the excellent [ ]
Header image: The Gutenberg logo was made by Cristel Rossignol, and is released under the GPL license I’m not a developer. I build my sites with WordPress using tools developed by others, and I guide my clients to do the same. What I need is something reliable, intuitive and flexible, without having to rely on [ ]
Header photo by Paco Marchante Context Three weeks ago at WordCamp Europe, I shared a document with Mary and Matt that represents the concerns, suggestions, and experiences of more than a hundred contributors across the WordPress project. Many of these points were added gradually since October 2024 by a lot of people. A few people [ ]
This post is part of a series. Links to upcoming posts will be added once published. When we applied to host WordCamp Europe in Basel, I had no idea just how intense and transformative the experience would be. I’ve already written about that journey, but now that the event is behind us, it feels right [ ]
*Header image: The four ferries that cross the river using only the natural power of the river s current connect the larger southern part of the city (Grossbasel) with the northern side of the river (Kleinbasel), photo by Andreas Zimmermann, Basel Media Gallery This post is similar to a message I left in the Make WordPress [ ]
We should call it Lake Leman in English If you look at paper or online maps in English, you might see a label that says Lake Geneva. But that name does not reflect the real, historical, and locally used name of this magnificent body of water. The correct name in French, the only language spoken [ ]
Date: 04.06.2025 12:00 to 16:00 CEST | Venue: Kaserne Basel UPDATE 3 June: Due to the weather, let’s not bring much food. In case it rains, we’ll go to the nearby café (KaBar) In 2024 in Torino, 2023 in Athens and 2022 in Porto, we had picnics in parks near the venues, the day before WordCamp Europe opening. All were a success and we met [ ]
I've received a few questions recently about my involvement in the WordPress community and whether it limits my ability to contribute elsewhere. This post is a summary of my replies. I declare that I have the full freedom to contribute wherever I choose.
Conversation with ChatGPT Pro, model 4o, 18 January 2025. It’s quite fascinating to see the “big picture” of how things evolve when many people are involved. So I came up with the idea of asking ChatGPT to analyse the situation unfolding in the WordPress community, with neutral questions. I prompted ChatGPT to reply as a [ ]
The WordPress Community team definition is: This is the home of the Make Community team for the WordPress open source project! Here is where we have policy debates, project announcements, and assist community members in organizing events. Everyone is welcome to comment on posts and participate in the discussions regardless of skill level or experience. [ ]
This is an open reply to Joost de Valk on this blog post: Breaking the Status Quo I began a reply on Joost blog post, and it became rather lengthy, so I thought it would be better to publish it here on my blog and link to it from there. See related links: Hello Joost [ ]
Date: 16.12.2024 09:45 to 12:15 CET | Venue: Online event Published on 14.12.2024 Watch party for friends. Contact me where we usually chat, or here in the comments, and I ll send you the link! I have a Butter account for 30 participants. Let s watch the State of the Word together and chat about it in a non-recorded session. The State of the Word will begin [ ]
The cyber week is finally over! Warning: this topic might be a bit controversial 🙂 Every year, as November rolls around, we see the same hype: “Black Friday deals! Our best discounts of the year!” And while these sales are often marketed as opportunities too good to miss, I can’t help but feel uneasy about [ ]
I just created a page with the tech stack I use or recommend. I first wanted to list all the tools in a post but thought that the information will evolve but the page will stay evergreen. Some are affiliate links (signaled in the text with the currency symbol ¤) and some may still have [ ]
This is a test! Activity Pub is activated on my #WordPress website via the WordPress ActivityPub plugin by Matthias Pfefferle (but I have to find out why it doesn t work 😀 so I do not federate for now), and posts are also shared on Bluesky with the Autoblue plugin by Daniel Post. I will use [ ]
It’s often said that the two hardest phrases in any language are “I’m sorry” and “I was wrong.” But for children, learning to say these words is one of the most important lessons we can teach them. Teaching kids to own up to mistakes, actively listen to others’ feedback, and be flexible enough to change [ ]
Conversation with ChatGPT Pro, model 4o, 27 October 2024 Me what does mean woke ? reply in British English ChatGPT In British English, woke originally referred to being aware of social issues, particularly around racism and inequality. It stems from African American Vernacular English (AAVE) and means staying alert to injustice and discrimination. Over time, it [ ]
Statement on legal involvement and my continued contribution to WordPress On 23 September 2024, in the Announcements channel on the Make Slack, Matt Mullenweg informed the community that WP Engine has initiated formal legal action, and that anything we communicate on Slack, including in direct messages (DM), could be part of legal discovery. Then, on 9 [ ]
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this post are my own and do not represent the views of my sponsors or the projects I am part of, such as the WordCamp Europe organising team, the WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program, my roles in the Make Community team, or GatherPress community engagement. If there is any conflict with [ ]
The Swiss Federal Council When we think of a head of state, we often imagine a single, charismatic figure, someone who commands attention on the global stage and whose decisions shape the direction of an entire nation. This is the reality in many countries, particularly in places like the United States, or France where the [ ]
From a European point of view Disclaimer: These are my personal views as a random person, not a political expert. I dislike the traditional left/right political spectrum, as it oversimplifies the complexities of modern politics. Many ideas considered left can overlap with those on the right, and populism exists on both sides. I prefer to [ ]
It s with immense gratitude that I dedicate this post to Polylang, whose sponsorship made me recover my costs for WordCamp Europe 2024 as an organiser (2 venue visits and the event). My costs were previously stated on my Sponsors page, and are now moved at the bottom of this post. What is Polylang Polylang is [ ]
Sponsoring 5 hours/week of my contribution time I’m incredibly grateful to Themeisle for sponsoring my contribution time to the WordPress project through the Five for the Future initiative. This initiative is crucial for the growth and sustainability of WordPress, and I’m honored to be supported by a company that truly understands the importance of giving [ ]
The price of contribution Why I decided to not ask for sponsorship beforehand and how you can help! I always wanted to sponsor myself with my business to contribute to WordPress, including the organisation of WordPress events such as WordCamp Europe. Therefore I did not want to be sponsored for my contribution time! This has [ ]
The context Translations! I m passionate about languages and linguistics. What matters most to me is bringing content to people in their own language! That s also something I want to implement on my professional projects WPMondo, Interaction.Site and Web Presence Care (opening on 24 July, previously called Virtuaza), even though I chose to write this blog [ ]
Becoming an organiser This year, I was a WordCamp Europe co-organiser, the biggest WordCamp in the world. Having volunteered 4 times myself (2017 in Paris, 2019 in Berlin, 2022 in Porto and 2023 in Athens), I wanted now to become an organiser, and I have been chosen last September to lead the Volunteer team. One [ ]
We are thrilled to welcome you to Switzerland in June 2025! Discover Basel, a human-sized city at the crossroads between Switzerland, France and Germany with the idyllic triborder region – lying between the Swiss Jura, Germany’s Black Forest and the France’s Alsace.
What a month! This post is about week 2 of my travels, see week 1 here about Cloudfest and the Hackathon. Week 3 was the visit to the Torino venue for WordCamp Europe 2024 co-organisers (EDIT: mentioned in July the WordCamp Europe 2024 as a co-organiser post). After the Cloudfest and Hackathon + a bit [ ]
Wow! the Core badge! I first didn t feel I deserved it! What did I do to earn that? I participated into the RC2 tests. I wish I had done more, but was away for the others RC! Testing is so important! The main topic I ve been talking about recently, in interviews and reflections, is contributing [ ]
Recorded in October 2023, while driving from Geneva to Biarritz (for WordCamp Biarritz) and what the road and dusk inspired me. It's a mix of "art" and "personal reflections".
Wow, I needed an extra week, and some holidays (week 2), to process everything I experienced during these events before to be able to write about it! What an amazing week, followed by the Switzerland Community Day (upcoming post).
We need human touch, kisses and to be in each other's arms. Compare that to grooming monkeys! It's in our nature. For most of us.
Hello WordCamp Europe friends! In 2023 in Athens and 2022 in Porto, we had picnics in a park near the venues. Both were a success and we met friends from all around the world! It was first inspired by a similar picnic in Vienna (WCEU 2016) organised by Francesca Marano and Naoko Takano. This year, [ ]
GatherPress pilot program, our proposal on Make Community. We re talking about the proposal we, the GatherPress team, have just published on the Make Community site – something that we think could really change a lot for WordPress users in the way we can make WordPress even more community-friendly, especially for event organisers and attendees. How [ ]
3 stories here. First story When we organise WordCamps, we need to film the conferences. The WordPress community has a few sets of cameras that we can send from one WordCamp to another. This is a good thing, but it turned out to be totally useless when sending from/to Switzerland! This is what happened: In [ ]
The Love of Aviation When I was a child, we lived in Meyrin, on the outskirts of Geneva, very close to GVA airport, and I could see the planes taking off and landing from our house and garden! It always made me dream of faraway places, the world being a village you can reach in [ ]
It s been a long time, too long, since I first had the idea. That s one of the things I ll do better and which I ll always say to others: get started quickly. It s a lesson for me. Of course, there may be situations in life that prevent you from putting enough time to a project, but [ ]
2022-2023, my first normal years after a few traumatic ones. This post will talk about sexual harassment, addication, illness, death, grief, but also support, regained confidence, gratitude, friendship and new strengths. In 2017 while doing my relatively easy core work with existing clients (maintenance/care plans for small businesses with their WordPress sites), I was inspired [ ]
About me and XMas First of all, I m an atheist and a humanist. And even if I were a theist, I would never take part in an organised religion, nor follow any doctrine, precept or celebration, including those of parodic or esoteric religions. The historical Jesus is a concept historians quite agree upon. For me, [ ]
Hello! The crashtests.virtuaza.com url, as shown in the slides, now redirects here as I continue my crashtests on my local dev environment. The public site copy was online only to show about it in August and November 2023, while presenting at WordCamps. This was on the site, when it was publicly available: I welcome intrusions!! [ ]
After attending for many years WordCamps in France and Italy and co-organising in Switzerland, I decided that it was about time to get to know the Spanish community as well.
Alright, the title might be a tad clickbaity, but it s entirely true! First off, I didn t have the chance to meet Shah Rukh Khan, which is a bit disappointing. He wasn t on the set that day. However, I did have the opportunity to meet Kashmera Shah (Wikipedia, Instagram) and I m not sure if Juhi Chawla [ ]
A Story of Gratitude! Sono molto grato a voi due per quello che avete fatto, Davide ed Enrico. Mille volte grazie per il mio telefono! My family and I visited the Cinque Terre region. We booked an apartment in Levanto for three nights and visited the five villages of Cinque Terre on Sunday 22 October [ ]
Time for a change A few days ago, I changed my profile picture Everywhere I could think of This was actually quite time consuming! And while doing that, I reflected on what an avatar is and what it does represent, see below! Some websites (and I guess most of WordPress based sites) use the Gravatar [ ]
Work for free? Someone once asked me why I work for free . So I thought it would be a good idea to write about it and explain why it s good for me, and why it can be good for you too. In my opinion it s good to contribute to an open-source project. Read this article [ ]
Edit 7 June 2023: The picnic is over, thanks for coming! Hello friends! Last year in Porto, we had a picnic in the park near the venue and despite the rain, it was a success and we met friends from all around the world! This year, we are doing it again! Let s meet for a [ ]
Updated on 3 May 2024, originally written on 3 April 2023 This page is about crypto currencies and NFTs I have a lot to learn, and want to share here what I like about it. Basically, cryptocurrencies remove the middleman, anyone can send to anyone without the need of the banking system. I have been [ ]
Weather update, see below ☀️🌧️ Organisers: Patricia BT and Michelle Bulloch. This event is independently organised and not related to the official WCEU organisation, but listed on their side-events page. Date: Wednesday 1 June 2022 Time: From 13:00, the whole afternoon A picnic can be only with a sandwich or fruits, or something you buy [ ]