Train tracks and green scenery in Washinton State.
Heading home after WordCamp US. Another great time with people I love and admire. My ❤️ is full. #WCUS #PDX #WCUS2025
Train tracks and green scenery in Washinton State.
Heading home after WordCamp US. Another great time with people I love and admire. My ❤️ is full. #WCUS #PDX #WCUS2025
#WCUS2025 in monochrome.
https://thefragens.com/wcus-2025-in-pictures/
Found a friend at #WCUS2025
"The best systematic improvements come from actual users, not internal teams. Proprietary systems create short-term advantage. Open systems create long-term value. Systems that belong to everyone are by ... just being, also maintained by everyone."
@karmatosed.art #WCUS #WCUS2025
"This fundamental shift in thinking about systems isn't technical; it's actually cognitive. Instead of asking how do I solve this problem... we need to start thinking: how do I build a system that prevents this class of problems?"
@karmatosed.art #WCUS #WCUS2025
"Good systems, they don't eliminate all friction, they place it strategically... friction in the right places creates quality, prevents errors, and builds user confidence."
@karmatosed.art #WCUS #WCUS2025
"Confusion is actually optional. The art of system design is revealing complexity progressively so users never feel overwhelmed, but never hit artificial limits."
@karmatosed.art #WCUS #WCUS2025
Two Wapuu up close so they look huge.
Last day of WordCampUS! We’ve been over run by giant yellow monsters! You should come here and help us! Also, Wordpress.com is cool and you should try it. #wordpress #wordcamp #wcus #wcus2025
cognitive limits, emotional triggers, learning preferences
"If you don't design for these psychological realities, you end up fighting human nature instead of working with it. Because big ideas: they don't scale on inspiration alone."
@karmatosed.art #WCUS #WCUS2025
"Predictability reduces cognitive load and allows us to focus on those higher-level tasks that involve creative problem solving... [We need to design] for our cognitive limits, our emotional triggers and learning preferences rather than fighting against them."
@karmatosed.art #WCUS #WCUS2025
"When systems are not reviewed and iterated they become bloated...systems work for humans by providing reliability and foundations upon which we can build."
@karmatosed.art at #WCUS #WCUS2025
"At its smallest level, systems thinking involves assigning a process to something. At it's largest it can be a system or application...systems thinking is a way of understanding the world not as isolated parts, but an interconnected whole"
@karmatosed.art at #WCUS #WCUS2025
Nothing exists alone: "We need to consider this ripple effect and unintended consequences of our actions within systems." @karmatosed.art at #WCUS #WCUS2025
Here's a BTS before and after of the sponsor hall of #WCUS2025 getting built. I love watching the magic happen. ✨
Kicking off Day 3 of WordCamp US! Many thanks to Wordpress.Com for getting me here, especially THESE people specifically! #wordpress #wordcamp #wcus #wcus2025
accessibility is "ALL the different barriers that determine whether someone can be part of this project team or not" - transit, internet connection, childcare, timing
@amysampleward.bsky.social at #WCUS #WCUS2025
"An equitable world requires that we value accessibility as a priority from the start in all technology and social impact work... accessibility doesn't start and end at web standards."
@amysampleward.bsky.social at #WCUS #WCUS2025
Showcase Day at WordCamp US starts off for me today with a meeting of the Photography team. This is my first year on the team, and I'm excited to take LOTS of photos! Many thanks to WordPress.com for the opportunity! #WordPress #WordCamp #WordCampUS #wcus #wcus2025
"when we decide that only certain people with only certain credentials or only certain linkedin badges get to be on a project team, whoa, like, that project is not going to be great, right?"
@amysampleward.bsky.social at #WCUS #WCUS2025
“where we are now, and where we have been for decades, is intentional systemic exclusion… we need to move to systemic inclusion” @amysampleward.bsky.social at #WCUS #WCUS2025
WordCampUS contributor day is in full swing! Come say hi at the Photos table. Many thanks to WordPress.com for helping me get here. #WordPress #WordCamp #wcus #wcus2025
Journey to Portland for #WCUS2025 has begun. See y'all soon.
On my way to #WCUS2025
Will I see you there? Come find me at the @pantheon.io booth and I’ll give you a homemade @communitycode.dev sticker 😁
It’s WordCamp US week! 🇺🇸
Expect inspiring talks, fresh WordPress updates, and lots of time to connect in Portland.
Don’t miss our post on what to look forward to.
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Who else is coming? 👋
#WCUS #WCUS2025 #WordPress
Phase two of my journey to WordCamp US, thanks to WordPress.com ! #WordCampUS #WCUS #WCUS2025
Phase one of my trip to WordCamp US! Many thanks to WordPress.com for the help getting there! #WordPress #wcus #wcus2025