Tammie Lister: September in WordPress

Another month has turned just like the leaves as autumn settles in. I was lucky enough to get time to focus thanks to sponsors, here is what I did within WordPress.

August reflections

It’s worth noting I am aware that August didn’t have a month post, this was due to travelling back from being at WordCamp US. This post is a merged month in many sense as the theme has maintained the same as September saw solidifying of what I was doing.

A new team

The Core Program team was announced and I will be the first team rep. This was a huge part of this month as required setting up and focus. I am beyond excited what this means.

I am thrilled to say BigScoots is sponsoring me to cover some time focusing on the Core Program team and thankful for the opportunity to go to sponsors and highlight where I am needed most.

Focusing on AI and editor

Relating to the last section a little, Greyd are now going to be sponsoring me to focus both on Core AI and also on Core Editor. This combination allows me to focus even more my contributions where they can be effective.

This split focus will add to ServMask’s sponsorship of me within Core AI already to give me extra time within that area.

Areas of contribution

My split this month was given a new focus thanks to being a team rep for a new team announced, Core Program. Beyond that, top areas were:

• ‘Needs design’: adding design to Core AI experiments.
• Triage: focused on 6.9 design issues, unblocking and also giving feedback.
• Program team work: establishing team and getting goals brewing. Weekly posts here.
• Core AI: focusing on roadmaps.

Sharing the journey

I got to share a few things this month, I also got to attend LoopConf and speak about AI at the local WP London meetup the night before:

• The sparkle paradox: specifically fuelled the designs I worked on for Experiments.
• Spoke at WPLDN about ‘When the Interface doesn’t matter anymore‘.

Upcoming plans for contribution

October is already shaping up to be busy with Core Program and the 6.9 release.

• Triage: focus on 6.9, but I don’t want to ignore the ancient and inactive trac log. This month triage won’t be my main focus but more about unblocking
• Core AI: feedback and iterations for experiments and program work on abilities. I would also love to work on the documentation and handbook if time.
  • I had some awesome fun working on the issues for experiments. # # # #
• Core Program: shape goals collaboratively, goals will be posted weekly on #core-program in Slack.

Sponsors this month