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Over the last three months I’ve attended an 11‑week residential ordination retreat up in the mountains of Aragón in southern Spain. During this retreat I was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order and given the name Sīlavāpi by my preceptor, Acalavajrī…
Over the past week, something beautiful has been happening in the Mautic community. We launched an emergency fundraiser to address a significant revenue…
There's a particular kind of vulnerability that comes with asking for help. Especially when you're leading something that tens of thousands of people…
I've been taking digital notes on my dharma practice for over fifteen years. Through multiple devices, various apps, and countless software migrations,…
In this ongoing exploration of Buddhist ethics for leadership, we’ve journeyed past the diamond pillar of non-harm, the gold pillar of generosity, and the…
Last night I experienced a lovely case of personalisation and knowing your customers done right…
In this series exploring ancient ethics for modern leadership, we’ve looked at the 'Diamond Pillar' of non-harm and the 'Gold Pillar' of generosity. Now,…
In my last article, we explored the unsettling concept of digital colonialism, and how the marketing stacks of many businesses have become subject to the…
The 'takers vs. makers' dynamic in open source can lead to burnout. Discover how the Buddhist second precept offers a practical path to sustainable community…
I’ve been thinking about how we build trust in open source - not just through transparent code, but through transparent practices. Over the past month,…
In my previous articles on digital sovereignty and data sovereignty in the marketing technology landscape I established the foundations for understanding…
In my previous article on digital sovereignty, I explored the overarching concept of how organisations can maintain control over their entire digital…
The world is digital, there's no getting away from that. The question of who controls our technology infrastructure, data and operations, however, has…
In my last post, I explored the Four Samgrahavastus – ancient Buddhist principles for unifying a community that I've found to be super relevant to leading…
Open source communities face unique challenges. Distributed teams, volunteer contributors, competing priorities, and the constant balance between…
This blog shares my journey with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and celebrates the achievement of completing a 50 mile run to raise funds for Breathworks…
A free conference, with 885 talks comprising of 365 hours of content over two days all of which are live streamed, recorded and made available within…
It's Monday morning, you've just spent the entire weekend at FOSDEM in Belgium, and now the Eurostar departures lounge is filled with a disproportionate…
Ever felt like you're at the foot of Everest when you decide to create a huge project or a long-term collaboration for an Open Source project? Tell me…
Another quarter of significant change in the Mautic project, we've lots going on in many different areas…
Another busy quarter has flown past, here’s a round-up of what’s been happening in the community!…
Like many Brits, English is the only language I speak fluently. I speak schoolgirl French, a bit of Welsh and a few words in German and Dutch. I'm…
Some exciting changes are coming to Mautic - learn more in my blog post!…
Saying thank you is a great way to recognise and appreciate the time people have spent making a contribution to an open source project, but how do you…
Another busy quarter has flown past, here’s a round-up of what’s been happening in the community!…
Last weekend I had the great delight of welcoming a good friend to run a women’s day at the Ipswich Buddhist Centre. Suryadarshini hails originally from…
Last weekend I headed over to Brussels on the Eurostar like hundreds of other open source enthusiasts, for the first in-person FOSDEM event since the…
Yesterday I shared on my Instagram feed about having to switch all my training over to bike-based for cardio and lower body/core for strength training due…
Another quarter and another year has passed, and what a year it has been! Let’s review what’s happened over the last few months…
Often as an Open Source project grows there becomes a need to allocate funding resources to specific projects, teams or initiatives. It can be challenging…
With any Open Source project, once you have an established logo and brand you want a way to get that out into the world on swag for your community to…
In my job I have the great privilege of travelling quite a bit, sometimes long distance. Today I’m writing this from my hotel room in São Paulo, after…
Another action-packed quarter has passed, let’s dive into a roundup of what we’ve been up to!…
Pretty soon after setting up Ubuntu Studio on my laptop (which I plan to use for my music recording and composition) it became obvious that all was not…
Having started to learn the flute three years ago and taking up piano during lockdown to help me with learning how to compose, I've increasingly been…
Today marks three years since I started working as Mautic Community Manager at Acquia, here is a reflection on all we have achieved in that time…
I certainly wasn't expecting to be playing with toy unicorns, ribbon, jewels and pine cones during our first in-person meeting of the Breathworks board…
In Mautic, we make use of the open source tool DDEV heavily as a tool to help you get a local development environment spun up quickly. It's an incredible…
This weekend after a culmination of nearly a year's training, I completed my first ever marathon - and indeed ultramarathon - race at Endure24 Reading. A…
It's been another fantastic quarter in the Mautic Community, learn what we've been up to in this Q2 2022 round-up report…
During my training for Endure24 I started to pick up small but frustrating problems with my body - painful hip flexors and quads, a Mortons Neuroma, and…
As a fully remote worker at Acquia, I always jump at the chance to meet up with fellow Acquians, especially when we get to spend the day working together…
A quarterly round-up of activity and progress in the Mautic Community…
Identify your open source project's dependencies through the Back Your Stack initiative and consider one of the many creative ways to show support…
How to support event attendees/delegates who test positive for covid-19 - including email templates to use!…
A roundup of all things Mautic Community from Q4 2021…
How one open source project found a way to give credit for all kinds of contributions…
Our experience of running an in-person event for the Mautic Community during covid pandemic times - what we learned, how we did it and what we'd do differently…
Rewind just over two years and we were about to organise our first ever Mautic World Conference - MautiCon for short - at Acquia's head office in Boston…
It hardly seems that it was a year ago we were releasing Mautic 3.0 release, but here we are just over a year later, and Mautic 4 has been released!…
It hardly seems like three months have passed since the last roundup report on activity within the Mautic Community, but a lot has happened since then! Read on for the latest updates…
Another quarter has seemingly flown by and here we are again with a quarterly round up of everything that has happened in the community over the last three months…
Making the switch from QWERTY to Maltron Keyboard Layouts - one handed keyboard, two handed keyboard and all the fun & challenges involved!…
Another quarter passes and we mark a year of progress in the Mautic Community since we held our first in-person community sprint in November 2019 at…
Another quarter has flown by, so it’s time for our round-up report of what’s been happening in the Mautic Community over the past three months!…
This quarter has seen huge progress being made in many areas of the Mautic Community and some big changes being announced…
Follow my journey to learning Codeception and writing acceptance tests for Mautic - including links to documentation and walk-through to get started!…
It has been a busy quarter in the Mautic community following the first Community Summit back in November. What follows is a round-up on a team-by-team basis of their activity between January-March 2020…
A busy first two weeks as Mautic Community Manager at Acquia! A round-up and overview of my OKR's!…
How do you support both internal and external thinkers in communities? Find out more in this short article…
Today is #InternationalWheelchairDay which has me reflecting just how much my life has changed since I decided to start using a wheelchair back in 2014…
Round-up of BrightonSEO September 2018 - Amphibious SEOs, cracking content & Javascript SEO…
Top tips for using digital marketing and social media when exhibiting at events and conferences…
One of the most fundamental tips I learned over the years was how to break the 'Boom and Bust' cycle of pain and activity. It has taken many years of…
Some useful tips for people building communities…
Some ways in which businesses can support a team member who has Ehlers Danlos Syndrome with being well at work…
What I have taken away from running a mile every day as part of the Runner's World Run Streak #RWRunStreak…
Why are marketing strategies important? How do you make them work? Find out more in this short article!…
I'm pretty well at the moment, here's how that happened (and what that means for my general health!)…
What is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and how does it affect me? An overview of the EDS condition and the ways it affects my life…
Sadly, many people experience a lot of suffering before they are actually diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Some of the classifications are picked up…
The month of May is a special month to me - it's a month where the condition which I live my life with is showcased through Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome…
This weekend I had the great pleasure of attending my first BrightonSEO event - a twice-yearly gathering of the great and the good (and definitely the…
Top tips for surviving exhibiting at your first event or conference from Ruth Cheesley…
Majestic launch a gamification platform to help users explore all the features of their web-based SEO and data analysis platform…
Small businesses are often heavily reliant on their marketing - particularly in the early stages - for generating interest, reaching out to potential…
How to change icons on KDE / Ubuntu for desktop shortcuts…
Being British has it's advantages. Tea, for one thing, is something I really miss when I'm travelling the world ... good old fashioned tea the way my mum…
"You need to claim the events of your life to make yourself yours. When you truly possess all you have been and done, which may take some time, you are fierce…
A while ago, a good friend of mine gave me a lovely book of hers, slightly in jest but also out of compassion, at my busyness and tendency to do too much,…
I was largely motivated to write this blog post after reading this post - 6 things about chronic pain you didn't know you knew - and just to be clear…
It is often easy to overlook the need to rest and recharge when running as business to avoid burnout and stay on top of your game…
Today is an important day in the Buddhist calendar - it's Sangha Day, where we celebrate one of the 'Three Jewels' of Buddhism…
Things have been a little busy in the past month, with lots of international speaking engagements and of course, being part of the team behind Joomla!Day…
As you may know I've been in Kenya this week, speaking at Joomla!Day Kenya and carrying out some market research. Today was my last day, so this morning…
Just recently I was reviewing the systems in place for managing our social media accounts, and looking at new technologies that had emerged since we…
Did your Ecademy profile suddenly vanish from your prominent page 1 position in search listings a few months ago? Mine too! The bad news is that SunZu…
NOTE: This is now very outdated, and remains here as an archive only. Keeping up with changes from Google can be rather challenging at the best of times,…
NOTE: This is now very outdated, and remains here as an archive only. With the abundance of social networks that spring up on an almost daily basis, you…
NOTE: This article is quite outdated and remains here for archive purposes. Joomla! is fast becoming one of the most popular content management systems in…
NOTE: This is now very outdated, and remains here as an archive only. Google has been tweaking its algorithms (the systems it uses to identify how…
NOTE: This article is quite outdated and remains here for archive purposes. You may have noticed recently that extra bits of information have started…
I am fortunate to have recently returned from a couple of weeks out in America, where I was invited to speak at the first Joomla! World Conference in San…
NOTE: This is now very outdated, and remains here as an archive only. Or is it? Months ago, having listened to what several high profile people were…
They say that a good boss should lead by example, so for the next week I am making a real effort to cycle into work each day, as part of 'Bike Week'. Bike…
I don't often work as a contractor on ODesk, mainly because when competing against thousands of other developers from other parts of the world who are…
As you may know, I'm Buddhist and am training for ordination in the Triratna Buddhist Order - quite a long process! I see my work as part of my practice…
Well, I've been 'on the web' since the early 90's when my school IT teacher had to remind me I had a home to go to (and my mother made me get a job to pay…
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