Send us Fan Mail An unexpected conversation with a woman who manages to smile and laugh in the middle of a war and inspires us all. Lana Miro (Svitlana Miroshnychenko), a content marketer from Mykolaiv, Ukraine, shares her experiences of living through the ongoing war while continuing to build a successful career in the WordPress community. She discusses her role at MelaPress, her passion for books, history, and lifelong learning, and how attending WordCamps has helped her grow professi...

Send us Fan Mail An unexpected conversation with a woman whose husband suggested she give WordPress a try, and a new career was born. Lumi Ciobanu shares her remarkable journey from Romania's world of classical music to a career in WordPress. After spending more than two decades as a pianist, musicologist, university professor, and earning a PhD in musicology, she made the difficult decision to leave that life behind and start over in web design. Encouraged by her husband, she discovere...

Send us Fan Mail An unexpected conversation with a guy who might just be the only organizer at WordCamp US 2026 who speaks fluent Gujarati. Arpit G. Shah shares an unexpected conversation that goes far beyond WordPress, reflecting on the loss of his father, the meaning behind the "G" in his name, his childhood in Gujarat, India's love of cricket, and the country's rich cultural diversity. Along the way, he talks about international travel, his love-plus-arranged marriage, raising two childre...

Send us Fan Mail An unexpected conversation with a guy who fortunately wore the green sticker at his college's Kissmass party. Chris Reynolds reflects on a life shaped by curiosity, family, and a passion for technology. He recounts growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, meeting his wife Erin in college, and building a lasting marriage rooted in a chance encounter that became a lifelong partnership. The conversation explores his family's decision to homeschool their children, his la...

Send us Fan Mail I'm taking a 3-week break as my wife Arlene and I are traveling to Prague, Krakow, Paris, and Portugal. WOW. That is enough. And I need a break. Europe, here we come!

Send us Fan Mail An unexpected conversation with a man who has 20,000 connections on LinkedIn and knows what to do with them. In this episode of Seriously, BUD?, Bud talks with Jagadish “Jaggy” Tulagapu from India – an international recruiter for WPMU DEV who has built a global network of more than 20,000 LinkedIn connections and actually knows how to use them. The conversation moves from India’s rapidly growing AI and tech scene to cricket, WordCamps, arranged marriages, remote work, Bolly...

Send us Fan Mail An unexpected conversation with a woman who wants to be a rabbit farmer, should she decide to grow up. In this episode of Seriously, BUD?, Bud talks with AmyJune Hineline about her unusual journey from growing up on a rural Northern California farm to working in engineering, nursing, open-source technology, and the Linux Foundation. The conversation explores hearing loss and accessibility, homeschooling, punk rock music, AI, WordPress and Drupal communities, and how tec...

Send us Fan Mail An unexpected conversation with a guy who reads 75 books a year and enjoys the window seat on an airplane. In this episode of Seriously, BUD?, Bud talks with Kevin McGillivray from Pressable about books, music, travel, AI, WordPress, and life on Vancouver Island. Kevin shares how Goodreads helped fuel his goal of reading about 75 books a year, leading into a larger conversation about history, biographies, audiobooks, and how AI tools like NotebookLM may transform the wa...

Send us Fan Mail This is the last day of my 17-day journey to Hawaii with 2 stops in San Francisco. Back next time with a new episode of Seriously, BUD?

Send us Fan Mail I'm taking a little break from my normal routine as I am in Hawaii attending a wedding. This is a perfect time to catch up on all 104 episodes that you may have missed. Of course, you can do that from wherever you get your podcasts or just by going to Seriously, BUD?.com