For a couple of years now, I’ve been tired. I’ve been pent up, wound up, fed up, and in need of a break. I love my life and I love my job, but it’s sometimes all a tad overwhelming (yes, I am whining). Working in customer service, troubleshooting websites all day, can be draining -…
When I applied for the position of Happiness Engineer with a company called Automattic, I thought it sounded like a dream job. I had first heard about “Happiness Engineers” from someone who was telling me that she had reached out to WordPress.com for help on a website she was working on. It is quite a…
The Desert Sun Counselling & Resource Centre wanted a new website that was busy (but not too busy), fresh, matched their current marketing materials, and that they could edit themselves. Their first tutorial session is still in the works, but the WordPress Platform allows for all of the above. A pleasure working with this great…
Emergency Save a Life is a company from Kamloops that specializes in first aid training. The website is built with Wordpress, primarily using the Espresso Events plugin. This site will also eventually have a Woo Commerce component, selling first aid supplies.
Highway to Healing is an Oliver-based organization that assists families who have a child requiring medical care that is not locally available. They were formed to supplement Community assistance and be prepared to provide support when crisis strikes. This website project was particularly interesting because the volunteer group member that I worked with had some direct website experience.…
The Ruhland Construction website has one primary goal: to drive website traffic to the portfolio page, where visitors will see examples of the company’s work. Big on visuals, the is, of course, responsive, meaning it looks good on all devices. ruhland.ca
Faustino Estate Cidery is located in Osoyoos – in Canada’s only pocket desert – and home to the country’s best quality apples, pears, peaches and cherries. For decades, Portuguese families have been passionate about growing premium quality fruit on this rich soil. Jack and Anna Relvas are proudly carrying on the tradition of sustainable family farming, with…
About Laurena:
Working for (Automattic) on the Built by WordPress.com team, I currently live at Sugar Lake, in the Interior of British Columbia.
My past lives include teaching, journalism, and business ownership doing website design and development.
I am always learning something new, and am passionate about finding awesome solutions to tough problems.
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