Marcel Bootsman

Hi! 👋

This is my personal site on which I share some of my thoughts and experiences about my work, private life and everything in between. You might find some technical content here about Open Source, Web development, WordPress and Static Site Generators.

Professional biography

The journey of my professional life started in 2000, when I worked for IBM and was involved in developing a web version of a legacy terminal-based equipment ordering system. After about 9 years, and a diverse number of roles within IBM, the challenge of running my own company became so strong that I could not ignore it anymore.

In 2009 I started nostromo.nl and building/maintaining WordPress website. I quickly became familiar with developing themes and custom plugins. Within a year of running my own company, I joined the WordPress community by volunteering. Organizing WordCamps (WordPress centric events) and helping out with translations in Dutch were, and are still, some tasks I really like to do.

Again after about 10 years (do you see the trend here?) I got to think about the status of my company during a walk from my hometown to Berlin for WordCamp Europe 2019. Soon after that event, I made the decision to stop my work at nostromo.nl, and work for Kinsta since April 2019. Currently I’m very happy to be Partnerships & Community Manager EMEA. 🚀

Latest blogs

WordPress buttons powered by ACF + Block Bindings

A practical walk through of using synced patterns + ACF fields in WordPress to show links anywhere, without copy-pasting blocks…
The hidden dangers of online and AI powered website generators

Discover hidden risks of online and AI powered website builders, from lock in to accessibility issues, and why WordPress remains…
My August sabbatical – Experiences, lessons and gratitude

My August sabbatical was more than a holiday: family time, ADHD insights, rest, and gratitude. Here’s what I did, learned,…
ADHD, the day I got answers

A personal story about the day I was officially diagnosed with ADHD at ADHDCentraal. The start of a new chapter,…
My recent experiences with ADHD

In this blog, which will be updated when new experiences happen, I’m sharing my ADHD experiences.

Latest notes

Installing OBS on Ubuntu the easy way (Flatpak)

How to get OBS Studio running smoothly on Ubuntu: install the Flatpak from Flathub and avoid plugin and dependency issues…
ADHD books

A personal list of the books I have read about ADHD. Browse my growing collection to discover insights and resources…
Events I have attended

A list of events I attended.
How to restore Firefox’s behavior of loading all tabs at startup

Learn how to restore Firefox’s old behavior of loading all tabs at startup by tweaking the about:config setting. Quick step-by-step…
How to schedule a one-time reboot on Ubuntu

Learn how to schedule a one-time reboot on Ubuntu using the at command. A simple alternative to cron for planned…