Callum Whyte

Callum Whyte is Microsoft MVP, a 3x Umbraco MVP, and Certified Master. As one of the baristas who brings you your weekly fix of UmbraCoffee (live every Friday!) he lives and breathes the world of Umbraco. He’s an active contributor to the Umbraco Core and to many community packages, as well as a regular speaker at Umbraco meetups and conferences all over the world! Away from his desk you can find him out in the wild organising Umbraco community events; hosting the Umbraco London meetup, organising the Umbraco UK Festival, touring the world with Umbraco Roadshow, and flipping burgers in the summer for the Umbraco BBQ.

The Umbraco Ecosystem

Issue No 65 • 01 September 2020

Callum takes a look at the Umbraco ecosystem — from discoverability to naming and onboarding and poses some thoughts on how to take it to the next level.

Who Moved My Cheese?!

Issue No 54 • 01 October 2019

Umbraco 8 brought a huge overhaul its backoffice UI. For Callum, the experience is a "buttery smooth" update from v7. But with the changes came some situations of "moved cheese", where finding the new v8 versions of v7 functionality can trip folks up. Callum shares some common trip-ups he and others have found, providing a useful guide for locating needed features that have moved.

Umbraco, Docker and Kubernetes – Should We Care?

Issue No 44 • 04 December 2018

What are containers? What is orchestration? With new technologies and buzz-words coming out every day, Callum discusses Docker and Kubernetes, how you can integrate them with Umbraco and answers our most important question - should you?

How an Umbraco Festival is Born

Issue No 28 • 31 July 2017

We might be Umbraco specialists, but when it comes to organizing local community events most of us are novices all over again. Callum helps us eliminate some of the pain points with solid advice on the important phase of preparing for a conference, using his experience in organizing The Cogwork's Umbraco UK and Umbraco Poland festivals.