Charles is the lead developer and strategist at the Ottawa Citizen. He is a PHP/mySQL/Javascript programmer with a degree in journalism and a deep interest in audience development and online publishing. Before joining the Citizen he owned a web agency in BC specializing in custom WordPress development.
Charles is participating in the panel Building Your Business, Cause, or Brand using WordPress
Why WordPress? Why do you like using WordPress? | I love being able to install a CMS with plugins that does 90% of my development work for me and still gives me full access to the code so I can tweak it to my specific needs. |
Why did you decide to speak at WordCamp Ottawa? | I am very interested to see how others are using the software to achieve their communications goals. I will be speaking, but I’ve come to learn. |
What is your talk going to be about? | I will be engaged in a panel to discuss achieving communications goals using WordPress. |
What is your favourite WordPress plugin or theme? Why? | FeedWordPress, because it allows for very simple crowd-sourced content aggregation. |