{"id":1690,"date":"2013-04-16T11:54:11","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T15:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2013.ottawa.wordcamp.org\/?p=1690"},"modified":"2013-04-11T15:55:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T19:55:53","slug":"speaker-spotlight-christopher-ross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2013\/speaker-spotlight-christopher-ross\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Spotlight: Christopher Ross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar avatar-102 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack alignleft\" id=\"grav-0d66c8bf6b3b2ec9b0653b44f9858ce4-1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0d66c8bf6b3b2ec9b0653b44f9858ce4?s=102&amp;d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D102&amp;r=G\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\" \/>I am a Canadian <a href=\"http:\/\/thisismyurl.com\/portfolio\/\">WordPress designer<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thisismyurl.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/\">developer<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thisismyurl.com\/events\/\">speaker<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thisismyurl.com\/tutorials\/\">teacher<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/thisismyurl.com\/services\/\">consultant<\/a> who enjoys long walks with shortcodes, functional arguments, and playing with other people\u2019s APIs.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher is presenting: <a href=\"https:\/\/2013.ottawa.wordcamp.org\/session\/how-to-make-a-living-with-wordpress\/\">How to make a living with WordPress<\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"483\" border=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"158\" height=\"17\"><strong>Why WordPress? Why do you like using WordPress?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"325\">I love the flexible nature of WordPress, it&#8217;s so much more than a blogging platform or a CMS. WordPress allows me to create dynamic applications, and powerful API environments.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"158\" height=\"17\"><strong>Why did you decide to speak at WordCamp Ottawa?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"325\">Ottawa&#8217;s one of my favourite cities in Canada, my first experience with CMS based websites was in Ottawa and I take every opportunity possible to return to such a concentrated group of IT talent.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"158\" height=\"17\"><strong>What is your talk going to be about?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"325\">My talk this year is about using WordPress to make a living. It&#8217;s about finding the perfect blend of community, security, enjoyment, and knowledge while working with a free platform.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"158\" height=\"17\"><strong>What is your favourite WordPress plugin or theme? Why?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"325\">JetPack, maybe EditFlow. Both add so much power to WordPress that it&#8217;s hard to imagine running a website without them.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a Canadian WordPress designer, developer, speaker, teacher, and consultant who enjoys long walks with shortcodes, functional arguments, and playing with other people\u2019s APIs. Christopher is presenting: How to make a living with WordPress Why WordPress? 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