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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPaul Ruescher – DevDay\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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At WordCamp 2013 ATX, Sun May 19, Paul Reuscher<\/strong> will be presenting<\/div>\n


\nJavaScript in WordPress<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The web is becoming more and more of a JavaScript playground, and WordPress is no exception. From the recent overhaul of the media manager to some of the post revision functionality in 3.6, WordPress is undergoing a direction shift. \u00a0This session will go over the very basics of JavaScript MVC and how they can be applied to WordPress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEddie Machado – DevDay\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Eddie Machado’s presentation at ATX WordCamp 2013 will be<\/p>\n

What could possibly go wrong?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

How do you go about redesigning a high traffic and well established site without annoying all the users? Let’s take a look and figure it out together. Oh, and It needs to be finished next week and it should be responsive.<\/p>\n

(Liason’s note: I know this session looks sparse, but he’s talking about rebuilding\u00a0thechive.com<\/a>,<\/em> which I would LOVE to hear about.<\/em>)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJason Weaver – DevDay\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Jason Weaver’s DevDay presentation at ATX May 19, at Caipital Factory downtown Austin, will be<\/div>\n
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Responsive Menus and Off Canvas Elements<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The biggest challenge for front-end developers today might be the staggering amount of diversity from one browser to the next. We try to build sites that last. We try to make them look good on all the things. Considering this, we\u2019ll need to stay focused and build great looking sites that work well on any device. Common front-end layout patterns can certainly help.<\/p>\n

In this session, we\u2019ll dive into code for a jQuery plugin for responsive menus and take a look at off canvas patterns for device-agnostic layouts. The talk will emphasize large and small touch screen considerations.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMark Kelnar – DevDay\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Mark Kelnar’s DevDay presentation at ATX 2013 will be
\nDeploying code with Git: Everything you always wanted to know, but were afraid to ask<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This will be a technical talk that covers using Git for version control, why it\u2019s useful for WordPress developers, as well as Git\u2019s advantages over SVN. You\u2019ll see specific use-cases from consultants and best-practice developers in the Community who use Git for their projects. We\u2019ll walk through concepts like creating a repo, committing files, versioning, and using Git to work in teams and avoid \u201cCowboy Coding.\u201d You\u2019ll also get a walk-through of deploying to a WordPress site with Git, and conclude with Q&A.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Olbekson – DevDay\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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On Dev Day, Sunday May 19th at ATX , Chris Olbekson will present<\/div>\n
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Managing themes and server environments with extensible configuration arrays<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
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The standard pattern for configuring a server environment and its sites\u2019 themes is to define several constants, set a bunch of global variables, call a few functions, and sprinkle in a few filters into the wp-config.php and functions.php. This methodology to configure WordPress makes it burdensome to allow child themes to override settings in parent themes and for there to be environment-specific configurations across servers, from development to production.<\/p>\n

My talk will delve into how we have tackled this problem for large multisite installs by using multidimensional configuration arrays that can be merged and extended before being converted into the constants, global variables, and filters that WordPress relies on. Beyond the increased consistency and convenience of a central configuration registry, we\u2019ll see how using such extensible arrays allows for mixin configurations and \u201cstep-parent\u201d themes. We\u2019ll also see how storing all configuration in data arrays (as opposed to code) allows our code to be aware of its larger environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJesse Petersen\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Jesse Petersen\u00a0will present:
\nSEO Still Matters<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesse embraced his true geek nature in 2008 and left an office job as a desktop publisher and editor to be a full-time WordPress community member and formed Petersen Media Group<\/a> in early 2009. He meets the needs and exceeds the expectations of his growing network of friends who desire websites that they<\/em> could maintain and has amassed a returning client base of over 100 clients from Australia to Hawaii and many places in between.<\/p>\n

With consistent referrals from StudioPress and Copyblogger Media, Jesse is highly sought-after by speakers, authors, and small businesses who want a clean, robust, and elegantly planned online presence. He isn’t flashy, but “does the ordinary extraordinarily well – every day.”<\/p>\n

Jesse and his wife live in Tampa, FL. No pets. Nine foster children in the past year. They love road trips. You can follow him on Twitter @jpetersen<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCory J. Miller\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Cory J. Miller\u00a0will present:
\nThe 45-Minute Business Performance Tune-Up<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cory Miller <\/strong>(that\u2019s me)\u00a0is a former newspaper journalist turned full-time entrepreneur. In 2008, he started iThemes<\/a>, which builds web design software and offers cutting-edge web design training for thousands of customers around the globe.<\/p>\n

Named the 7th fastest growing company in Oklahoma City in 2011 by the Metro 50, iThemes employs over 20 people around the globe with headquarters in Edmond, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

In 2011, he co-founded The Div, Inc<\/a>, a nonprofit tech foundation aimed at inspiring and training the next generation of web developers through its kid\u2019s program, Div Jr.<\/p>\n

He is the co-author of WordPress All-in-One for Dummies<\/a> (Wiley, 2011) and is a member and current communications chair of the Oklahoma chapter of Entrepreneurs\u2019 Organization<\/a>, a network of over 8,000 entrepreneurs in 40 countries with companies that have revenue over $1 million dollars annually.<\/p>\n

He blogs regularly about entrepreneurship and work-life alignment at Startup Sofa<\/a> and does private group coaching and training at the Entrepreneurship Lab<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He is married to Lindsey Miller<\/a>, who leads the Education Program<\/a> at iThemes aimed at helping provide school and educators with professional web design tools and training. They have an adorable baby boy named Caloway (born January 2013), and also two spoiled dogs, Frannie and Scooter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Pat Ramsey\u00a0will present:
\nApplied Custom Fields<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pat Ramsey is a WordPress consultant based out of Austin, Texas. As an independent developer, Pat specializes in custom WordPress theme development, plugin customization, and operational best-practices for the website owner.<\/p>\n

When he’s not building websites, he can be found organizing the Austin WordPress Meetup or helping run the tech networking community, Refresh Austin. He’s been a trainer and adviser for Knowbility’s Accessible Internet Rallies and AccessU. Pat is a former Navy Reserve sailor, a native Texan, and enjoys cooking large quantities of crawfish.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHannah Hill\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Hannah Hill\u00a0will present:
\nContent Marketing That Sell$<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hannah Hill has helped develop content marketing strategies for small businesses, political candidates, New York Times best-selling authors and international speakers since 2009. She currently heads up WordPress website strategy and development for Author Media as Director of Customer Happiness.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJared Atchison\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Jared Atchison\u00a0will present:
\nHow To Succeed at Freelancing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

WordPress consultant and developer with over 6 years of experience,
\nTexas A&M graduate, and proud Texan. Jared uses WordPress to help businesses and individuals achieve their goals efficiently and
\neffectively. He also maintains plugins available on WordPress.org,
\nhelpful scripts onGitHub, and is a core contributor to bbPress and the Genesis Framework. When Jared isn’t knee deep in code he regularly attends and speaks at WordCamps around the country each year.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRobert Neu\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Robert Neu\u00a0will present:
\nSEO Still Matters<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Robert Neu\u2019s been doing this for more than 15 years. When he was a fat little toddler, his Dad let him loose on the computer and that\u2019s all she wrote. He’s been working on the web since the late 90’s when he launched his first web design business. After years of hacking together crappy static HTML sites, experimenting with the dark side of SEO, and getting banned from countless Internet forums, he decided it might be a good idea to get his act together. Luckily for him, this was around the same time he discovered WordPress and white hat SEO. It was love at first click and he hasn’t strayed since. Well, maybe a little. (No Joomla)<\/p>\n

Currently, Robert is the CEO and Lead Developer at FAT Media, an Internet marketing agency focused entirely on the WordPress platform. He spends most of his time solving technical problems for FAT Media’s various SEO, PPC, and content marketing clients as well as managing the day-to-day operations. Robert also recently launched a WordPress-based SAAS platform for funeral homes called Funeral Forward and he heads up a WordPress SEO meetup group in Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDorian Speed\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Dorian Speed\u00a0will present:
\nHey Kids! Let\u2019s Put on a Show: Building a Collaborative Website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dorian Speed is a web designer and writer living outside of Houston. She\u2019s the Web Editor of the literary magazine Dappled Things<\/a> and has built a variety of collaborative websites for various organizations. As a former classroom teacher, she enjoys educating clients about how to get the most from their websites. \u00a0Dorian designs sites using the Genesis framework and her work has been featured in the StudioPress showcase. She\u2019s spoken on a variety of subjects, most recently at the 2012 International Bloggers\u2019 Summit during the Catholic New Media Conference. You can learn more about her at Up to Speed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCarrie Dils\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Carrie Dils\u00a0will present:
\nCapturing Clients \u2013 How Building Good Relationships Will Build Your Business<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Carrie Dils is a self-employed Genesis Developer<\/a>, specializing in WordPress sites built on the Genesis Framework. Her entrepreneurial spirit dates back the 6th grade when she ran a profitable candy operation out of her locker, but officially started in 1998 when she registered a DBA and kicked of her career in web design.<\/p>\n

In the years since, Carrie has helped numerous clients in Dallas\/Fort Worth and beyond to create smart websites that work. Big on relationships and low on drama, Carrie preaches the benefits of great customer service and how it can better your bottom line.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnsa Copeland\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Ansa Copeland\u00a0will present:
\nWhy Designers Should Code<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ansa Copeland is an Austin-based freelance designer with a solid grasp of front-end development. She believes that part of a designer’s role is to serve as an interpreter between the machine language of the web and the human language of the user, and that the best part of the job is solving problems.<\/p>\n

Ansa lives in Round Rock and occasionally blogs about design, code, or whatever else occurs to her at blog.ansacopeland.com<\/a>. Right now, she is probably day-dreaming about her next sailing trip.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNick Batik\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Nick Batik\u00a0will present:
\nSetting and Managing Customer Expectations About Mobile Responsive Design<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nick Batik has been building websites since 1994 and has been a WordPress consultant and developer for over five years. He specializes in custom theme design using the Genesis Framework. When not lost in the poetry of code Nick contributes to the WordPress community by serving as Co-organizer for the Austin WordPress Meetup Group, as a member of the organizing team for the WordCamp Austin 2010, WordUp Austin 2012, and WordCamp Austin 2012. Nick is a lead trainer for the Hands-On WordPress classes.<\/p>\n

Nick has had a life-long love affair with design and typography and has written numerous training courses, articles and seminars on design, publishing and web development. He has presented at publishing conferences in over 100 cities across the US, England, and Scandinavia. His work with Pleiades WebCenter reflects his passion for elegant and effective information design and he is dedicated to using design technology to communicate, and manage Information in a way that is beneficial to his clients and the client\u2019s customers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Wiegman\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Chris Wiegman\u00a0will present:
\nMoving Sites and Managing Domains<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chris is a Senior Developer for Springbox where he works on projects of all sizes and description. In addition he is the developer of the Better WP Security plugin which currently has over 500,000 downloads on WordPress.org<\/a>. Finally, Chris is an adjunct member of the Computer Science faculty at St. Edward’s University where he teaches courses ranging from basic HTML to advanced computer security. Chris has been in the Austin, TX area since the beginning of 2012 where he resides with his wife (a future star on the Austin stage) and their four-legged children.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJoel Goodman\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Joel Goodman\u00a0will present:
\njQuery for Theme Designers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Joel G Goodman is a jack-of-all-trades marketer, designer, and front-end developer at his creative media agency, Bravery Transmedia. He has been designing and developing custom WordPress themes for bands, universities, bakeries, bloggers, professionals, and startups since 2007. He also holds a master of arts degree in Media Studies from The New School for Public Engagement and lives in Austin, TX.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTaylor Christensen\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Taylor Christensen\u00a0will present:
\nSEO: Webmaster Tools<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Taylor Christensen started learning to build WordPress plugins and themes when he was 16, and hasn’t looked back since. Over the last 4 years he’s built websites for clients ranging from small businesses and startups, to agencies and the State of Texas. Taylor started a small web agency, CloudioWeb, where he focuses on maximizing online potential as the Creative Director. In his free time, Taylor enjoys photography, floating the San Marcos river, reading about the latest startups, and watching sports.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBrandon Kraft\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Brandon Kraft\u00a0will present:
\nPlanning and Organizing Your Site<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Brandon, or Kraft as he\u2019s better known, started building websites in 1996 and hasn\u2019t looked back. Kraft has worked with his own \u201cweblog\u201d since 2002, first in HTML, then Movable Type, then finally to WordPress.<\/p>\n

At The University of Texas at Austin, Kraft focused on the impact of technology within a society, which actually does mean more than playing on Facebook. After college, he directed the web and social media presence for a local non-profit.<\/p>\n

Currently, Kraft is on the board of Austin Catholic New Media (http:\/\/www.austincnm.com<\/a>) and operates Coffea Web Services (http:\/\/www.coffeaweb.com\/<\/a>), a development and consultancy firm specializing in WordPress.<\/p>\n

Married with three young daughters, you can follow Kraft on Twitter (@Kraft<\/a>) and on his personal site (http:\/\/www.brandonkraft.com\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAustin Gunter\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Austin Gunter\u00a0will present:
\nMiracle Content: Sprout Your Online Community in 2013<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Austin Gunter is a writer, blogger, and Community Architect. He manages the Content and Community marketing for\u00a0WP Engine<\/a>, the premiere managed WordPress hosting platform. Previously, Austin brought 120 startups through an incubator in Austin, Texas. Now part of WP Engine’s marketing offices in San Francisco, Austin blogs weekly about startups and hacking his own brain at\u00a0austingunter.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCorrin Foster\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Corrin Foster\u00a0will present:
\nBlogging Best Practices<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Corrin Foster recently relocated to Austin from Chicago, has her MBA, a couple of Bachelor\u2019s Degrees, and is pondering becoming a PhD in something. She\u2019s the\u00a0Marketing Director at an independent publisher, and a serious bookworm who thinks the internet is the best thing since sliced bread. She has a wiener dog named Oliver, a weakness for sequin, and she can really cut a rug. She blogs at Oh Hey<\/a> and Tweets @CorrinRenee<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIlene Haddad\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Ilene Haddad\u00a0will present:
\nBlogging Best Practices<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ilene Haddad (@IleenieWeenie<\/a>on Twitter) entered the world of blogging as she does most things in life\u2014with equal parts enthusiasm and clumsiness. Among various interests, including her web comic, CasaWeenie.com<\/a>, Ilene runs a graphic design business<\/a> and hosts various community events focused on blogging and social media. She\u2019s probably best known for founding #BlogathonATX<\/a> and falling down a flight of stairs in front of Lyle Lovett. Ilene resides in Austin with one husband, two stinky dogs, and 14 time management books she hasn\u2019t had time to read.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAmanda Quraishi\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Amanda Quraishi\u00a0will present:
\nBlogging Best Practices<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Amanda Quraishi is a writer, blogger, interfaith activist and technology professional living in Austin, Texas.\u00a0 She currently works full time at Moblie Loaves & Fishes, a non-profit organization that addresses the issue of homelessness in the U.S.\u00a0 Amanda is a contributing blogger at Tikkun Daily and The Religious Left; and she maintains her own blog at muslimahMERICAN.com<\/a>.\u00a0 You can follow her adventures on Twitter at @ImTheQ.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEric Weiss\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Eric Weiss\u00a0will present:
\nBlogging Best Practices<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Eric Weiss is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Skeptics On The .Net<\/a> and co-host of Die Robot Die<\/a>, a weekly tech podcast. He experiments with online content under the Houdini Labs<\/a> banner. “I have worked in a variety of positions that focus on one major aspect: clear communication. Whether that is through my writing, graphic design or web development, I try to tell a story through my work.” In addition to WP, Eric also has something to say about Graphic Design, Journalism and Video Game Design.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCrystal R. R. Edwards\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Crystal R. R. Edwards\u00a0will present:
\nBlogging Best Practices<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Crystal R. R. Edwards writes the monthly magazine humor column WELL, THAT WAS FUN, featured in Visalia, California\u2019s Direct Magazine. She also writes NEXTGEN for Visalia\u2019s Lifestyle Magazine, a regular interview column focusing on young, must-watch Visalia natives. She authors commissioned pieces for its sister publication, Wedding Style, and other freelance articles in publications across the country. She is a professional copywriter, copy editor, and humorist.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Lema\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Chris Lema\u00a0will present:
\nThe Client\u2019s Not Always Right. How to Protect Yourself From Overshoot and Dwindling Profits with WordPress<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chris Lema is the VP of Software Engineering at Emphasys Software<\/a>, where he manages high performers and oversees product development and innovation. He’s also a blogger<\/a>, ebook author<\/a> and runs a WordPress meetup<\/a> in North County San Diego.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Schmitt\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Chris Schmitt\u00a0will present:
\nAdaptive Images in Responsive Web Design<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Christopher Schmitt<\/a> is the founder of Heatvision.com, Inc., an Austin-based new media publishing and design firm, and co-founder of Environments for Humans<\/a>, a leader in web and mobile conferences.<\/p>\n

An award-winning web designer who has been working in the medium for twenty years, Christopher interned for both David Siegel and Lynda Weinman as an undergraduate at Florida State University.<\/p>\n

He has a Masters in Communication for Interactive and New Communication Technologies, and is the author of six books, Including Designing Web & Mobile Graphics<\/em> and CSS Cookbook<\/em>, the latter was named Best Web Design Book of 2006.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCody Landefeld\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Cody Landefeld\u00a0will present:
\nHiring the Right WordPress Consultant<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

My name is Cody Landefeld and my passion is helping organizations solve problems creatively. I am a user experience problem solver by nature and have over 10 years of experience in the creative field. I currently lead the team at codyL where we are privileged to work with some amazing clients.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBill Erickson\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Bill Erickson\u00a0will present:
\nHow To Succeed at Freelancing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bill has been a freelance WordPress developer since May 2006. His clients span the spectrum from Fortune 100 companies to universities to small one-person businesses. He’s also contributed heavily to the WordPress community: he’s written 21 plugins that have been downloaded over 150,000 times; he’s a core contributor to the Genesis theme framework; and he was a core contributor on WordPress 3.4<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid Vogelpohl\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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David Vogelpohl\u00a0will present:
\nAdvanced Google Analytics for WordPress<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

David Vogelpohl is the founder and CEO of Marketing Clique, an online marketing and web development agency which helps clients build WordPress websites, create web applications, and manage online marketing campaigns.<\/p>\n

David has nearly 17 years of web development and online marketing experience across a variety of platforms and channels. David is a published author, speaker at major online-marketing conference Pubcon, speaker at WordCamp Atlanta, speaker at Affiliate Summit and veteran of the web since 1996.<\/p>\n

David is also the author and featured speaker of the online training course “Make Analytics Easy” a conversion focused training program for website Analytics.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStephanie Leary\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Stephanie Leary\u00a0will present:
\nThere\u2019s a Plugin For That<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Stephanie Leary began designing websites out of boredom in high school, and after earning a B.A. in English literature, she discovered that her skill with HTML had saved her from a career in the food services industry. She spent ten years working at Texas A&M University, where she established accessibility and web standards and pioneered the use of blogging software (first Movable Type, then WordPress) to manage departments\u2019 websites.<\/p>\n

Stephanie now freelances as a WordPress developer. She is a frequent speaker at higher education conferences and WordCamps, and is the author of Beginning WordPress 3<\/i> and the forthcoming WordPress for Web Developers<\/i>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10398301,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-57","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3740D-V","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/austin.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/austin.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/austin.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austin.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10398301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austin.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/austin.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1363,"href":"https:\/\/austin.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions\/1363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/austin.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}