{"id":642,"date":"2012-09-16T10:02:21","date_gmt":"2012-09-16T15:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2012.stlouis.wordcamp.org\/?p=642"},"modified":"2012-09-17T10:29:35","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T15:29:35","slug":"spotlight-ryan-markel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2012\/spotlight-ryan-markel\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Ryan Markel – part of the Automattic Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ryan’s presentation(s):<\/span> Getting Started with WordPress and Making Awesome Stuff (our finale!)<\/p>\n

How many years have you used WordPress?<\/span> 8<\/p>\n

I look forward to speaking because:<\/span> I find the WordPress community to
\nbe exciting and I want to share that with the WordCamp attendees.<\/p>\n

Favorite WordPress Project:\u00a0<\/span>I support users on WordPress.com. It’s my favorite because its a really awesome and free tool that enables people to publish content no matter what their skill level. Anyone can have a WordPress site without knowing the technical aspects.<\/p>\n

In the future, I see WordPress being used for\u00a0<\/span> all kinds of stuff. It has grown from a blogging platform to powering very large sites. I think in the future it will continue to grow. The success of WordPress is proof that open source is the path to the future.<\/p>\n

WordPress has changed the way <\/span>I live.\u00a0 It’s what I work with – personally and professionally – 24hrs a day.<\/p>\n

Best real-life camping story:<\/span> I was in high school at a festival and it was about 105 degrees. I had about a dozen people in my group – all sunburned so badly we should have gone to the hospital. At about the end of the festival, I looked in our cooler and found a forgotten jug of water and then jokingly went to use it as a bargaining chip with my friends.<\/p>\n

See Ryan & other great WordPressers at WordCamp STL 2012
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Learn more about Ryan at ryanmarkel.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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