{"id":2359,"date":"2016-05-09T12:53:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T17:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.stlouis.wordcamp.org\/?p=2359"},"modified":"2016-05-09T12:55:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T17:55:59","slug":"meet-our-2nd-keynote-aaron-jorbin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2016\/meet-our-2nd-keynote-aaron-jorbin\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet our 2nd Keynote: Aaron Jorbin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On day 2 of WordCamp St. Louis, we&#8217;ve invited Aaron Jorbin to deliver a keynote talk on Why WordPress Works This Way. Aaron is a core committer to WordPress, and was perfect for the job.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2425\" src=\"https:\/\/2016.stlouis.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/05\/wcstl-2nd-keynote-aaron-jorbin-600x315.png\" alt=\"wcstl-2nd-keynote-aaron-jorbin-600x315\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/05\/wcstl-2nd-keynote-aaron-jorbin-600x315.png 600w, https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/05\/wcstl-2nd-keynote-aaron-jorbin-600x315-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/05\/wcstl-2nd-keynote-aaron-jorbin-600x315-500x263.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Aside from being a core committer, Aaron is from New York City, and is currently the CTO of Happytables. He has spoken at conferences around the world. He&#8217;s worked with Conde Nast, and worked on some well known websites like WIRED, The New Yorker, and Vogue.<\/p>\n<p>An interesting fact for our beer fans, <a href=\"https:\/\/untappd.com\/user\/aaronjorbin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron is an active user of Untappd<\/a>, so you can follow along with him, or maybe catch a drink with him. If you&#8217;ve been wanting to meet him and talk with him, as an icebreaker, you might want to ask him what his favorite beer is.<\/p>\n<p>Other interesting facts about Aaron:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He&#8217;s originally from Chicago<\/li>\n<li>He&#8217;s Team Logan (Gilmore Girls reference)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2016.stlouis.wordcamp.org\/session\/why-wordpress-works-this-way\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron&#8217;s describes his talk<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ever wonder why WordPress approaches things the way it does? Or how something with so many contributors manages to hold together and grow, year after year?<\/p>\n<p>Is there some\u00a0quirk in the code, or the way we talk, that strikes you as, well, <em>bizarre<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>The single biggest strength WordPress can claim is not the user experience. It\u2019s not the platform\u2019s hundreds of contributors. It\u2019s not even its phenomenally\u00a0widespread adoption.<\/p>\n<p>Nope. It\u2019s the\u00a0philosophies that underlie all that.<\/p>\n<p>One benefit\u00a0of those philosophies is a\u00a0common trait of nearly all successful projects: A unified system for making decisions.<\/p>\n<p>So let\u2019s take a look inside the philosophies of WordPress core \u2014 and see how those principles guide the WordPress project.<\/p>\n<p>From there, we\u2019ll look at how defining philosophies in your own projects will make them better, too.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss out on Aaron Jorbin&#8217;s talk, <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.stlouis.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>buy your WordCamp St. Louis ticket today!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On day 2 of WordCamp St. Louis, we&#8217;ve invited Aaron Jorbin to deliver a keynote talk on Why WordPress Works This Way. Aaron is a core committer to WordPress, and was perfect for the job. 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