{"id":1218,"date":"2013-05-13T16:16:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T21:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2013.milwaukee.wordcamp.org\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2013-05-13T20:18:21","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T01:18:21","slug":"speaker-highlight-pete-prodoehl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milwaukee.wordcamp.org\/2013\/speaker-highlight-pete-prodoehl\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker: Pete Prodoehl"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Speaker:<\/strong> Pete Prodoehl<\/a><\/p>\n

Pete will be speaking at WCMKE 2013 about “The Importance of Blogging to the Maker\/DIY Community<\/a>”<\/p>\n

His session description is: “With the rise of the Maker & DIY movement, the importance of blogging, sharing, and self-hosting your own content becomes a critical issue. Many networks exist for the sharing of information, but having one you control yourself is not to be ignored.”<\/p>\n

We asked Pete a few question. Get to know Pete a little here:<\/p>\n

Where do you go first to get your WP news, insights, and updates?<\/strong>
\n“The Internet! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

People I follow on social networks, and the official WordPress channels. And (of course) I subscribe to 200+ RSS feeds, many of which mention new WordPress things.”<\/p>\n

Confess to us your biggest moment of WP fail?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not having a (recent) database backup. (We’ve all been there, right?) Luckily it was for one of my own sites.<\/p>\n

Do you use Themes & Child Themes, Roll your own, or both?<\/strong>
\nI’ve dabbled in all of the above.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the biggest misconception you encounter about WordPress, and how do you clear it up for your clients?<\/strong><\/p>\n

That it’s just for blogging. We just share with them all the amazing web sites built with it.<\/p>\n

If you were interviewing another WordPress developer for a job, what is the first question you would ask and why?<\/strong>
\nHow long have you been blogging? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

When was the first time that you really got excited about WordPress?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve been blogging since 1997, but never settled on a platform I liked until WordPress came along. Having a well maintained (and secure!) application like WordPress was a good thing! MovableType was not open source, b2 had been pretty much abandoned, but WordPress was looking good, and in 2004 I decided to move my site to WordPress.<\/p>\n

Follow Pete<\/strong>
\nBlog: RasterWeb.net<\/a>
\nTwitter: @raster<\/a>
\nLinkedIn<\/a>
\nFacebook<\/a>
\nGoogle+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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