{"id":774,"date":"2015-09-23T08:05:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T12:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.hamptonroads.wordcamp.org\/?p=774"},"modified":"2015-09-23T08:05:30","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T12:05:30","slug":"speaker-interview-ben-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamptonroads.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-interview-ben-bond\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Interview: Ben Bond"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tim: What’s your WordPress “orgin” story?<\/p>\n

I have been a php developer for over 10 years and have tried multiple CMS. I was a huge fan of Joomla for many year until I gave WordPress a serious chance. I have now been working with WordPress for about 6 years now and have worked on some really amazing project with the awesome tool. Fast forward to today and I now feel that WordPress is in a league of it’s own.
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\nTim: Whats your top 3 WordPress plugins? Why?<\/p>\n

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  1. Jetpack – Jetpack is a powerful plugin that does a lot. Using jetpack also keeps my plugin count down since it has so many features.<\/li>\n
  2. JSON API – Unlocks the power of WordPress and makes it extendable.\n<\/li>\n
  3. Advanced Custom Fields – A great plugin for multiple use cases and allows you to really customize WordPress with minimal coding changes. The king of custom meta box plugins<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Tim: Whats your most proud achievement around WordPress?<\/p>\n

    My most proud achievement in WordPress would have to be my development of a mobile game engine within WordPress. I pride myself in using WordPress in unusual use cases and a mobile game engine is definitely one of those.<\/p>\n

    With that achievement under my belt I have now focused my work on mobile development powered by WordPress.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Tim: What do you want our readers to know about you?<\/p>\n

    The main thing I want readers to know about me is that I’m not to far removed from being a novice in WordPress. If you’re just getting started in WordPress don’t get discouraged by all of the technical topics being thrown around. There’s a place for every skill level in the WordPress community so stay the course and find your place.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Tim: Define yourself with one word.<\/p>\n

    Experimenter <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Ben is giving his talk on using WordPress as a mobile game engine<\/a> at 9am on Oct. 17th. You won’t want to miss it! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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