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AL DAVIS<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Al Davis has been supporting and growing the WordPress community in Canada for years. He recently launched WPTeach\u2014 a website for all things WordPress. WPTeach provides news, tutorials, reviews and interviews covering a wide range of user abilities. He\u2019s also organized past WordCamps, and sponsored many others. Al is truly a leader in the WordPress world.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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DALE MUGFORD<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Dale is our emcee for the day, and is President & Co-Founder of BraveNewCode, a WordPress plugin company. For over 15 years, he\u2019s designed websites built on WordPress before co-founding BraveNewCode with Duane, and creating WPtouch, WordTwit, Piggy & other popular WordPress plugins. Combined, BraveNewCode\u2019s plugins have been downloaded a whopping 5.7 million times, and they have customers in over 100 countries worldwide.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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JOEY COLEMAN<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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An independent journalist\/blogger, Joey Coleman advocates for open data and runs Canada\u2019s first crownfunded-only news outlet. Joey\u2019s journalism experience includes Maclean\u2019s Magazine as a reporter\/blogger (he refused to be known just as a reporter) and photographer covering higher education. Joey is passionate about WordPress and leverages it for citizen journalism here in Hamilton.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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KEVIN BROWNE<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Our keynote speaker, Kevin Browne stands at the front of the software boom here in Hamilton. As an organizer, advocate, and liaison, Kevin Browne is our foremost activist\/evangelist for the tech community here in Hamilton. Kevin is a teacher, PhD Candidate, researcher, and longtime WordPress user.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>

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KRISTIN ARCHER<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Kristin Archer of I Heart Hamilton and Seema Narula of This Must Be The Place share a passion for their love of exploration and rediscovery of the city they live in. They have been blogging about Hamilton\u2019s music, art, & food scenes for over two years. They will be discussing how they got their blogs started and how they\u2019ve seen their readership grow. They share tips on using WordPress to start a website, create content, & grow readers & followers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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LAURIE RAUCH<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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A WordPress-loving Front-End Web Developer, Laurie M. Rauch believes that great user experiences start at the first line of code. Laurie runs Code Diva, where she provides WordPress theme development, customizations, and coaching. She will discuss how to create a child theme, including finding the perfect parent, changing styles, and customizing functionality.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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RICHARD RUDY<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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A type-obsessed Graphic Designer running Design+Awesome and living in Hamilton, Richard is a WordPress lover and will be discussing the current state of taking your WordPress website mobile. He\u2019ll be discussing the themes, tools and services available, plus other tips, tricks and handy info.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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SEEMA NARULA<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Kristin Archer of I Heart Hamilton and Seema Narula of This Must Be The Place share a passion for their love of exploration and rediscovery of the city they live in. They have been blogging about Hamilton\u2019s music, art, & food scenes for over two years. They will be discussing how they got their blogs started and how they\u2019ve seen their readership grow. They share tips on using WordPress to start a website, create content, & grow readers & followers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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TODD DOW<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Todd Dow is a writer, geek, CF fundraiser & native Hamiltonian. Todd\u2019s wife, his kids, faith, baseball, infosec & devops are a few of his favourite things. Todd will be talking about how to make sure your WordPress site stays up and remains relevant over time. He\u2019ll cover hosting, backups, monitoring & metrics, security and more!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8002317,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-332343","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2YPl4-1osn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamilton.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/332343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamilton.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamilton.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamilton.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hamilton.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/332343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332344,"href":"https:\/\/hamilton.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/332343\/revisions\/332344"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamilton.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/andreamiddleton"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamilton.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}