{"id":761,"date":"2015-09-09T14:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T19:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.omaha.wordcamp.org\/?p=761"},"modified":"2015-09-07T11:03:49","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T16:03:49","slug":"meet-the-wordcamp-omaha-speakers-will-riley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omaha.wordcamp.org\/2015\/meet-the-wordcamp-omaha-speakers-will-riley\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the WordCamp Omaha Speakers: Will Riley"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"will\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Hi, I\u2019m a\u00a0full-stack developer\u00a0and\u00a0open tech\u00a0evangelist. I’m a developer at the design company Grain & Mortar<\/a>, and I’m Director of New Media at\u00a0AIGA Nebraska<\/a>, an organization focused on connecting designers.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m passionate about educating people on the direction tech has been, and is\u00a0going, through good design.<\/p>\n

Wearables, The\u00a0Internet of Things, location-based services, mobile, and serendipitous social discovery: Those are my\u00a0focuses among others, and\u00a0tend to be grouped into the term\u00a0\u201ccontext.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Hometown<\/strong>: Omaha, Neb.<\/p>\n

Contact<\/strong>:\u00a0williamriley.me<\/a> | @bill_riley<\/a><\/p>\n

Session:\u00a0WordPress for Web Developers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

WordPress is a great framework, but other frameworks have great ideas inside of them.\u00a0In this talk, we’ll take a comparative look at the tools and philosophies in WordPress, and compare these to other PHP, Ruby, and .NET frameworks and how we can take advantage of those inside of WordPress right now.<\/p>\n

WordCamp Omaha 2015 is happening Oct. 10-11 at Metropolitan Community College\u2019s Fort Omaha Campus. Get tickets<\/a> today!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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