{"id":161,"date":"2009-04-15T21:37:21","date_gmt":"2009-04-16T03:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordcampchicago.com\/?p=161"},"modified":"2011-05-17T19:16:25","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T00:16:25","slug":"speaker-spotlight-doug-hanna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/speaker-spotlight-doug-hanna\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Spotlight: Doug Hanna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"165\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/speaker-spotlight-doug-hanna\/douglas\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/files\/2009\/04\/douglas.png\" data-orig-size=\"300,199\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Doug Hanna\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;WordCamp Chicago, WordPress Show Case&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/files\/2009\/04\/douglas.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/files\/2009\/04\/douglas.png\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-165\" title=\"Doug Hanna\" src=\"https:\/\/2011.chicago.wordcamp.org\/files\/2009\/04\/douglas.png\" alt=\"Doug Hanna\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/>I&#8217;m looking forward to hearing <a href=\"http:\/\/serviceuntitled.com\/\">Doug Hanna<\/a> speak at WordCamp Chicago on the topic of the <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/showcase\/\">WordPress Showcase<\/a>.  For those of you who are not aware &#8211; or who haven&#8217;t taken a good long look at it &#8211; the WordPress Showcase is a section of the official WordPress site where they show off WordPress being used in innovative and creative ways across the vast world wide web (aka: www).  The goal of the Showcase is to show the world what WordPress can do &#8211; and only a small number of sites are showcased on this site, so the ones you see in the spotlight are exceptional executions of the WordPress platform; including <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\">WordPress.Org<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mu.wordpress.org\">WordPress MU<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/buddypress.org\">BuddyPress <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.com\">WordPress.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Doug Hanna has spoken at several WordCamps around the country and works for <a href=\"http:\/\/automattic.com\">Automattic<\/a>, the company behind <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.com\">WordPress.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/akismet.com\">Akismet.com<\/a>, as a \u201cCommunications Engineer.\u201d At Automattic, Doug spends most of his time running the day-to-day operations of the WordPress.org Showcase and helping to support WordPress.com users.<\/p>\n<p>At WordCamp Chicago, we&#8217;re looking forward to hearing what it takes to manage the day to day operations of the WordPress Showcase, including criteria for site submission, things to avoid and what&#8217;s in store for the future of the WordPress Showcase.<\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t wait!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to hearing Doug Hanna speak at WordCamp Chicago on the topic of the WordPress Showcase. 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