{"id":1438,"date":"2013-06-07T09:41:49","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T14:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2013.chicago.wordcamp.org\/?p=1438"},"modified":"2013-10-14T21:58:56","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T02:58:56","slug":"wordcamp-chicago-2013-speaker-interview-chris-lema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wordcamp-chicago-2013-speaker-interview-chris-lema\/","title":{"rendered":"WordCamp Chicago 2013 Speaker Interview: Chris Lema"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Chris<\/a>Chris Lema – \"WordPress<\/a> \"twitter<\/a> \"facebook<\/a> \"LinkedIn<\/a> \"Google+<\/a><\/h2>\n

Chris Lema is the VP of Software Engineering at Emphasys Software<\/a>, where he manages high performers and oversees product development and innovation. He’s also a blogger<\/a>, ebook author and runs a WordPress meetup in North County San Diego<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He will be presenting “You’re a Professional: How to Avoid Overshoot & Lost Profits<\/a>” \u00a0on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Interview with Chris:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Why do you use WordPress?<\/b>
\nI use WordPress because it’s currently the best platform for most of the things I do online. The broad community support for the platform continues to drive more and more value onto the platform (in the form of services, plugins and themes).<\/p>\n

What do you like best about WordCamps?<\/b>
\nI love connecting with people and talking about their businesses, their initiatives, and how they’re having success with WordPress.<\/p>\n

What is your favorite tip or resource for a new WordPress user?<\/b>
\nThat’s easy. They should buy a subscription to WP101.com, read wpbeginner.com daily, and head over to chrislema.com when they want to compare plugins and themes.<\/p>\n

What is a common problem you see in WordPress sites, and how would you avoid it?<\/b>
\nI find that many sites are pretty but difficult to read. I strongly suggest people embrace 16 is the new 12 when it comes to font size.<\/p>\n

How do you stay up to date with new information about WordPress?<\/b>
\nI check out http:\/\/wpdaily.co<\/a> daily. I also subscribe to wpMail.me<\/a> and watch two webcasts – WPwatercooler<\/a> and Dradcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Share an example of a really great (creative, cool, unusual) use of WordPress you’ve seen recently.<\/b>
\nI love this site: http:\/\/qz.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Do you have any advice for a person who’s building a business around WordPress design\/development?<\/b>
\nI do. A lot. That’s where I spend my time. First, come visit: http:\/\/chrislema.com\/the-business-track<\/a>\u00a0and then hit me up for more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chris Lema – Chris Lema is the VP of Software Engineering at Emphasys Software, where he manages high performers and oversees product development and innovation. He’s also a blogger, ebook author and runs a WordPress meetup in North County San Diego. He will be presenting “You’re a Professional: How to Avoid Overshoot & Lost Profits” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5906591,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[116624],"class_list":["post-1438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speakers","tag-interview"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p31ZWq-nc","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5906591"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1438"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":427701,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438\/revisions\/427701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}