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Before he knew it, Aaron found himself speaking at 5 WordCamps and leading the organization of WordCamp Chicago 2013. He even managed to make core contributions to WordPress 3.5 and 3.6 and release a few plug-ins on the official repository.<\/p>\n<p>When Aaron isn\u2019t rocking WordPress, he\u2019s playing video games (he\u2019ll even cop to watching \u201cprofessional StarCraft matches\u201d), working out, hanging out with his 2 kids, and on at least one occasion, jumping out of airplanes.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron will be presenting <a title=\"HTML &amp; CSS Foundations\" href=\"https:\/\/2013.chicago.wordcamp.org\/session\/html-css-foundations\/\">HTML &amp; CSS Foundations<\/a>, will be participating in the <a title=\"[PANEL] Designers and Developers, Bridging the Gap\" href=\"https:\/\/2013.chicago.wordcamp.org\/session\/panel-designers-and-developers-bridging-the-gap\/\">Designers &amp; Developers<\/a> panel on Saturday and the <a title=\"[Panel] The Zen of Freelancing\" href=\"https:\/\/2013.chicago.wordcamp.org\/session\/panel-the-zen-of-freelancing\/\">Freelance<\/a> Panel on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Aaron Holbrook: <a href=\"http:\/\/aaronjholbrook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/2013.chicago.wordcamp.org\/files\/2013\/05\/simple-wordpress-icon.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AaronJHolbrook\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/2013.chicago.wordcamp.org\/files\/2013\/05\/simple-twitter-icon.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron started crafting websites came at the age of 14, when he built a fan site for his favorite video game: Age of Empires. 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