{"id":836248,"date":"2014-05-17T20:30:50","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T01:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.chicago.wordcamp.org\/?p=836248"},"modified":"2014-05-15T22:25:26","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T03:25:26","slug":"interview-with-george-stephanis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2014\/interview-with-george-stephanis\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with George Stephanis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"interview\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2014.chicago.wordcamp.org\/speakers\/#wcorg-speaker-george-stephanis\">George Stephanis<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daljo628\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/2014.chicago.wordcamp.org\/files\/2014\/05\/twitter-square-icon.png\" alt=\"twitter dark blue jeans social media icons designed by icons.mysitemyway.com\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/george.stephanis\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/2014.chicago.wordcamp.org\/files\/2014\/05\/facebook-square-icon.png\" alt=\"facebook dark blue jeans social media icons designed by icons.mysitemyway.com\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"www.linkedin.com\/in\/stephanis\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/2014.chicago.wordcamp.org\/files\/2014\/05\/linkedin-square-2-icon.png\" alt=\"LinkedIn dark blue jeans social media icons designed by icons.mysitemyway.com\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/+georgestephanis\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/2014.chicago.wordcamp.org\/files\/2014\/05\/google-square-icon.png\" alt=\"Google+ dark blue jeans social media icons designed by icons.mysitemyway.com\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>George will be presenting <a href=\"https:\/\/2014.chicago.wordcamp.org\/session\/moving-your-plugin-to-github-trials-tribulations-and-testing\/\">Moving your Plugin to GitHub: Trials, Tribulations, and Testing<\/a> on Saturday in the Development track<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left;margin-right: 10px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/67789ca3d8466c323f9af571b4d69b87?s=250\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>George Stephanis works for Automattic (makers of WordPress.com) as Team Lead for the Jetpack Pit Crew, helping self-hosted WordPress sites take advantage of the WordPress.com cloud.<\/p>\n<p>He is also a frequent core contributor to the WordPress open-source project, a community organizer, regularly presents at WordCamps, and guests on podcasts like the WPWatercooler and the WP Girlie Show.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"interview\">Interview:<\/h3>\n<p><b>Why do you use WordPress?<\/b><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s free, both in speech and in beer. The ability of anyone to use WordPress as a fulcrum to launch their content into the world is a tremendous win for the open web and democratizing content across the world.<\/p>\n<p><b>What would you say to convince someone to attend a WordCamp?<\/b><br \/>\nIf you use WordPress, it&#8217;ll be one of your best weekends all year long. If you don&#8217;t use WordPress, come. You&#8217;ll be one of us soon enough. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><b>What is your favorite WordPress project you have worked on recently?<\/b><br \/>\nJetpack or Core. Either one will do.<\/p>\n<p><b>What is your favorite WordPress-related resource?<\/b><br \/>\nI hear Google&#8217;s pretty awesome.<\/p>\n<p><b>Tell us something awesome about yourself that is not WordPress related<\/b><br \/>\nWhen not on the computer, I&#8217;m a bit of a luddite. 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