{"id":1160,"date":"2016-04-25T16:51:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T21:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.chicago.wordcamp.org\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2016-05-03T09:30:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T14:30:31","slug":"breakdown-of-common-beginner-struggles-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2016\/breakdown-of-common-beginner-struggles-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakdown of Common Beginner Struggles &amp; Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Silver\u00a0is a speaker at WordCamp Chicago this talking about <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.chicago.wordcamp.org\/session\/breakdown-of-common-beginner-struggles-solutions\/\">Breakdown of Common Beginner Struggles &amp; Solutions<\/a>.\u00a0Get to know him below!<\/p>\n<h2>BIO:<\/h2>\n<p>Adam teaches a beginner WordPress course at his local adult school, presents a monthly WordPress seminar at SBDC, runs the SouthBay WordPress Meetup and produces a weekly podcast over at <a href=\"http:\/\/kitchensinkwp.com\/\">kitchensinkwp.com<\/a>. In spare time he hangs out with his wickedly cool 3 kids &amp; wife, and makes some really bad puns, since someone has to.<\/p>\n<h2>WordCamp Chicago Mini-Interview<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong> When did you first become interested in WordPress?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I heard about WordPress in 2006-2007 in the ether, but didn\u2019t really start using it until late 2008 early 2009.\u00a0 I actually tried two other CMS\u2019s before making the transition.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong> What motivated you to speak at WordCamp?\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I really enjoy sharing, teaching as well as learning from others.\u00a0 I just wish I was this excited about learning when I was in school!<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong> Why do you think WordPress is different from other web platforms?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Everyone says it\u2019s the community, and I agree, though there are other reasons as well.\u00a0 The mission as Matt states is to \u201cDeomcratize Publishing\u201d and we shouldn\u2019t lose site of that.\u00a0 Publishing content of any sort gives people a voice to be heard that didn\u2019t exist in the past.\u00a0 Additonally, there is a place for all sorts of people within WordPress: developers, designers, trainers and project managers.\u00a0 The platform is growing and that only happens with there is a support system in place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Silver\u00a0is a speaker at WordCamp Chicago this talking about Breakdown of Common Beginner Struggles &amp; Solutions.\u00a0Get to know him below! 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