{"id":1721,"date":"2017-11-03T14:35:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T19:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.dfw.wordcamp.org\/?p=1721"},"modified":"2017-11-03T14:35:34","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T19:35:34","slug":"wcdfw-speaker-spotlight-peter-walker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfw.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wcdfw-speaker-spotlight-peter-walker\/","title":{"rendered":"WCDFW Speaker Spotlight: Peter Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Topic:\u00a0Get Paid! Plugins, Gateways, BitCoin: WordPress Ecommerce Project Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Peter Walker has been on the online journey for over 25 years, starting with the Star Fleet Command BBS in October 1988. His previous experience on his digital journey include being a professional audio engineer and a post secondary new media instructor. His main purpose in professional life is content editing &amp; managing, UX\/UI, front end HTML5 development, WordPress and project management.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you get involved in WordPress?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I first got involved in WordPress when I heard that it was not just a great blog,<br \/>\nbut a great Content Management System (CMS).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you do with WordPress?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A lot of things, from setting up a blog to making a responsive web design<br \/>\nwebsite and a mobile HTML5 application.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What has your experience with the WordPress community been like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Very positive! The co-operation of WordPress users is in the spirit of open<br \/>\nsource programming and application.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why did you want to speak at WordCamp DFW?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I wanted to share my experiences of my digital journey. I\u2019m a BBSer and former<br \/>\nNew Media instructor who has been online for line for 29 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why did you decide to speak onWordPress ecommerce project management?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of people who have great ideas who need help with business<br \/>\nand online marketing. The venture capitalists and angel finances also want to see actual cashflow in a real business format.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you hope the audience gets from your talk?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The online business process of getting their ideas into the online marketplace<br \/>\nquickly.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/2017.dfw.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\">Tickets are now on sale<\/a>\u00a0for this year\u2019s WordCamp DFW held on Nov. 11-12. There are also plenty of opportunities to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/2017.dfw.wordcamp.org\/call-for-sponsors\/\">sponsor the event<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/2017.dfw.wordcamp.org\/call-for-volunteers\/\">help run it<\/a>. We hope to see you there!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic:\u00a0Get Paid! Plugins, Gateways, BitCoin: WordPress Ecommerce Project Management Peter Walker has been on the online journey for over 25 years, starting with the Star Fleet Command BBS in October 1988. His previous experience on his digital journey include being a professional audio engineer and a post secondary new media instructor. His main purpose in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dfw.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wcdfw-speaker-spotlight-peter-walker\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WCDFW Speaker Spotlight: Peter Walker&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8005857,"featured_media":1982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"WCDFW Speaker Spotlight: Peter Walker","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1158652],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wordcamp-dfw-speakers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dfw.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/peter-walker.jpg?fit=2000%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8K1gz-rL","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1693,"url":"https:\/\/dfw.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wordcamp-dfw-speakers-round-four\/","url_meta":{"origin":1721,"position":0},"title":"WordCamp DFW Speakers: Round Four","author":"Jacob Martella","date":"October 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"With WordCamp DFW just 26 days away, the organizing team is ready to announce the final round of speakers for this year\u2019s event. 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