{"id":2166,"date":"2017-11-06T12:29:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T18:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.dfw.wordcamp.org\/?p=2166"},"modified":"2017-11-06T12:29:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T18:29:31","slug":"wcdfw-speaker-spotlight-scott-kingsley-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfw.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wcdfw-speaker-spotlight-scott-kingsley-clark\/","title":{"rendered":"WCDFW Speaker Spotlight: Scott Kingsley Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Topic: If You Think It, You Can Build It<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scott is a Senior Product Developer at Modern Tribe, the lead developer of the Pods Framework, and one of the driving forces behind the Fields API proposal for WordPress core. He spends his days thinking about and solving complicated data architecture problems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you get involved in WordPress?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I took a job with an SEO \/ Marketing company and they were using WordPress. I was hesitant to use WordPress because I thought the codebase was too big, but soon realized it accomplished more and more of my needs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you do with WordPress?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I build plugins for WordPress such as the Pods Framework. I also work on products for WordPress as part of my day job at Modern Tribe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What has your experience with the WordPress community been like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Overwhelmingly positive, the community helped give me confidence and inspiration to continue trying new things.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why did you want to speak at WordCamp DFW?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is my home area, I haven&#8217;t spoken at a WordCamp in this area since the original WordCamp Dallas was still going on in 2009. I&#8217;ve been volunteering and helping to organize WordCamp DFW since it&#8217;s comeback in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why did you decide to speak on the first stages of building a site?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m very excited to help inform more people about the very first stages that are often skipped when building a site. It&#8217;s not the whole part of my presentation but without it I&#8217;d never be able to do this demo live and within a specific time range.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you hope the audience gets from your talk?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The knowledge, comfortability, and confidence of the workflow to map out how they want to build a site before they start building.<\/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: If You Think It, You Can Build It Scott is a Senior Product Developer at Modern Tribe, the lead developer of the Pods Framework, and one of the driving forces behind the Fields API proposal for WordPress core. He spends his days thinking about and solving complicated data architecture problems. 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