{"id":2582,"date":"2016-03-28T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.sandiego.wordcamp.org\/?p=2582"},"modified":"2016-03-07T15:17:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T23:17:38","slug":"announcing-the-wcsd-2016-open-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiego.wordcamp.org\/2016\/announcing-the-wcsd-2016-open-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the WCSD 2016 Open Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2585 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2016.sandiego.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/03\/open-discussion.png?resize=640%2C416&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"WordPress Open Discussion\" width=\"640\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandiego.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/03\/open-discussion.png?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandiego.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/03\/open-discussion.png?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandiego.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/03\/open-discussion.png?resize=462%2C300&amp;ssl=1 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is an open discussion about WordPress. No speakers, no panel judges. Everyone in attendance is welcome to join in and participate in the conversation. We&#8217;ll be discussing themes and plugins, like you&#8217;ve never discussed them before.<\/p>\n<p>Asking questions is part of the fun, at WordCamp. Now, you have the chance to answer someone else&#8217;s question.<\/p>\n<p>This is not a session to plug your business or mention that you just opened shop. This is a session where you can become part of the WordPress community and give back to others.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;overflow: hidden\">\n<h2>Discussion will be lead by: Russell Aaron<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2567 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2016.sandiego.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/03\/russell-aaron.png?resize=179%2C179&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"179\" \/><\/p>\n<p>College was the place that I first found WordPress. I moved to Eugene Oregon and attended The University of Oregon. This is where I learned how to write a blog. I learned how to manipulate the template \u201a&#8221;theme&#8221; of my site. I had all these blog posts and I still did not get hired. After graduation, I moved to Las Vegas and I was selling memberships to adult websites. I was asked to build the website for the affiliate program. I turned to WordPress once again. In 2011, I attended WordCamp Vegas. I met some really cool people and my love for WordPress was recreated. Since that WordCamp I&#8217;ve focused all of my time and attention on WordPress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an open discussion about WordPress. No speakers, no panel judges. Everyone in attendance is welcome to join in and participate in the conversation. We&#8217;ll be discussing themes and plugins, like you&#8217;ve never discussed them before. Asking questions is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiego.wordcamp.org\/2016\/announcing-the-wcsd-2016-open-discussion\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"assistive-text\">Announcing the WCSD 2016 Open Discussion<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8534657,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":""},"categories":[29,632900],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speakers","category-sunday-wordcamp"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xlrA-FE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiego.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiego.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiego.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiego.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8534657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiego.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2582"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sandiego.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2584,"href":"https:\/\/sandiego.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582\/revisions\/2584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiego.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiego.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiego.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}