{"id":283844,"date":"2014-09-16T10:56:27","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T08:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.capetown.wordcamp.org\/?p=283844"},"modified":"2014-09-16T10:56:27","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T08:56:27","slug":"speaker-spotlight-hugh-lashbrooke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speaker-spotlight-hugh-lashbrooke\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Spotlight: Hugh Lashbrooke"},"content":{"rendered":"

We asked each of our speakers a few questions about themselves and their connection with WordPress – here’s what Hugh\u00a0had to say.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"HughHugh is a self-taught geek, PHP developer and father from Cape Town currently working as a lead developer at WooThemes<\/a>. Outside of his work at WooThemes he has numerous plugins in the WordPress.org repo and is heavily involved in the local WordPress community. He is also a new father and loving the joys and challenges that come with that.<\/p>\n

How are you involved with WordPress and the WordPress community?<\/h3>\n

I am a developer at WooThemes where I work on a number of WooCommerce extensions as well as head up development on our e-learning plugin, Sensei. I am also very involved in the Cape Town WordPress community where I organise events, meetups, hackathons and this very WordCamp.<\/p>\n

What excites you most about WordPress?<\/h3>\n

The community that has developed around WordPress is amazing – I love the software, but I find the people more exciting. Seeing the events, connections and talent develop in the WordPress community is incredible and absolutely awe-inspiring.<\/p>\n

If you could have one super power, what would it be and why?<\/h3>\n

The ability to never age – that way I could always be a young dad and would always be able to play with my daughter as she grows up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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