{"id":1145,"date":"2015-08-26T14:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.capetown.wordcamp.org\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2015-08-26T14:01:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T12:01:18","slug":"derick-watts-are-back-at-wordcamp-cape-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2015\/derick-watts-are-back-at-wordcamp-cape-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Derick Watts are back at WordCamp Cape Town!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there everyone,<\/p>\n<p>Time sure does fly! It&#8217;s almost hard to believe that this is going to be <a href=\"http:\/\/derickwatts.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">our<\/a> third WordCamp Cape Town. Oh&#8230;you hadn&#8217;t heard? Well, surprise: after having so much fun with you folks in 2013 and 2014, we&#8217;ll be back to host WordCamp Cape Town one more time in the glorious surrounds of <a href=\"https:\/\/2015.capetown.wordcamp.org\/venue\/\">The River Club<\/a> in Observatory.<\/p>\n<p>Why? Well, isn&#8217;t it obvious that this year&#8217;s WCCT is going to be the best one yet? <a href=\"https:\/\/2015.capetown.wordcamp.org\/schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spread over two days<\/a> for the first time, 2015&#8217;s edition is bigger and better than ever before. An amazing lineup of local and international speakers, workshops with some of the best in the business to help you level-up your skills and \u2013 let&#8217;s be honest here, a highlight of every WordCamp worth mentioning \u2013 ridiculously good food and coffee to help keep your energy levels up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1146\" src=\"https:\/\/2015.capetown.wordcamp.org\/files\/2015\/08\/dwtsb_02_photo-by-mark-chittenden-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"dwtsb_02_photo-by-mark-chittenden\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/08\/dwtsb_02_photo-by-mark-chittenden-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/08\/dwtsb_02_photo-by-mark-chittenden-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/08\/dwtsb_02_photo-by-mark-chittenden-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/08\/dwtsb_02_photo-by-mark-chittenden-1000x667.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2015.capetown.wordcamp.org\/08\/25\/wordcamp-cape-town-bingo\/\">WP Bingo<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/2015.capetown.wordcamp.org\/08\/13\/golfing-fun-at-wordcamp-even-if-youve-never-played-before\/\">Golf clubs<\/a>? Free swag<sup>\u2020<\/sup>? A sweet <a href=\"https:\/\/2015.capetown.wordcamp.org\/08\/24\/wordcamp-after-party\/\">after-party<\/a> where you can mingle with some of the smartest, most good-looking people the community has to offer? You bet. We&#8217;ll be there to help guide you through the day and make sure you have a great time. Don&#8217;t worry \u2013 we won&#8217;t be doing any impromptu haircuts and Gareth has promised to not fall through the stage this year. Third time&#8217;s the charm, right?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2015.capetown.wordcamp.org\/08\/06\/convince-your-boss\/\">Convince your boss<\/a> that you need to attend this year&#8217;s WCCT. If they\u00a0play hardball, we&#8217;ll be happy to phone them\u00a0up and explain the situation to him or her*. We&#8217;re nice like that.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to seeing all of you at <strong>The River Club<\/strong> on <strong>September 10 and 11<\/strong>, and remember: everybody who attends gets a free back rub<sup>\u00b6<\/sup> from Nic. Deal? Deal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2020 Cool promotional merchandise, not the the street-smart attitude and style.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>* These phone calls may occur at 3am and may\/may not involve heavy breathing. You have been warned.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00b6 And by \u201cback rub\u201d we actually mean \u201chandshake\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there everyone, Time sure does fly! It&#8217;s almost hard to believe that this is going to be our third WordCamp Cape Town. Oh&#8230;you hadn&#8217;t heard? Well, surprise: after having so much fun with you folks in 2013 and 2014, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2015\/derick-watts-are-back-at-wordcamp-cape-town\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"assistive-text\">Derick Watts are back at WordCamp Cape Town!<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9355949,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"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":"That's right - Derick Watts are back at WordCamp Cape Town! #wcct","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":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5LFb1-it","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9355949"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1145"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1162,"href":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145\/revisions\/1162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}