{"id":1007,"date":"2018-09-28T11:30:15","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T09:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.capetown.wordcamp.org\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2018-10-10T14:39:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T12:39:38","slug":"second-round-of-wordcamp-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2018\/second-round-of-wordcamp-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Second round of WordCamp speakers!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’ve already announced<\/a> the first half of speakers for this year’s WordCamp Cape Town, and we’re excited to let you know who will be joining them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, without further ado, here are the rest of the speakers that you’ll be learning from this year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTrisha Cornelius\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTrisha Cornelius has been playing with WordPress since she ran away to Costa Rica with her husband at the end of 2009. She has an interest in HTML and CSS, and has written a WordPress plugin, “The Turtle Moves” for her own amusement. Trisha loves the WordPress community and thinks that WordPress is a wonderful way to help people find their voice and share it with the world.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPascal Birchler\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Pascal is a software engineer and WordPress core developer based in Zurich, Switzerland. He\u2019s been working with WordPress for half of his life and is an avid member of the community. Living in a multilingual country, Pascal is passionate about internationalisation and improving this area in WordPress to make the web a better place.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMatt Bush\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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CTO and Co-founder of Trust My Travel.
\nFreelance web developer living in Cape Town for the last 13 years and working almost entirely with WordPress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChido Warambwa\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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I am a software developer based in Cape Town passionate about the I.T industry and it’s potential to bring about a positive impact on the world.<\/p>\n

I also really enjoy making developer’s lives easier by thinking through current software development standards, and how to best utilize them to allow developers to focus on what they really want to do. <\/p>\n

I am a bit of a programming nerd:)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClaire Nieuwoudt\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Hates writing bios. Loves cats, picnics and her husband. Is happiest when all three loves coincide. Been entrepreneuring since 2012. Delights customers for a living through the making and selling of ties, bow ties and suspenders online. Website: bowtiesandbraces.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOduor Ken Jagero\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Oduor Jagero is the founder and Lead at CMS Africa and CMS Africa Summit. He is the CEO of Koamedia<\/a>, a company that specializes in web development, domains, and web consultancies. When he is not in tech, he writes. He has written two novels, True Citizen<\/em> and Ghosts of 1894<\/em>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJonathan Bossenger\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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I’m an open source advocate who believes in sustainable business building by equipping my clients with tools that work for their business goals. As a lifelong learner, I’m always finding new projects and skills to refine.\u00a0<\/span>I have spoken about several topics at WordCamps, Meetups, and in podcasting including how to contribute to open source and understanding the GPL. I’m also one of co-organisers\u00a0of the WordPress Cape Town Meetup, work on the Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin, and am an expert at Codeable.\u00a0<\/span>When I’m not performing code reviews, you can find me spending time with my children, training Gracie Jiu Jitsu, and mentoring others in the WordPress community.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n\n

We’ll let this news sink in for a few days and announce the complete WordCamp schedule soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t forget to get your tickets<\/a> for WordCamp Cape Town 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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