{"id":2,"date":"2014-01-24T15:33:41","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T15:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.sheffield.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2014-03-14T11:32:10","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T11:32:10","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheffield.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<div class=\"wcorg-speakers\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-robert-orourke\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-robert-orourke wcorg-track-lecture-theatre\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRobert O&#8217;Rourke\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49fe903bbc0894e709facab6b5c73a72721a2b142e33a54dd445d7853034432a?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49fe903bbc0894e709facab6b5c73a72721a2b142e33a54dd445d7853034432a?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Making the unusual leap from a virology degree to bartending to web development Rob started out in the ecommerce sector but now spends most of his time writing plugins at interconnect\/it in his native Liverpool. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-paul-gibbs\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-paul-gibbs wcorg-track-lecture-theatre\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPaul Gibbs\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aa213217cfee057503276f68572128e1fde10f17c4d355a9e3b3dd8081f7ca62?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aa213217cfee057503276f68572128e1fde10f17c4d355a9e3b3dd8081f7ca62?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Code Wrangler at Automattic. BuddyPress Lead Developer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-mike-little\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-mike-little wcorg-track-main-hall\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Little\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f7d1ab46f7d082ae0b04949a431d5d0393967e8d82c45dc4564998f8792f7a6?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f7d1ab46f7d082ae0b04949a431d5d0393967e8d82c45dc4564998f8792f7a6?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mike co-founded WordPress over 10 years ago. Enough said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-mark-wilkinson\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-mark-wilkinson wcorg-track-lecture-theatre\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMark Wilkinson\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3aa625f409d687a15a93cd6fb4cca122c5e6fe7d6de6b6820fc202e2ec553a81?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3aa625f409d687a15a93cd6fb4cca122c5e6fe7d6de6b6820fc202e2ec553a81?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<div>Mark is a freelance WordPress developer and recently resigned as a secondary school teacher. Having worked with WordPress since 2006, he has built numerous themes and plugins.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-michelle-dhillon\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-michelle-dhillon wcorg-track-main-hall\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMichelle Dhillon\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25a271a947110fd503a141ec16060e55381e233ad381f7695379f192c5a0f7cd?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25a271a947110fd503a141ec16060e55381e233ad381f7695379f192c5a0f7cd?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Award-winning journalist\/entrepreneur. I do PR, communications &amp; marketing via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howlerwebdesign.com\">Howler PR &amp; Digital<\/a> and am the founder of the UK music journalism community for teens and kids, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockhaq.com)\">Rockhaq.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-tim-nash\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-tim-nash wcorg-track-lecture-theatre\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTim Nash\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f88a3eb1c152a12aeef9b0765dca4b09888b92ccd71f35be9fd0124bb516da2?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f88a3eb1c152a12aeef9b0765dca4b09888b92ccd71f35be9fd0124bb516da2?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Geek, Blogger and Developer. Tim is a &#8216;stuff&#8217; consultant on all things from AI to XML.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-jenny-wong\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-jenny-wong wcorg-track-lecture-theatre\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJenny Wong\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d5a6e0328df211e604be1be5c7e3022b0faadf322bab1001b61b3d5596904148?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d5a6e0328df211e604be1be5c7e3022b0faadf322bab1001b61b3d5596904148?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Forever learning, usually coding,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phpnw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@phpnw<\/a>\u00a0organiser and community enabler.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-tammie-lister\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-tammie-lister wcorg-track-main-hall\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTammie Lister\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4084136064f74506c457495ac89ac8a69734fad0dcb750d940e08af84e0e7c24?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4084136064f74506c457495ac89ac8a69734fad0dcb750d940e08af84e0e7c24?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am a theme wrangler with Automattic and live and breathe WordPress themes. I want to pass this passion on with a talk that focuses on the small things.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-samantha-deakin\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-samantha-deakin wcorg-track-main-hall\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSamantha Deakin\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9967b61c5045b8b565f20ae939f1b2ff2663ef4e7ed1179ca18389d45fd9069c?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9967b61c5045b8b565f20ae939f1b2ff2663ef4e7ed1179ca18389d45fd9069c?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lead organiser at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SWSheffield\" rel=\"nofollow\">@SWSheffield<\/a>\u00a0(Startup Weekend Sheffield) Helping aspiring entrepreneurs in the City to build &#8216;the right thing&#8217; through experiential learning and customer validation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-tom-willmot\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-tom-willmot wcorg-track-main-hall\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTom Willmot\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1bfc007b4237085e6fc6d7337ac5add04b4a86bbeb4310aa0dcc5254cbd1bd02?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1bfc007b4237085e6fc6d7337ac5add04b4a86bbeb4310aa0dcc5254cbd1bd02?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Web developer \/ entrepreneur, founded UK WordPress agency Human Made Limited with brother @joe_hoyle in 2010 and happytables ltd. with @noeltock in 2012.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-graham-armfield\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-graham-armfield wcorg-track-main-hall\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGraham Armfield\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f684f4cc972282de186d82860316d741081e106110096762e4b2588b3d5920a?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f684f4cc972282de186d82860316d741081e106110096762e4b2588b3d5920a?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Graham carries out accessibility tests on websites \u2013 both large and small \u2013 and then advises the site owners on the results. He also works with other web developers to explain accessibility concepts and to suggest solutions for web accessibility issues.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-jonny-allbut\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-jonny-allbut wcorg-track-main-hall\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJonny Allbut\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/61e96974792bfb3590185c9f6af35ece447073fa914cf68d6906d94f32e620de?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/61e96974792bfb3590185c9f6af35ece447073fa914cf68d6906d94f32e620de?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>After running a successful freelance business for over a decade Jonny joined Tanc Design as a director and Head of Digital, based in Birmingham. He specialises in bespoke WordPress theme development and is the creator and project lead on Wonderflux &#8211; the free, open source WordPress theme framework.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-tom-j-nowell\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-tom-j-nowell wcorg-track-lecture-theatre\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTom J Nowell\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2ada113f1a81801cf4421e0b5af53c08bab45292957545dc68753ac5147b7c6f?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2ada113f1a81801cf4421e0b5af53c08bab45292957545dc68753ac5147b7c6f?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Web developer in the UK and\u00a0moderator on WordPress Stack Exchange.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-ian-parr\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-ian-parr wcorg-track-lecture-theatre\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIan Parr\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d59c028f682c6746c8d9c2b6cb47f7af8e506eb30c6ae7d145d5b2fe403af4ad?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d59c028f682c6746c8d9c2b6cb47f7af8e506eb30c6ae7d145d5b2fe403af4ad?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ian tries to help people make less awful websites, through good UX practice and front-end trickery.<\/p>\n<p>He thinks this whole &#8216;mobile web&#8217; thing is catching on and we had best be prepared.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-kimb-jones\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-kimb-jones wcorg-track-main-hall\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKimb Jones\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42ddd19d7124c337af690ed7c5294a0a8eb80b5be4c88bc8b916f5c7d4f34880?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42ddd19d7124c337af690ed7c5294a0a8eb80b5be4c88bc8b916f5c7d4f34880?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>WordCamp Sheffield organizer. 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