{"id":3778,"date":"2017-10-03T13:19:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T17:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.annarbor.wordcamp.org\/?p=3778"},"modified":"2017-10-04T13:19:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T17:19:44","slug":"ross-johnson-hes-not-afraid-of-clowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2017\/ross-johnson-hes-not-afraid-of-clowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross Johnson, He’s Not Afraid of Clowns"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there was one thing I could say about Ross Johnson it’s that he’s not<\/em> afraid of clowns. Not even a little bit. Is there more to know about him? Let’s find out.<\/p>\n

What drives you to speak at WordCamps?<\/h2>\n

I love learning. It gives me an opportunity to improve my understanding of a topic (if you want to know something deeply, teach it) and share what I’ve learned with others.<\/p>\n

What is your session about?<\/h2>\n

Differentiating yourself in a crowded market using design.<\/p>\n

Where can people find more about you?<\/h2>\n

You can find my design agency here<\/a> and my project management plugin here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What would you like to see change about the WordPress platform in the next 5-10 years?<\/h2>\n

I’d like to see an improved admin experience. For a long time WordPress was considered the easiest CMS to learn and understand but I no longer think that’s the case. The admin interface hasn’t changed in a long time and could benefit from rethinking.<\/p>\n

Who do you think is under represented in the WordPress community?<\/h2>\n

I’m going to say children because they rarely come up in these conversations yet the younger generations will start building websites at a much earlier age than we all did.<\/p>\n

What was the most challenging WordPress project you\u2019ve worked on?<\/h2>\n

I only work on easy projects. I did build a bid management system that allowed a general contractor to post jobs to a network of sub-contractors who would submit their credentials and proposals. I also worked on a custom BuddyPress implementation for a niche Instagram like social network hosted on WordPress VIP.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s a problem you recently solved creatively using WordPress?<\/h2>\n

We built a custom proposal plugin that allows us to create proposals for clients within WordPress and track views to the proposal, which sections were viewed the most \/ longest and a form to approve the proposal at the end. It was a simple mash-up of custom post types, advanced custom fields and gravity forms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If there was one thing I could say about Ross Johnson it’s that he’s not afraid of clowns. Not even a little bit. Is there more to know about him? Let’s find out. What drives you to speak at WordCamps? … Continue reading Ross Johnson, He’s Not Afraid of Clowns<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4434646,"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":[39724],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p83Bmu-YW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4434646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3779,"href":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3778\/revisions\/3779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annarbor.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}