{"id":279,"date":"2012-08-06T08:59:20","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T14:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2012.slc.wordcamp.org\/?p=279"},"modified":"2012-08-22T08:08:53","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T14:08:53","slug":"jared-smith-wpslc-speaker-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slc.wordcamp.org\/2012\/jared-smith-wpslc-speaker-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Jared Smith &#8212; WCSLC Speaker Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2012.slc.wordcamp.org\/speakers\/#jared-smith\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4a887d7ee7c27caa570a834fe016fff5\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Jared Smith\"><\/a>Jared gets paid to make the world a better place.  No, really, his job is to give money and resources and time to open source communities.  &#8220;It&#8217;s the best job in the world!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jared&#8217;s been using WordPress for so long he doesn&#8217;t remember when he first discovered it.  He loves how easy it is for newcomers to get started and build a fantastic website in very little time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/akamaicovers.oreilly.com\/images\/0636920027416\/cat.gif\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Economic Impact of Open Source on Small Business\">Jared will be speaking about <a href=\"https:\/\/2012.slc.wordcamp.org\/session\/open-source-in-the-enterprise-the-economic-impact-of-wordpress\/\" title=\"Open Source in the Enterprise: The Economic Impact of WordPress\">the WordPress economy<\/a>.  &#8220;I want people to understand just how important WordPress is &#8212; and what an impact it&#8217;s made on the economy for small businesses across the country,&#8221; he says.  He will be sharing some of the findings of a research paper recently published with <a href=\"http:\/\/oreilly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">O&#8217;Reilly Media<\/a> on the economic impact of open source.<\/p>\n<p>When he&#8217;s not saving the world, Jared likes to read, do programming and hike in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/shen\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Shenandoah National Park<\/a>.  He says he&#8217;s also really gotten into photography this year.  His favorite jazz musician is <a href=\"http:\/\/jazz-quotes.com\/artist\/john-coltrane\/\" target=\"_blank\">John Coltrane<\/a>, but that&#8217;s not what he listens to most of the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jared gets paid to make the world a better place. 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