Ricky<\/a> is a self taught web professional who found and fell in love with WordPress, and the\u00a0community behind it while looking for a CMS platform to build websites for clients.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
He soon fell\u00a0down a rabbit hole full of plugins, themes and passionate WordPress devotees, which forever\u00a0changed his life and has taken him on an extraordinary journey, filled with late night talks with\u00a0equally enamoured Wordies and fueled by craft beers.<\/p>\n
Ricky runs Data Guru, a small web design business based on Brisbane\u2019s Northside, which develops\u00a0sites for small to medium sized businesses, as well as doing Pro Bono work for not for profit groups.\u00a0He is a Co-Organizer for the Sunshine Coast & Brisbane WordPress Meetup Groups, as well as the\u00a0Brisbane Web Design Meetup group, and was one of the amazing team who put together the\u00a0Sunshine Coast WordCamp earlier this year.<\/p>\n
In his spare time (not that he has much of that), he is a temporary Australian (motorcycle rider),\u00a0plays keyboards and sings in a local Brissy band and tries to stay on top of the ever changing Web\u00a0Development world. He is passionate about sharing his knowledge of WordPress with anyone who\u00a0will listen, and loves helping newbies find their legs with the WordPress back end, and show them\u00a0what can be achieved with this powerful platform.<\/p>\n
Session<\/h2>\n
How WordPress Changed My Life!<\/strong><\/p>\nThis is the story of how I became involved with WordPress, and the WordPress community, and also how attending WordCamp Sydney 2014 changed my life.<\/p>\n
It will give examples of how giving back to WordPress can be beneficial in many ways, and also hopefully inspire those just embarking on their WordPress journey to follow their dreams, and maybe even some tidbits for seasoned WordPressers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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