I am currently available for speaking engagements. My preference is to speak on more advanced technical topics in the front end development and WordPress areas. I have prepared presentations but will prepare fresh ones when requested.
If you are interested in me speaking at your event, please contact me at ryan@aspiringindie.com.
Recent Speaking Engagements
WordCamp Atlanta: Speeding Up Site Development with Parent/Child Themes
January 8 and 9, 2010
The best, most efficient way to make WordPress themes nowadays is to use parent and child themes. This presentation is a conceptual introduction to the technique itself, as well as tips for how to make a robust parent theme, typically called a theme framework, to make creating themes for clients faster and more efficient.
Screaming Monkeys, Fort Wayne IN: The Advantages of WordPress as a CMS
November 17, 2009
WordPress is typically, and unfortunately, thought to be “just for blogging”. This isn’t the case, at least not anymore. In this presentation I went over the ways WordPress fits the CMS bill, what makes it a very solid CMS, and a few best practices.