{"id":1320,"date":"2016-06-09T08:42:04","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T12:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.neo.wordcamp.org\/?p=1320"},"modified":"2016-06-09T08:42:04","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T12:42:04","slug":"speaker-interview-kyle-maurer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neo.wordcamp.org\/2016\/speaker-interview-kyle-maurer\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Interview: Kyle Maurer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here at WordCamp Northeast Ohio, we are pretty big fans of the Lifehacker series “How I Work”<\/a>. We asked our speakers to do a WordPress take on that idea, and thus was born “How I WordPress”- a series where some of the best minds in WordPress share a bit about their process with our readers\/attendees.<\/p>\n

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Name<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kyle Maurer<\/span><\/p>\n

Location<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jackson, Michigan<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Gig<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lead Guitar<\/span><\/p>\n

Career Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n

I started my career milking cows on a dairy farm. Since then I’ve found myself in a variety of roles which all gradually involved more and more technology, particularly web technology. In 2011 I decided I’d rather run my own company so I partnered up with a friend and we began taking on client work. Since then we’ve grown our team, grown our client base, taken on many exciting projects and have become very involved in the WordPress community.<\/span><\/p>\n

One word that best describes how you work?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coffee<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Mobile Device\/Why<\/strong><\/p>\n

You mean my iPhone? Are there others?<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Computer\/Why <\/strong><\/p>\n

MacBook Pro. Because I can rely on it.<\/span><\/p>\n

What apps\/software\/tools can’t you live without?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Slack, Podcast App, Fitbit<\/span><\/p>\n

What’s your workspace setup like?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kinda looks something like this\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"porch\"<\/p>\n

What’s your best time\/effort-saving life hack?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Running instead of walking and driving really fast.<\/span><\/p>\n

What’s your favorite to-do list method?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Momentum https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/momentum\/laookkfknpbbblfpciffpaejjkokdgca<\/span><\/p>\n

After your phone and computer, what gadget can’t you live without? Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My guitar tuner<\/span><\/p>\n

What everyday thing are you better at than everyone else?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Writing rap lyrics about WordPress<\/span><\/p>\n

What do you listen to while working?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enya and The High Kings<\/span><\/p>\n

What do you do to stay inspired?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen to podcasts<\/span><\/p>\n

What are you currently reading?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Star Wars: Cloak of Deception<\/span><\/p>\n

What sort of work are you up to now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Painting our upstairs bathroom and working on my WCNEO presentation<\/span><\/p>\n

What’s your sleep routine like?<\/strong><\/p>\n

10pm – 5am most days<\/span><\/p>\n

What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you lift others up around you and make people feel comfortable and good about themselves, you’ll be a very popular person<\/span><\/p>\n

Any other tidbits you think might interest attendees?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I really love craft beer and home brewing. I’m also really hoping you’ll consider attending WordCamp Ann Arbor<\/a> this year as well. We’re looking for speakers, sponsors and volunteers now.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fill in the blank: I’d love to see ????? answer these same questions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeff Chandler<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here at WordCamp Northeast Ohio, we are pretty big fans of the Lifehacker series “How I Work”. We asked our speakers to do a WordPress take on that idea, and thus was born “How I WordPress”- a series where some of the best minds in WordPress share a bit about their process with our readers\/attendees. … Continue reading “Speaker Interview: Kyle Maurer”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3409,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"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":[259194],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speaker-interviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NH2X-li","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neo.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neo.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neo.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neo.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3409"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neo.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/neo.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1322,"href":"https:\/\/neo.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320\/revisions\/1322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neo.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neo.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neo.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}