{"id":879,"date":"2012-06-03T15:47:33","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T19:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2012.boston.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=879"},"modified":"2012-06-03T15:47:48","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T19:47:48","slug":"derek-christensen","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/speaker\/derek-christensen\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Christensen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I work full-time for Accenture implementing SAP, but moonlight as a freelance web developer (<a href=\"&quot;I work full-time for Accenture implementing SAP, but moonlight as a freelance web developer (http:\/\/media-spine.com), blogger (http:\/\/derekchristensen.com), and have dabbled in startups (http:\/\/fundly.com).  I have an incredible amount of technological curiosity, led by my burning inner compulsion to play with all the settings of any software I use. That curiosity extends to the real world - I read a book a week. Since I moved to Boston 3 1\/2 years ago I've read 196 books.  I started building websites with WordPress in 2009, and each one has been more complex and challenging than the last. It's addictive, fun, and keeps me continually learning.&quot;\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/media-spine.com<\/a>), blogger (<a href=\"http:\/\/derekchristensen.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/derekchristensen.com<\/a>), and have dabbled in startups (<a href=\"http:\/\/fundly.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/fundly.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>I have an incredible amount of technological curiosity, led by my burning inner compulsion to play with all the settings of any software I use. That curiosity extends to the real world &#8211; I read a book a week. Since I moved to Boston 3 1\/2 years ago I&#8217;ve read 196 books.<\/p>\n<p>I started building websites with WordPress in 2009, and each one has been more complex and challenging than the last. It&#8217;s addictive, fun, and keeps me continually learning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I work full-time for Accenture implementing SAP, but moonlight as a freelance web developer (http:\/\/media-spine.com), blogger (http:\/\/derekchristensen.com), and have dabbled in startups (http:\/\/fundly.com). I have an incredible amount of technological curiosity, led by my burning inner compulsion to play with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/speaker\/derek-christensen\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Derek Christensen<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":541,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_user_name":"","footnotes":""},"speaker_group":[],"class_list":["post-879","wcb_speaker","type-wcb_speaker","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2g0GA-eb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51bbbcfa0f8a0bbf27fccd46fb271c6af9d55ca37f34649640b78be858777392?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51bbbcfa0f8a0bbf27fccd46fb271c6af9d55ca37f34649640b78be858777392?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51bbbcfa0f8a0bbf27fccd46fb271c6af9d55ca37f34649640b78be858777392?s=96&d=mm&r=g","128":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51bbbcfa0f8a0bbf27fccd46fb271c6af9d55ca37f34649640b78be858777392?s=128&d=mm&r=g","256":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51bbbcfa0f8a0bbf27fccd46fb271c6af9d55ca37f34649640b78be858777392?s=256&d=mm&r=g","512":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51bbbcfa0f8a0bbf27fccd46fb271c6af9d55ca37f34649640b78be858777392?s=512&d=mm&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_speaker"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=879"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":881,"href":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/879\/revisions\/881"}],"sessions":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/993?_embed=1&context=view"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/migon"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_speaker_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker_group?post=879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}