{"id":940,"date":"2015-10-01T18:30:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T23:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.toronto.wordcamp.org\/?p=940"},"modified":"2015-09-19T18:48:56","modified_gmt":"2015-09-19T23:48:56","slug":"featured-speaker-benjamin-moody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2015\/featured-speaker-benjamin-moody\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Speaker: Benjamin Moody"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"“I’m a Toronto-based WordPress developer and PHP developer<\/a> with experience developing custom WordPress websites and plugins for a wide range of clients.<\/p>\n

My clients include Glaxo Smith Kline, Baskin Robbins, Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman), Shaw Communications, Heart & Stroke Foundation, Sony Centre, Zerofootprint, Clinical Trials Ontario, and the Toronto Star.<\/p>\n

I’m a core technical reviewer for the textbook \u201cWordPress Web Application Development\u201d and I volunteer my time each year at WordCamp Toronto.<\/p>\n

I have a number of plugins in the WordPress repo some of which are somewhat popular.<\/p>\n

I feel that developing free plugins is probably one of the best ways a WordPress developer can give back to the community, while also improving those WordPress development skills.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Presentation:\u00a0Developers and WordPress Monetisation (Panel)<\/h3>\n

“Over the last year a few of my free plugins have become popular and i’m struggling to justify investing so much of my free time into support and improvements.<\/p>\n

I’m also concerned by the trend of Premium Plugins and their effect on the WordPress community. Can a developer keep a product free but still generate enough revenue to keep the project moving?”<\/p>\n

What unique perspective are you bringing to this talk?<\/h3>\n

“As a plugin developer who has struggled with the dilemma of whether to keep a popular plugin free or move it to a premium model. I feel that I would be suited to lead a panel based discussion on the subject of alternatives to the premium model.<\/p>\n

I have tried a number of non premium based solutions to generate revenue to support ongoing work on my free time and I would like to discuss these with other developers.<\/p>\n

I think this should be a panel as the continuing growth of WordPress affects all developers and members of the community.<\/p>\n

I feel it would be a great discussion to debate the pros and cons of different monetization solutions and how models such as premium could potentially affect the future of the WordPress community as a whole.”<\/p>\n

What’s one really cool thing people will discover during your session?<\/h3>\n

“As a WordPress “free” plugin developer I know how challenging it can be when a plugin reaches a critical mass of users. You are suddenly juggling paid work with plugin support and feature requests.<\/p>\n

It’s hard work and although the community as a whole are super helpful you have bills to pay! But you want to keep the plugin free, right?<\/p>\n

In the panel I hope to initiate a discussion to allow devs to share and discuss potential methods of monetizing a popular plugin or theme without resorting to a premium model and keep the product free for all to use.”<\/p>\n

Do you have a good WordPress related story, anecdote or memory?<\/h3>\n

“I guess my favorite was when I worked on a WordPress project for Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman).<\/p>\n

It was pretty awesome to be on a conference call with Pee Wee himself, and even better he sent me a Christmas present as a thank you for the WordPress site I built. That wouldn’t of happened if I was working on Joomla sites!”<\/p>\n

What are you most looking forward to at WordCamp Toronto?<\/h3>\n

“Personally I really enjoy helping out at the happiness bar. It’s always my preferred place to volunteer.<\/p>\n

As a dev it’s great to be able to pass on my experience to those just starting out in the WordPress world!<\/p>\n

Oh…you also get to meet some pretty talented people!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“I’m a Toronto-based WordPress developer and PHP developer with experience developing custom WordPress websites and plugins for a wide range of clients. My clients include Glaxo Smith Kline, Baskin Robbins, Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman), Shaw Communications, Heart & Stroke Foundation, Sony Centre, Zerofootprint, Clinical Trials Ontario, and the Toronto Star. I’m a core technical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6358608,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","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":[4636],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-speakers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5UjGY-fa","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6358608"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":941,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940\/revisions\/941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}