{"id":1139,"date":"2015-01-10T09:33:15","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T19:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.maui.wordcamp.org\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2015-01-16T12:22:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T22:22:45","slug":"speaker-spotlight-travis-totz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-spotlight-travis-totz\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Spotlight:  Travis Totz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right;margin-left: 20px;margin-bottom: 10px\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aa6bf21245d60d6bec6030e8258e1c7af2d924680c7cb7ca1494fb96ad9cfac2?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aa6bf21245d60d6bec6030e8258e1c7af2d924680c7cb7ca1494fb96ad9cfac2?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/><\/p>\n<p>Part designer, part aspiring astronaut reaching for the cosmos, part business owner at Westwerk. Travis is all about connections \u2013 with travel, with people and with design. What started out as a combination of all three \u2013 a trip to Hawaii, some good friends and brilliant design \u2013 has since become a thriving WordPress business known as Westwerk. Most recently, Travis led the acquisition of WordPress theme creative house, Press75 and now heads Westwerk\u2019s product division of the same name.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong>\u00a0 Westwerk and Press75<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:\u00a0<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/westwerk.com\/\">http:\/\/westwerk.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Talk Title:<\/strong>\u00a0 Working Off Grid and Remote<\/p>\n<p><strong>Talk Summary:<\/strong>\u00a0 The world is full of amazing things, and if you\u2019re like me you would like to see as much of this beautiful planet as possible. The existence of the Internet has made working off grid a real possibility for people. During my talk I will discuss my experience running a WordPress business while being \u201coff-grid\u201d, the types of products that make this lifestyle a possibility, and the challenges that come along with it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you love most about WordPress?<\/strong> The community and the connections. A thriving eco-system has helped to grow our business and without the amazing people, pushing the boundaries of WordPress and open-source software, many of us would not have the opportunities we have today. So thank you all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part designer, part aspiring astronaut reaching for the cosmos, part business owner at Westwerk. Travis is all about connections \u2013 with travel, with people and with design. What started out as a combination of all three \u2013 a trip to Hawaii, some good friends and brilliant design \u2013 has since become a thriving WordPress business &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-spotlight-travis-totz\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Speaker Spotlight:  Travis Totz<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14070086,"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":[29],"tags":[9463],"class_list":["post-1139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speakers","tag-speaker-spotlight"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Sfes-in","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2176,"url":"https:\/\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wcmaui-speaker-slides\/","url_meta":{"origin":1139,"position":0},"title":"WCMaui Speaker Slides","author":"Jon Brown","date":"February 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"We'll be updating this post with slide and video details as we get them, so please check back for the latest!* Friday Beginner\u00a0Track\u00a0Slides & Videos Gregg Franklin - Intro To WordPress - Slides - Video Adam Silver - Intro to WordPress Themes Workshop - Slides - Video Kathryn Presner -\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Slides and Videos&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Slides and Videos","link":"https:\/\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/category\/slides-and-videos\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2014\/11\/wc-maui-logo-final-blue-1208x540.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2014\/11\/wc-maui-logo-final-blue-1208x540.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2014\/11\/wc-maui-logo-final-blue-1208x540.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2014\/11\/wc-maui-logo-final-blue-1208x540.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2014\/11\/wc-maui-logo-final-blue-1208x540.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1091,"url":"https:\/\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-spotlight-arlen-nagata\/","url_meta":{"origin":1139,"position":1},"title":"Speaker Spotlight:  Arlen Nagata","author":"ElenaRego","date":"January 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Arlen makes Tech and WordPress web design simple.\u00a0 If it\u2019s all \u201cGeek\u201d to you, you need Arlen. 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