{"id":163491,"date":"2014-07-18T00:48:38","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T00:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.maine.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=163491"},"modified":"2014-07-18T00:48:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T00:48:38","slug":"empathy-the-secret-ingredient-in-wordpress-development-work-and-success","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/maine.wordcamp.org\/2014\/session\/empathy-the-secret-ingredient-in-wordpress-development-work-and-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Empathy: The secret ingredient in WordPress development, work, and success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Developers, designers, project managers and site editors &#8212; anybody who builds for or works with WordPress on a daily basis &#8212; are always looking for that edge to help take them, their clients, and their sites to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>While sharpening your toolset is great, and never-ending, there&#8217;s one &#8220;must have feature&#8221; that separate the competent developers from the truly great: Empathy.<\/p>\n<p>When you step outside your desire to &#8220;show off&#8221; or build something better &#8220;your way&#8221;, and focus on listening to the needs of your clients and\/or your audience, you&#8217;ll unlock the secret to building better, more sustainable and more loved products.<\/p>\n<p>Through case studies, examples, and action items, I&#8217;ll talk about why &#8212; and how &#8212; adding empathy to your toolkit lets you move beyond chasing trends into making your sites, and the web, a better place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developers, designers, project managers and site editors &#8212; anybody who builds for or works with WordPress on a daily basis &#8212; are always looking for that edge to help take them, their clients, and their sites to the next level. While sharpening your toolset is great, and never-ending, there&#8217;s one &#8220;must have feature&#8221; that separate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/maine.wordcamp.org\/2014\/session\/empathy-the-secret-ingredient-in-wordpress-development-work-and-success\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Empathy: The secret ingredient in WordPress development, work, and success<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55705,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1408201200,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[163393],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[331897],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-163491","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-power-user-business"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"session_date_time":{"date":"August 16, 2014","time":"3:00 pm"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"163393","slug":"jason-clarke","name":"Jason Clarke","link":"https:\/\/maine.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speaker\/jason-clarke\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maine.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/163491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maine.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maine.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maine.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/163491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163492,"href":"https:\/\/maine.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/163491\/revisions\/163492"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maine.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/163393"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maine.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/jgclarke"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maine.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maine.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=163491"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maine.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=163491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}