{"id":791,"date":"2008-10-19T14:36:03","date_gmt":"2008-10-19T20:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/?page_id=3"},"modified":"2014-02-16T16:44:48","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T23:44:48","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/?page_id=791","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Howdy! I&#8217;m Devin and I help with enterprise accounts at <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/\">GitHub<\/a>. I&#8217;m a twenty-something living (working, and playing) in Denver, Colorado. I&#8217;ve been known to <a href=\"http:\/\/cosnow.com\/\">ski<\/a>, jog, and brew my own beer.<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/commons-park-west.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Rachel and Devin at Commons Park West\" width=\"628\" height=\"353\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/commons-park-west.jpeg 628w, https:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/commons-park-west-500x281.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/commons-park-west-510x286.jpeg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Quick Facts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m <a href=\"http:\/\/devinandrachel.com\">married to my best friend<\/a>, Rachel.<\/li>\n<li>I used to help manage things at <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/2014\/the-end-of-chapter-1-my-fond-farewell-to-crowd-favorite\/\">Crowd Favorite<\/a>, a small web design and development firm.<\/li>\n<li>I work on the sales and enterprise accounts side of things at <a href=\"http:\/\/enterprise.github.com\/\">GitHub<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I grew up in Colorado, <a href=\"http:\/\/leeds.colorado.edu\/\">studied here<\/a>, and see myself living here most of my life.<\/li>\n<li>I love to <a href=\"http:\/\/cosnow.com\/\">ski<\/a>, camp and hike, and I&#8217;m slowly learning to golf.<\/li>\n<li>I have visited every continent except Antarctica (but, it&#8217;s on the list).<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m an <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eagle_Scout_(Boy_Scouts_of_America)\">Eagle Scout<\/a> (I thought I would be a park ranger when I grew up).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Gadgets<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/2010\/would-you-rent-a-computer-for-100month\/\">MacBook Air<\/a>, 11&#8243; (mid 2012)<\/li>\n<li>iPhone 5 (white)<\/li>\n<li>The new <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/2010\/traveling-with-an-ipad\/\">iPad<\/a> (2012)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/2011\/my-favorite-gadget-jambox-from-jawbone\/\">JAMBOX<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sonos<\/li>\n<li>Apple TV<\/li>\n<li>Kindle Paperwhite<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 3<\/li>\n<li>Nintendo Wii<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<h3>Professional and WordPress<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Organized the inaugural <span style=\"background-color:yellow\"><a href=\"http:\/\/denver.wordcamp.org\/\">WordCamp Denver<\/span><\/a> in February 2009 and the subsequent <span style=\"background-color:yellow\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2010.boulder.wordcamp.org\/\">WordCamp Boulder<\/a><\/span> in July 2010. WordCamps are locally-hosted conferences about <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/\">WordPress<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Wrote the song and lyrics to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.devinreams.com\/2007\/01\/14\/its-called-wordpress\/\">It&#8217;s Called WordPress<\/a> and created the accompanying music video (not sure if this is good or not)<\/li>\n<li>Helped host and emcee the &#8220;Developer Track&#8221; at <a href=\"http:\/\/2011.sf.wordcamp.org\/\">WordCamp San Francisco 2011<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Discussed how clients should choose a web developer and\/or designer on a panel at <a href=\"http:\/\/2011.orlando.wordcamp.org\">WordCamp Orlando 2011<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Presented on integrating Facebook Platform into WordPress and other Open Source projects at the Facebook Developer Garage Boulder in May 2010.<\/li>\n<li>Designed and developed the original WordPress theme design and logo for <a href=\"http:\/\/employeeevolution.com\/\">Employee Evolution<\/a>. I also contributed in the early-days by writing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.employeeevolution.com\/archives\/author\/devin\/\">articles for Employee Evolution<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Helped <a href=\"http:\/\/noahkagan.com\/\">Noah Kagan<\/a> organize one of the more successful conferences around social communities called <span style=\"background-color:yellow\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communitynext.com\">CommunityNext<\/a><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Designed the original blog badge for <a href=\"http:\/\/20somethings.ning.com\">Twenty Something bloggers<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Designed and built many of the default wiki templates and sample wikis for <a href=\"http:\/\/pbwiki.com\">pbWiki<\/a> in early 2008.<\/li>\n<li>Worked for two small ISPs from 1999-2001 where I taught myself about Unix, Apache, MySQL, PHP, and supporting customers. I also hacked a lot on IRC bots, scripts, daemons and have hated Perl ever since.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Writing, Fun, etc.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"background-color:yellow\">My brother, Branden, and I appeared on &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zefrank.com\/theshow\/archives\/2006\/09\/092606.html\">the show<\/a> &#8221; by ze frank<\/span> near the end in June 2006.<\/li>\n<li>Cited by Freakonomics author and economist Steven Levitt on his <a href=\"http:\/\/freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com\/2006\/10\/14\/black-and-white-tv-take-ii\/\">New York Times<\/a> blog<\/li>\n<li>Interviewed by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/entertainment\/ci_5867868\">Denver Post<\/a> about the &#8216;No Gas Day&#8217; concept in May 2007<\/li>\n<li>Co-authored and published an article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicapublishing.com\/ethical\/3CH10.pdf\">The Ethical Issues Surrounding Wi-Fi<\/a> in March 2007.<\/li>\n<li>Was a member of the now defunct, but very successful, <span style=\"background-color:yellow\"><a href=\"http:\/\/9rules.com\/\">9rules<\/a> blog network<\/span> as early as 2006.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tompeters.com\/dispatches\/007330.php\">Mentioned<\/a> on the Tom Peters (management expert) blog<\/li>\n<li>Listed as an &#8216;alltop&#8217; blogger for <a href=\"http:\/\/twentysomething.alltop.com\">twenty somethings<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/skiing.alltop.com\">skiing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mint.com\/blog\/personal-finance-interview\/devin-reams\/\">Interviewed by Mint.com<\/a> for their personal finance blog<\/li>\n<li>Interviewed by Human Resource Executive for their November 2007 issue in the article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrexecutive.com\/HRE\/story.jsp?storyId=44291612\">The Millenial Mind-Set<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I like to think that I helped popularize the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/mindaverse.com\/2006\/02\/21\/biphasic-sleep-faq\/\">biphasic sleep<\/a>&#8220;, (aka &#8220;nap&#8221;) concept in February 2006<\/li>\n<li>Participated in the first <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startupweekend.com\/\">StartupWeekend<\/a> held in Boulder, CO<\/li>\n<li>Volunteered as an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dmoz.org\/public\/profile?editor=devdev\">Editor<\/a> of the Open Directory Project. I worked up to three third-level categories (most proud: Regional: Europe: Spain) through countless hours of work after school.<\/li>\n<li>Contributed as a technical writer to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unrealircd.com\">Unreal IRC daemon<\/a> a very long time ago. Was credited with early contributions to version 3.2 betas.<\/li>\n<li>Volunteered as an editor for Jeremy Wright&#8217;s book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogmarketingbook.com\/\">Blog Marketing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Contact Information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:devin@reams.me\">devin@reams.me<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Instant Message: <a href=\"aim:devinreams\">devinreams<\/a><\/li>\n<li>GTalk\/Jabber: <a href=\"xmpp:devinreams@gmail.com\">devinreams@gmail.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Denver, Colorado, United States<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(in preferred order)<\/p>\n<div id=\"hcard-Devin-Reams\" class=\"vcard\" style=\"display:none\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin-right:4px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6b714621f88162055ea4af094854a406\" alt=\"photo of \" class=\"photo\"\/><br \/>\n <a class=\"url fn\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/\">Devin Reams<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"org\">Crowd Favorite<\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:devin@reams.me\">devin@reams.me<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"adr\">\n  <span class=\"locality\">Denver<\/span><br \/>\n,<br \/>\n  <span class=\"region\">CO<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"country-name\">USA<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"url\" href=\"aim:goim?screenname=devinreams\">AIM<\/a><br \/>\n <a class=\"url\" href=\"xmpp:devinreams@gmail.com\">Jabber<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/113551481021552885854\/\" rel=\"author\">Google+<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howdy! 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