{"id":11344,"date":"2019-07-31T07:36:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T12:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.us.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=11344"},"modified":"2019-08-07T11:02:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T16:02:46","slug":"natalie-maclees","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/natalie-maclees\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalie MacLees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve been building the internet since 1996. I&#8217;m the founder + principal of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/hiredigitally.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Digitally<\/a>, an accessiblity-focused digital agency. I&#8217;m the author of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/jqueryfordesignersbook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jQuery for Designers<\/a>, now in its second edition. I&#8217;m the founder of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/websiteweekend.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Website Weekend<\/a>, a 48-hour hackathon matching web professionals with nonprofits in need of websites. I was lead organizer of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WordCamp Los Angeles<\/a>&nbsp;in 2013 and 2014 and on the organizing team for 2015. I was one of the founders of the Los Angeles chapter of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/girldevelopit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Girl Develop It<\/a>, a nonprofit organization that provides training in web development for women. I am a co-host and co-producer of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doweeklypodcast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Do Weekly Podcast<\/a>, a weekly challenge podcast by small business owners. And I&#8217;m also a partner in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/nsqua.red\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">N Squared<\/a>, the software company behind&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/wpdrawattention.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Draw Attention<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/simplyscheduleappointments.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Simply Schedule Appointments<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/plugin-detective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plugin Detective<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/better-business-hours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Better Business Hours<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/simple-event-listing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Simple Event Listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Twitter:<\/strong>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nataliemac\">@nataliemac<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been building the internet since 1996. 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