{"id":1559,"date":"2019-06-26T15:40:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T15:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=1559"},"modified":"2019-07-12T16:08:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T16:08:19","slug":"matt-christenson","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/matt-christenson\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Christenson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/2019.minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/files\/2019\/06\/wcmsp2019_Matt-Christenson-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Matt Christenson\" class=\"wp-image-1660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/06\/wcmsp2019_Matt-Christenson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/06\/wcmsp2019_Matt-Christenson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/06\/wcmsp2019_Matt-Christenson-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/minneapolis.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/06\/wcmsp2019_Matt-Christenson.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was very young when I was born. \ud83d\ude09 I am a <a href=\"https:\/\/geekwap.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"GEEK (opens in a new tab)\">GEEK<\/a> and I am proud of it! 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