{"id":1570,"date":"2016-09-19T05:37:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T05:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.rhodeisland.wordcamp.org\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2016-09-28T17:02:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T17:02:13","slug":"former-risd-president-keynote-at-wordcamp-ri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhodeisland.wordcamp.org\/2016\/former-risd-president-keynote-at-wordcamp-ri\/","title":{"rendered":"Automattic’s new Global Head of Computational Design + Inclusion — Keynote at WordCamp RI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keynote – John Maeda<\/h2>\n

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Computational Design and Inclusion.<\/h3>\n

John Maeda has a vision and goal: that what you see and what you don’t see will work together well.\u00a0 Especially when it comes to websites.\u00a0 Especially when it comes to WordPress websites.\u00a0 Because it’s not a case of “what you see is what you get” but rather what you don’t see determines what you will get.<\/p>\n

Quoting from his blog, Maeda,<\/a> in 1996,\u00a0“co-founded the Aesthetics + Computation Group (ACG) along with a talented group of people who seamlessly bridged the wide divide that existed back then between engineers who could design and engineers who could code. ”<\/p>\n

John Maeda is an American executive spearheading a new convergence across the design + technology industries. He recently joined Automattic as Global Head of Computational Design + Inclusion.\u00a0Automattic is the company behind WordPress.<\/p>\n

Maeda says <\/a>“Being at MIT for close to 20 years shaped how I saw the world …. But it was my years leading Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) that shaped how I saw the world through artists\u2019 and designers\u2019 eyes.”<\/p>\n

WordCamp RI is excited and honored that Maeda has said “yes” to our request that he be our Keynote Speaker on October 1.<\/p>\n

Maeda previously served as Design Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a world-leading venture capital firm. An internationally recognized speaker and author, his books include The Laws of Simplicity, Creative Code and Redesigning Leadership. He holds degrees in Electrical Engineering + Computer Science from MIT, an MBA from Arizona State U, and a PhD from University of Tsukuba in Japan.<\/p>\n

WordCamp RI is being held Friday September 30 and Saturday October 1 at New England Tech in East Greenwich.\u00a0 You can get tickets:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/2016.rhodeisland.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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