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Thomas S. Butler

Owner at ButlerConsulting.com, OPPORTUNEX, INC.

@opportunex Minneapolis, Minnesota joined Oct 2010

butlerconsulting.com

    Bio

    I am a developer at heart, a designer because I’m stingy. I worked in ColdFusion for 14 years and converted to PHP in 2010…. kind of a religious experience. Now, I’m an Open Source fanatic! With over 18 years of web development experience, I specialize in rapid prototyping and quick turnarounds on the toughest, most cutting-edge Internet projects. jQuery is my fav!

    Interests

    I’m a father and a geek. Generally, I work all the time. Even when I’m not working, I like to dabble with code and websites. My other interests include astro physics, black hole theory, Internet marketing, kittens and personal/spiritual development. I have big plans, hopes and dreams (like I want to bring back the age of zeppelins) but there is only so much time in every day.

    WordPress Origin Story

    I discovered WordPress in 2010 and it was a real “duh?!” moment for me. I had been out of commercial web development for about 6 years while running a local delivery company. It’s funny how things change so fast in this business! “Back in the day,” we used to have a saying: “If you’re sick for a week, you might as well get a new career.”

    As a Microsoft developer and ColdFusion programmer, I was immune to the evolving Open Source movement (just not in my universe). WordPress changed all that. During that time, as I was only developing for my own company and not staying on top off things in this industry. When the fog cleared and I decided to get back into web development, it was a whole new world.

    I dropped ColdFusion and ASP like a rock and learned PHP, HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery in about a month, and I’ll never look back. Coding, design and building web solutions are more than just a talent, skill or job for me, it is a true passion. WordPress lets me express this in new and exciting ways without reinventing the wheel. Thanks WordPress!!! #codepoet

    Current Job

    Owner
    Present
    ButlerConsulting.com, OPPORTUNEX, INC.

    Recent impact

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    Contributions

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    January 2017
    Jan 18 Wed · 04:07
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to This plugin seems stone dead now.., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Thanks for the kind comment and encouragement. Sorry I haven't been able to keep up…
    May 2015
    May 11 Mon · 00:51
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    April 2015
    Apr 23 Thu · 18:19
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    March 2015
    Mar 16 Mon · 01:55
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    December 2014
    Dec 19 Fri · 04:28
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