{"id":1452,"date":"2012-12-11T20:42:22","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T20:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2013.phoenix.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=1452"},"modified":"2013-01-08T05:21:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T05:21:44","slug":"noah-dyer","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/phoenix.wordcamp.org\/2013\/speaker\/noah-dyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah Dyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Andorra Noah Dyer was a 6 terms senator.<br \/>\nIn Burundi he led the transition an organized criminal syndicate into an upstanding oil conglomerate<br \/>\nIn Cameroon he bore a son named Cameron.<br \/>\nIn Djibouti Noah fought with pirates.<br \/>\nIn Equatorial Guinea he made it snow.<br \/>\nIn Fiji he was a tribal dance instructor.<br \/>\nIn Guatemala he learned every language and dialect spoken by the indigenous tribes.<br \/>\nIn the Holy See he smoked with the Pope.<br \/>\nIn Italy he consulted with a number of auto makers regarding the form factors of their 2008 models.<br \/>\nIn Jamaica he shot a Sheriff, but he did not shoot a deputy.<br \/>\nIn Kiribati he did work worthy of nobel prize, but instead released his findings anonymously with a GNU license.<br \/>\nIn Liberia he liberated a town oppressed by a war lord.<br \/>\nIn Maldives he fasted from food and water for 40 days, during which he gained no particularly profound insight.<br \/>\nIn Nepal he scaled several mountains nakedly.<br \/>\nIn Oman he wrote a prayer that has since been recited by millions for comfort.<br \/>\nIn Pakistan he monopolized the kashmir trade for over a decade.<br \/>\nIn Qatar he invented a system of measurement superior to the metric system, but which has not been implemented due to governmental laziness.<br \/>\nIn Rwanda he ran a hotel.<br \/>\nIn Saint Lucia he saw the face of Sir Thomas Aquinas in a bowl of rice and beans.<br \/>\nIn Tajikistan he sang a duet with Andrea Bocelli.<br \/>\nIn Uruguay he had a chance lunch with Paulo Coehlo.  Paulo did not think the experience remarkable.<br \/>\nIn Vanuatu he went back to the future.<br \/>\nIn Yemen he memorized 3.14 million digits of pi.<br \/>\nIn Zambia he danced with MC Hammer.<\/p>\n<p>Currently a resident of the United States, Noah Dyer runs a boutique modern marketing firm, Sure Spark.  He also teaches classes at the University of Advancing Technology.  He frequently writes and speaks on marketing and technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Andorra Noah Dyer was a 6 terms senator. In Burundi he led the transition an organized criminal syndicate into an upstanding oil conglomerate In Cameroon he bore a son named Cameron. In Djibouti Noah fought with pirates. 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