Introducing Robert DeVore

Robert is the founder of WP Dispensary, an online menu management software for the cannabis industry. He says he also has a “healthy” obsession with open source, caffeine, pizza and building life on his own terms.

Show Notes

Website | www.wpdispensary.com

Website | www.robertdevore.com

Twitter | @deviorobert

Twitter | @wpdispensary

Episode Transcript

Liam: This is Hallway Chats, where we talk with some of the unique people in and around WordPress.

Tara: Together, we meet and chat with folks you may not know about in our community.

Liam: With our guests, we’ll explore stories of living – and of making a living with WordPress.

Tara: And now the conversation begins. This is episode 23.

Liam: Welcome to Hallway Chats, I’m Liam Dempsey.

Tara: And I’m Tara Claeys. Today we’re joined by Robert Devore. Robert is the founder of WP Dispensary, an online menu management software for the cannabis industry. He says he also has a healthy obsession with open source, caffeine, pizza, and building life on his own terms. Hi, Robert.

Robert: Hello, how are you guys doing? Thank you for having me, and just so everyone’s clear, I do have a healthy obsession with all of those things. Some would call it unhealthy but I still think it’s in a healthy realm.

Liam: Robert, that’s fantastic. Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit more about yourself beyond what we just heard, maybe tell us a little bit more about that obsession and some of the other things you’re doing?

Robert: When I started with the web development, I’ve been doing it since I was a teenager so it’s kind of always been a part of my life. I’ve worked online over the last 10 years now for myself and I’ve just kind of built a life that I can move day in and day out of and be happy with, and enjoy all the finer things like all the extra caffeine and extra pizzas and things like that. I’ve kind of just enjoyed this quiet little piece of the corner that I can call my own.

Liam: And when you’re in that quiet little corner of your own, share with us your favorite kind of pizza?

Robert: It’s got to be a Supreme Pizza, I can’t have not enough toppings. It has to have as many toppings as possible. Supreme Pizza for sure. There’s a couple of places here locally that I can get pizzas from and they’re really good too. I’ll either order out or I stock up the freezer on DiGiornos pretty much weekly.

Liam: [laughs] DiGiorno, it’s not delivery, it’s DiGiorno. I’m originally from the Chicago area so I have to ask you, thick crust or thin crust?

Robert: Thick crust.

Liam: Nice, we can keep you on this show, we’ll keep going then. [laughter]

Tara: I love pizza too, I can probably eat pizza every single night and be happy. Because you can put different things on it and it makes it really different. It’s a diverse food and it has many food groups on it. That’s a good thing too.

Liam: Robert, you told us that you’ve been doing web development since you were a teenager. Tell us a little bit about that, how did that come about and how has that progressed? It sounds like you’re working in web development professionally now so walk us through that, how did you get started and where you at today?

Robert: When I started, the family got a computer so it was everybody’s until I decided– I was 13 maybe at the time, rebellious,