{"id":3591,"date":"2017-03-30T11:41:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T09:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordlift.io\/?post_type=entity&#038;p=3591"},"modified":"2017-06-20T10:37:17","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T10:37:17","slug":"ben-dickson","status":"publish","type":"entity","link":"https:\/\/wordlift.io\/blog\/en\/entity\/ben-dickson\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Dickson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4180 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wordlift.io\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/03\/ben-dickson.png\" alt=\"Ben Dickson\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordlift.io\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/03\/ben-dickson.png 250w, https:\/\/wordlift.io\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/03\/ben-dickson-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/wordlift.io\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/03\/ben-dickson-96x96.png 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><strong>Ben Dickson is a software engineer<\/strong>, that besides writing code\u00a0in C\/C++ and .Net technologies, also writes<strong>\u00a0a lot about technology<\/strong> on his blog <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bdtechtalks.com\">Tech Talks<\/a><\/strong> and contributes with his articles to <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/contributor\/ben-dickson\/\"><strong>TechCrunch<\/strong><\/a>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/author\/ben-dickson\/#gref\">The Next Web<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/author\/ben-dickson-techtalks\/\"><strong>VentureBeat<\/strong><\/a>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/author\/ben-dickson\">Huffington Post<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/reporters\/ben-dickson\"><strong>International Business Times<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.vice.com\/en_au\/contributor\/ben-dickson\"><strong>Vice<\/strong><\/a> and many others.<\/p>\n<p>He says about himself:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;He\u2019s extremely addicted to disruptive technology, things that are changing the world in ways that were previously unimaginable&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Dickson is a software engineer, that besides writing code\u00a0in C\/C++ and .Net technologies, also writes\u00a0a lot about technology on his blog Tech Talks and contributes with his articles to TechCrunch, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Huffington Post, International Business Times, Vice and many others. 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