WordCamp News

WordPress for Kids

Posted by on February 10, 2011 with 18 replies

A couple of months ago, I was contacted by a WordCamp Phoenix organizer about teaching a WordPress for Kids class. It was to be the first time that any WordCamp had created a class targeted specifically toward children, so I was in unmapped territory as I considered the different approaches I could take in presenting this information to a group of kids of varying ages and experience. I ran through different scenarios in my head and decided on the very simplified approach of baby-stepping them through setting up an account on WordPress.com and then proceeding to walk tab-by-tab down the dashboard.

There ended up being just over 20 kids in my class. They ranged in age from 7 to 15 and their experience with blogging and WordPress varied greatly.  Most had never set up a site, but a handful showed up with sites already set up and underway.  I saw a LEGO blog, a science blog and a cooking blog already full of content upon arrival and the kids were eager to show me what they already knew.  That was really exciting and helped ease the others into the class.  Continue reading →

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WordCamp Phoenix

Posted by on January 28, 2011 with Comments are off for this post

This weekend there will be two WordCamps: WordCamp Phoenix and WordCamp Indonesia.

WordCamp Phoenix has already started, spread out over five days with workshops all over the city, a GPL debate, an all-star cast of speakers, and a core contributor workshop on Sunday to help potential volunteer developers to the WordPress open source project ramp up and get involved. Keep your eyes on WordPress.tv after the event is over, as all the session videos will be posted there.

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WordCamp SF Announced (not WordCon)

Posted by on January 24, 2011 with 10 replies

First things first: WordCamp San Francisco 2011, the official annual conference of the WordPress open source project, will be the weekend of August 12-14, with three days of sessions for publishers, bloggers, and developers at the Mission Bay Conference Center and another day or two of related events around town, including a core contributors summit and various mini-meetups. Save the date! We’ll be posting calls for speakers, sponsors, and volunteers on the WordCamp SF 2011 site over the coming weeks.

Second things second: Why am I announcing WordCamp SF as the official annual conference for the WordPress project instead of a WordCon — a la DrupalCon — like I proposed at last year’s WordCamp SF?

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WordCamp Orlando Postponed

Posted by on January 20, 2011 with 1 reply

The organizers of WordCamp Orlando have postponed their 2011 event, previously scheduled for February 5, to ensure that it will be as awesome as last year. Due to some circumstances changing with speakers, etc, the organizers decided that rather than try to rush to reconfigure the event for the scheduled date, it would be the better part of valor to regroup and reschedule at a time when they can put on the kind of event they had planned. I applaud them for their dedication to their community, and for being realistic. As soon as they announce their new date, we will post it here.

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New York and Richmond This Weekend

Posted by on October 15, 2010 with 1 reply

There are two WordCamps happening the weekend of October 16: New York City and Richmond, VA.

WordCamp NYC still has plenty of tickets available, and will offer 5 tracks of content in addition to an unconference, a hackers room and a genius bar over the course of two days. Saturday runs 9am-6pm, and Sunday is 12-5pm. This is the third WordCamp NYC, and the 2nd organized by Steve Bruner and Jane Wells. Speakers are primarily from New York, though a few are traveling to the city just to speak at the event. In addition to the usual blogger, business and developer content tracks, NYC will also have a track dedicated to using WordPress in educational settings, with speakers from universities (like CUNY, Columbia, Vassar) using WordPress/BuddyPress for courses, student portfolios, digital commons sites and other uses. A number of core contributing developers to both WordPress and BuddyPress will be in attendance as well, working on getting in the last code patches for WordPress 3.1 before feature freeze goes into effect. WordCamp NYC should be a really fun time, so if you’re in the New York metro area, consider buying a ticket and attending yourself!

WordCamp Richmond is Saturday only, from 9am-3pm, and features a blogger track and a developer track. The sessions seem to have a decided business slant, so this will be a especially good event for people with small businesses looking to make the most of their sites and turn a profit. The speakers are mostly local here as well, so it should be a good chance to meet local practitioners.

There are more WordCamps coming up throughout autumn, so keep watching this space as new events get confirmed and added to the list.

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WordCamp News

Posted by on September 28, 2010 with 5 replies

It’s kind of funny that a site for conferences about a blogging platform didn’t have a blog, isn’t it?

Welcome to the WordCamp News blog, your official source for news about upcoming WordCamps and other community-driven WordPress events, WordCamp policies, and how to help grow your own local WordPress community. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be rolling out enhancements to the site to make it easier to stay up to date and get involved. In the meantime, see if there are any WordCamps near you!

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