
I’m heading to my second ever Wordcamp this weekend. The first one I tended was a local Baltimore event. Baltimore’s cool, but, hey, I live here. Wordcamp could be even MORE fun in a new and exciting city. So when my friend Jim said he was speaking at Wordcamp Boston I had to take the opportunity to go. Read the rest of this entry »
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Saturday was a fabulous day of Wordpress goodness as I attended Wordcamp. After listening to opening remarks form Aaron Brazell and then a controversial keynote presentation by Anil Dash (a Type Pad guy at a Wordpress Conference??) I was psyched to start the sessions. First up was the Thesis Theme presented by Brad Williams. I was excited to learn more about it as I’ve been considering purchasing it for some time but after the talk I decided it’s not for me. I like to dabble with my theme files too much and I enjoy the complete control I have by doing so. Being that I mostly developing for myself I’ll stick with customization. Even so, I was captivated by the concept of the theme, just look how serious I am! (thanks to Casey for the photo!)

Then I enjoyed a wonderful presentation on Search Engine Optimization by Sri Nagubandi and John Shehata. Read the rest of this entry »
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"WordCamp is a conference type of event that focuses squarely on everything WordPress. Everyone from casual end users all the way up to core developers show up to these events." -wordcampmidatlantic.com
I just needed to get that out of the way as I know it was the first question you would have. See… I’m smart like that. :) Read the rest of this entry »
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