This past weekend I attended WordCamp North East Ohio held in downtown Kent, OH, organized by Rich Robinkoff and Angela Bergmann. The Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center served as the venue and main hotel for the event. The convenience of having the hotel and venue be in the same building can not be…
WordCamp Chicago 2016 was held at University Center in the heart of Chicago, IL, where more than 300 attendees spent the weekend learning about WordPress. The event was organized by Ryan Erwin and a team of volunteers. Tracks were split up into three separate rooms limiting the amount of background noise during sessions. Giving attendees…
Creating personalized WordCamp badges for attendees has traditionally been a time-consuming task for event organizers. Last year the community held 89 WordCamps with 21,000 attendees, and each person received a name badge customized for the event they participated in. That’s a massive number of badges to prepare for printing. In the past, WordCamp organizers used…
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I discuss the news of the week as our guest couldn’t make it. Marcus shares his experience at WordCamp San Diego this past weekend and offers feedback to the organizing team. We let you know what’s in the recently released WordPress update and discuss what happens…
WordCamp Chicago 2016 takes place this weekend and I’ll be among the many attendees. I haven’t visited the city since 2009 and I’m excited to satisfy my craving for deep dish pizza at Lou Malnati’s. WordCamp Chicago 2009 is a special memory because it’s where I saw a demo of Gravity Forms before it launched…
During the 2015 State of the Word address, Matt Mullenweg shared a few stats that demonstrate the growth of the global WordPress community. A total of 89 WordCamps with 21,000 attendees were held across 34 countries in 2015. This week WordPress community organizer Andrea Middleton published a more thorough breakdown of 2015 stats. She noted…
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I discuss the symptoms of burnout and share tips on how to prevent it. We provide a status update on WordPress 4.5 and discuss my experience hooking up a site to Apple News Publisher. To round out the show, Marcus shares his experience using Shopify’s new…
During the 2015 State of the Word address, Matt Mullenweg shared a few stats about the growth of WordPress events around the globe. Last year there were 89 WordCamps with 21,000 attendees across 34 countries. A surprising 60% of the 601 WordCamp organizers were doing it for the first time. More people are getting involved…
Topher DeRosia, founder of HeroPress, is asking for $2,150 to attend WordCamp Pune, India. DeRosia was asked to speak about HeroPress by Saurabh Shukla, who is a HeroPress contributor and also the lead organizer of WordCamp Pune, India. In an effort to be transparent, DeRosia published how he will spend the money. $1400 for the…
The following is a recording of Matt Mullenweg’s keynote presentation at WordCamp Dallas 2008. Recorded by John Pozadzides who helped organize the event, it’s the only video of Mullenweg’s keynote that exists. In the video, Mullenweg walks the audience through WordPress 2.5, the redesign of WordPress.org, and the future of WordPress. There’s also a question…
I attend WordCamps on a regular basis and have often joked with attendees as well as organizers that there should be a WordCamp where people camp out. GoDaddy’s WordPress evangelist, Mendel Kurland, is taking it upon himself to turn the joke into reality. He’s in the preliminary stage of planning CampPress. CampPress is a 2-3…
Last week, I met Bianca Welds who lives in Jamaica. She’s used WordPress for more than 10 years and has knowledge of the developing tech scene in Jamaica. In this interview, we learn how she discovered WordPress, the Jamaican WordPress community, and if the country will ever host a WordCamp. How long have you used…
This past weekend, more than 300 people attended WordCamp St. Louis, MO, 2015 on the campus of Washington University. For more than half of the attendees, this was their first WordCamp. With four tracks going on at the same time, attendees had plenty of opportunities to learn. Great WiFi As to be expected, WiFi coverage…
In this week’s episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Wade Foster, CEO and Co-founder of Zapier. Zapier is a service that acts as an integration point for more than 300 applications. During the interview, Foster tells us how the company was founded, how Zapier works, and why it’s different from…
Tickets are on sale for the 3rd annual, WordCamp North Canton, OH, May 8th-9th. Tickets are available for Friday and Saturday, Friday only, or Saturday only. Friday features a full day of learning split between entrepreneur and WordPress sessions. Saturday is a full day of WordPress sessions with breakfast and lunch included in the…