We have an official date now – May 14, 2011. Mark your calendars. We are working on the final details for the budget now and will begin announcing speakers and sponsors shortly.
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Feb | 2011
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Feb | 2011
This WordCamp site is in early planning. Check back soon for more information.
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Jan | 2011
The WordCamp Phoenix Mariachi Band
WordCamp Phoenix set the bar super high for WordCamps this year, and it’s only January. They did a great job all around. The venue was fantastic, the speaker lineup was impressive and the logistics were well managed.
As usual, we learned plenty and passed on knowledge when we could; met old friends, made new friends; ate too much and had fun.
Congratulations to all of the Phoenix WordCamp folk for a smashing success and thanks for putting this event on.
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Jan | 2011
We’re packing up and getting ready to head off to WordCamp Phoenix. I’ve got that pre-WordCamp fever right now! It’s shaping up to be a great camp (and a big camp). (Actually, the camp is already on, but we weren’t able to make it out for everything.) As always, we’re looking forward to seeing all our friends again, learning new things and sharing what we’ve learned with the WordPress community. If you are going to be there as well, be sure to look us up and say, “Hey.”
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Jan | 2011
We are definitely gathering steam! We have a good line on a new location. We’re not ready to announce anything yet, but hopefully soon. (We just need to make sure there won’t be any rock-n-roll concerts just outside the door!) We also have some great speakers interested in presenting this year. Again, no announcements yet. Once we lock in the location we’ll start announcing some definites.
Better still, some sponsors are already pledging some dough our way, for which we are most appreciative. Looks like our goal of lowering ticket price is going to be reality.
Looking forward to seeing you all there!
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Jan | 2011
We had so much fun putting on Orange County WordCamp last year that we are doing it again! We are currently in the planning stages for OCWC 2011, setting goals, courting speakers, looking for sponsors… No commitments yet, but it’s shaping up to be a great event.
Based on the survey we sent out after the event and the feedback we received here’s what we’d like to improve:
- CRASH COURSE – Many people mentioned they were complete WordPress n00bs, so right from the gate they were out of their element. We were thinking of starting the beginner track with a 2 hour crash course on the basics of WordPress.
- GENIUS BAR – Get some one-on-one time and ask specific questions.
- FREE PARKING – Last year at UCI we weren’t able to manage free parking which added to the cost of the event. We’d like to remedy that this year.
- FUNDRAISING – We were super green in this department last year. Hopefully this year we’ll be able to reach out a bit more, get some more sponsors to help make the event better and lower the ticket price. (We are grateful to all our sponsors from last year, of course!)
- DEVELOPER DAY – We didn’t have a developer day last year. Taking on the camp itself was enough. But this year we are considering adding on an unconference free-for-all for the Sunday after the event.
- REDUCE WASTE – Bring your own coffee mugs!
We hope to add these things to all we had last year – great speakers, good venue, breakfast, lunch, raffle, shirts and so on to make an even better event for everyone.
And of course, if you have any suggestions for topics, speakers, venues, additions or anything, please drop us a line. We’d love to hear from you.
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May | 2010
Our videos are starting to appear on WordPress.tv! The videos we were streaming from WordCamp OC are slowly trickling in on WordPress.tv. So, if you missed any talks (or the whole show like a few of our stellar volunteers), now you can see what else was going on.
And our thanks to Joe and Peter from Blaze Streaming (@blazeit) for doing such a great job with the video.
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Apr | 2010
We had such a great time putting on OC WordCamp. We can’t thank everyone enough. Sponsors, speakers, volunteers, attendees, caterers, friends and family, thank you. We met lots of new people, caught up with friends, exchanged ideas, got inspired…it was awesome. Even when Brandon and I were breaking down the venue we were already talking about next year.
Videos of the speakers are coming soon and we’ll post again when they are ready. And we’ll have a proper wrap-up post after we organize our thoughts better. In the meantime, enjoy some of the pics I took while scooting around the event.
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Apr | 2010
What’s the biggest problem facing anyone working with a developer? Communication.
This is as true of WordPress blog developers as it is any other kind of developer. And it’s really nobody’s fault. Developers speak one kind of language. The average business person speaks another. If you want the development process to go more smoothly, you have to understand how developers think and learn enough of their language to properly communicate exactly what you want. Trust me, no developer really wants to deliver a product that misses the mark.
This session is designed to get you started on the road to better communication with your WordPress developer.
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Apr | 2010
Austin Passy is a freelance web designer and WordPress developer. Austin built a WP centric site “WPCult” and sold it this year, he’s also been known to build a few plugins. He was the Organizer of SoCal’s first WordCamp: WordCampLA 2009, and is getting ready to start planning for 2010.
