Author Archives: Jen
Introducing Andrea
As more and more people decide they want to organize WordCamps in their areas — especially people who are new to the community or event planning and need more guidance — the volume of applications has become overwhelming. Trying to …
WordCamp Chicago Needs Your Help!
WordCamp Chicago is in 2 weeks, and they need your help! The organizers are looking for additional sponsors so that they’ll have enough money to cover the budget. Even when everything is done by volunteers, big WordCamps cost a pretty …
WordCamp Boston This Weekend
WordCamp Boston celebrates its second year this weekend with a two-day three-track (how-to, development, education) main event as well as a new user workshop. Advance ticket sales are closed, but they will be selling walk-in tickets at the door for …
WordCamp Toronto Cancelled
WordCamp Toronto, which had originally been planned for May 14, 2011, has been cancelled/postponed. The people behind the plans for that event have moved on, and now the Toronto WordPress meetup group, 200 strong and active since 2009, is putting together a …
Vancouver Dev-specific WordCamp Lowers Prices
WordCamp Vancouver is coming up on May 5. The organizers call it a developer focus, though I would probably amend that to be “professional” as there are also sessions about design, information architecture and content strategy, etc. They recently lowered …
WordCamp Atlanta 2011 Postponed until Fall
You may have noticed that WordCamp Atlanta 2011 is no longer listed on the schedule for May. The event has been postponed until Fall 2011, so that the Atlanta meetup group (one of the most vital and active in the US) …
WordCamp Paris – May 14, 2011
WordCamp Paris will be held May 14, 2011 at La Cantine in Paris. There will not be pre-planned speakers and sessions, but will be organized unconference/BarCamp-style at the event. Registration is free, thanks to the efforts of the organizers and …
WordCamp Phoenix
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 …