Archive for 'wordcampuk'
WordCamp UK: the camaraderie, the controversy
I spent the weekend in Manchester at the annual WordCamp UK, which Puffbox was again proud to have sponsored. It brought together 150 people from all over the country - plus a few from further afield, much further afield in one or two cases. Not everything went well, but we'll get to that in a [...] read on »
WordCamp UK 2009: seriously good
I can't underline enough how enjoyable, educational and thought-provoking this weekend's second WordCampUK was: over 100 people, including a large local contingent, gathering in Cardiff Bay for two packed days of WordPress talk, a bit of food, quite a lot to drink, and nowhere near enough sleep. Last year in Birmingham, it felt amateur - [...] read on »
Matt Mullenweg to attend UK WordCamp
Tickets have just gone on sale for this year's second WordCamp UK. And if the promise of hearing me banging on about WordPress isn't quite enough to tempt you to spend a July weekend in Cardiff, here's some news that might swing it: Matt Mullenweg, basically 'Mr WordPress', is coming too. I'm also proud to [...] read on »
My show-stopping session at WordCamp
A week since the inaugural WordCamp UK, and I haven't got round to writing up my session on 'WordPress in large organisations' - specifically, government. Then again, with Chris Garrett and Dave Briggs doing it on my behalf, why should I? My key message was that in many large organisations, there's often open warfare between [...] read on »
Puffbox sponsors WordCamp UK
I'm proud to announce that Puffbox is sponsoring the inaugural WordCamp UK, bringing about 100 devotees of WordPress to Birmingham for a weekend of code and conversation. The event takes place on 19-20 July, at the (apparently very classy) Studio conference centre in the centre of Britain's nominally second city. The programme covers everything from [...] read on »
@WordPress Happy Birthday!
Five years ago today, a new blogging platform was released to the world for the first time. WordPress was the successor to b2/cafelog, itself launched in June 2001 - and indeed, it's amusing to review Cafelog's readme from 2002, which describes many of the very same functions I'm using on a regular basis. WordPress launched [...] read on »