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WordCamps are great fun, offering a little bit (or a lot of bit) of something for everyone. Last year, I had schedule conflict with Burning Man. This year, I’ve already got my ticket.
By design, WordCamp travels around the globe. If you live in a major metropolitan area, chances are there has been, or will be one near you, within the last (or next) couple of years.
But WordCamp San Francisco is The Big One!
And this year is no exception. The depth and breadth of the WordCamp 2011 speakers is outstanding.
How it works
WordCamp SF 2011 is roughly divided into two tracks: 1. blogging, and 2. development.
I’ll be spending my time in the development sessions. There is a lot of very cool development happening under the “WordPress hood” (that’s bonnet to the rest of the English speaking world). The WordPress code base is pushing 10 years old now, and that’s often senile in software development years.
Fortunately, the WordPress engineers are very carefully modernizing the core code over time. You can see the results: faster, more secure, more stable code, all at the same low price of free!
On the blogging and website side, the focus is more on projects and publication: Who has been doing What with WordPress. You will find presentations about how WordPress is being used for Unicef, for CURE, for historical documentation of a US Marine battalion deployment to Afghanistan and many other globally relevant topics.
What’s your plan?
If you’re within driving distance, and I know some of you are, consider coming down for at least one day of WordCamp.
In my opinion, here’s one of the most important reasons for you as a blogger to attend:
You will meet a very large number of successful bloggers you do not know.
WordCamp draws a different audience than Blog World. This is a good thing. There is overlap; I know a couple of people who attend Blog World who will be at WordCamp. But overall, it’s a different crowd. Again, a good thing.
If you’re attending, at least wave at me during lunch!
ROLL CALL: who’s gonna be there? Drop a quick comment, and we’ll have a WiaW lunch meetup on Saturday or Sunday.
