The WordCamp Report

I just got off the phone with Charles Stricklin finalizing some plans to start posting podcasts of the WordCamps on this blog and also try to set up some resources for those wanting to throw a WordCamp when I see that Matt had posted some dates and also launched a new central resource for finding WordCamps*.

WordCamp San Francisco will be August 16 at the Mission Bay Conference Center.**

WordCamp Paris will be on May 3rd. Here’s their official site.

WordCamp Italy in Milan will be May 10th. (And I believe I’ll be there.)

WordCamp Birmingham UK will be July 19-20.

WordCamp Toronto will be October 4th.

There are people in the planning stages in Australia, Philippines, Beijing, Utah, Hawaii, UK, NYC, and possibly others, so if you live in one of those areas and would like to help set up a WordCamp in your area Google around or connect with bloggers in your area.

You can always find out more at WordCamp Central.

[via the WordPress Blog]

* The minor template error will hopefully be fixed by the time you visit, it was just a footer line that was floating in the middle of the text, I was going to suggest you ignore.

** And since they only list one day when its run 2 days before, I’d think it may change a little.  Also since that is the same day as the “New Media Expo” in Vegas…

I just mention a couple WordCamps… and the next day a WordCamp right next door is mentioned.  I guess this would be sorta considered WordCamp Canada heh?

On Wed. April the 30th from 5:30 to 8:30pm we are getting together at the Network Hub to share and exchange tips and how-tos on Wordpress and blogging in general. We will also learn how to reach a larger audience by using a Wordpress blog in conjunction with other web services and Social Networking websites such as Flickr, YouTube, Slideshare, Facebook, and Google Calendar.

[More available on Tazzu Blog]

That said… hope to hear more are going…

I’ve been terrible at posting here, even with some great events that happened and are happening in the WordCamp World.

For example WordCamp Dallas just happened last month to a rousing success with lots of familiar and many new faces coming together in Frisco, Texas to show us Bay Area types what a WordCamp should be like, and of course Matt deciding to time a WordPress release too it..

Also there has been a ground-swell of support to get a UK WordCamp going… and they have gotten the site and a wiki up to pull things together.  So if you’re interested and are planning on going, you should head on over and let them know so they have an idea on space and how many.  Plus I’m sure they would love all the support and sponsors they could get.

The reason I actually got woken up from my wine enforced stupor was a post on the WordPress Blog with some information about an interesting conference that is occuring in a few cities here in the US, and at the end Matt noted…

We’ll also have some final dates for WordCamp San Francisco coming up, I’ll be posting those soonish so people can start making vacation and travel plans. (Nothing like a blogging vacation.)

[via WordPress Blog]

So… I’m sure I won’t be able to make a UK WordCamp (wasn’t able to make Dallas because of a Maui trip this next month) So I hope to see all those coming to SF… and perhaps another WordCamp that can work into the schedule.

Charles passed on an update for the Dallas Area WordCamp.

WordCamp is a (semi) BarCamp-style conference where users of the Open Source blogging software WordPress can meet and share tips and experiences with one another.

Registration is required and there is a USD$20 cost that covers both days. Lunches will be provided and each attendee receives a WordCamp Dallas t-shirt.

Keep in mind that this update is for promotion only; To register, go here.

Homepage

http://dallas.wordcamp.org

Living in the Bay Area as I do I’ve been lucky to go to WordCamp in San Francisco for a couple years now. Well it looks like the idea is taking off. Recently there was a WordCamp in Bejing, China and in Israel which did very well. And now there are talks, or scheduled dates for WordCamps in Melbourne, Australia; Hamburg, Germany; and now also Dallas, Texas*.

If you are involved in those WordCamps or was involved and would like me to make a post concerning these WordCamps or any other new ones. feel free to use our contact form.

* Now for WordCamp Dallas. Charles Stricklin will post here once he has things locked down, but its currently scheduled for March 1st and 2nd, the week before SXSW. Charles has some great ideas and it sounds like it will be an awesome conference. Stay tuned for more information on this event.