The WordCamp Report

Tal Galili and his team of loyal WordPress supporters created the first “legitimate” international WordCamp in Israel in 2007 and he wants to recreate the dream in early 2009. Want to join his crew?
There is an announcement in Hebrew on WordCamp Israel 2009 asking for help and sponsors to get this party rocking. You can [...]

There is a new WordCamp site up on WordPress.com for WordCamp Charlotte. They don’t have a location or date, but they do have a Participants page you can sign up for to volunteer, sponsor, speak or attend.
WordCamp RDU is scheduled for October 4, 2008, in Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina, which is exciting. This could be the [...]

WordCamp Birmingham, September 27, 2008, has announced that The Terminal will be an organizing sponsor for the event, and includes some interesting reasons for sponsoring the event, reasons you should read if you are considering attending or sponsoring or creating a WordCamp.
WordCamp Birmingham is September 27 and 28th in Birmingham, Alabama, and proud that they [...]

A group of educators are putting together a WordCamp just for their fellow teachers. Wordcamp Ed(ucation) is a Twitter account just set up for a WordPress WordCamp event specifically geared towards educators.
Teachers are using WordPress is many innovative ways, from simple blogs sharing their teaching experiences and knowledge to complex multiple blogger sites where students [...]

This past weekend was WordCamp SA 2008. The Twitters and initial reports and videos say it was a resounding success and everyone enjoyed meeting Matt Mullenweg.
A little gossip leaked out that Matt arrived with only the clothes on his back. His luggage was lost between New York and South Africa. Having had his camera gear [...]

WordCamp Portland has announced their September 27, 2008, agenda and speakers. The one-day event in Portland, Oregon, will be at CubeSpace. Registration is now open and space is limited, so get registered now to guarantee a place in this exciting event.
Advance registration is only USD $10 and includes lunch, dinner, WordCamp Portland T-shirt, and door [...]

There are WordCamp and WordPress Meetups starting up all over the world. A WordPress Meetup is a frequent meeting of WordPress fans. A WordCamp is a day or two long event with sponsors and dozens if not hundreds of WordPress fans gathering annually.
Here is the list of WordPress WordCamps and Meetups coming to a location [...]

I am thanking Matt a lot for this great list of photos of WordCamp 2008 in San Francisco.  I added a couple, but petty much the whole list he put together.

Adam Tow took some great photos (including the above panarama)
This hilarious set with the WordCamp sign
Duane Storey’s
Randy Stewart’s
Ben Metcalfe’s
Andrew Mager
Nick from CNP’s
Jenn Vargas
Dennis Goedegebuure’s
Mark Ghosh’s
Lorelle’s
Planet [...]

Kathy Sierra took the stage and sent Matt running and then grabbed peoples attention.
The Best Reviews are when they say “I kick ass because of you.”
What did (do) you want to be really, really good at?
A person who can do something better than anyone else, can see things different.
Being Better is Better.
We tend to not [...]

Liz Danzico and Jane Wells talks about the Beta experimental version of WordPress.
Bizzaro WordPress.  Think of it, and test it.
Two Kinds of People
Windows Vista vs. MacOSX? (where is Linux love?)
Eye Tracking Studies where used to see where people were actually looking.
The 2.5 backstory
Findability, consistancy and “transparent design”