Archive for the 'Speakers' Category

The unlisted developers Michael Adams, Ryan Boren, Andy Skelton, etc…

« 18 July 2007 | 21:55 | 2007, Background, Pre-WordCamp, Speakers | 1 Comment »

The very last presentation/session is a Question and Answer called Developer Duke-out. They mentioned the names of the Automattic Developers that will be there. But some are ones that stay out of the limelight, so here are short overviews on them.



Who is this speaker Liz Danzico?

« 18 July 2007 | 8:35 | 2007, Attendees, Background, Pre-WordCamp, Speakers | No Comments »

Well we finally get to the last speaker to be profiled, Liz Danzico. Leading a presentation that both seems obvious to me, and promising: Usability Analysis of WordPress.
I’d like to say I was saving the best for last, but there are so many good speakers that I’ll settle for yet another good choice. [...]



So Dave Winer is speaking.

« 17 July 2007 | 22:00 | 2007, Background, Pre-WordCamp, Speakers | No Comments »

When I saw that Dave Winer was speaking I felt a tickle in my memory. I remember that name from years ago when I used to read HotWire, when it was the place to go to. So I was pleasantly surprised to see that he was speaking about the Past, Present, and Future of [...]



Who is this speaker, Rashmi Sinha, Ph.D.?

« 17 July 2007 | 17:11 | 2007, Background, Pre-WordCamp, Speakers | No Comments »

When I saw the title Iterative Design in Agile Environments I was curious.  Also originally there wasn’t any information on the speaker, but now there is:
Rashmi Sinha is the Founding Principal of Uzanto - a Mountain View based consulting company that focuses on web product strategy. At Uzanto, Rashmi focuses on Customer Research and Social [...]



Who is speaker Barry Abrahamson?

« 17 July 2007 | 16:52 | 2007, Attendees, Background, Pre-WordCamp, Speakers | 1 Comment »

Well I had already done a write up on Barry’s Co-Presenter on HyperDB and High Performance WordPress,  Matt Mullenweg. But I realized I hadn’t explained who Barry was.  The main guru behind WordPress.com’s power and the main server god, Barry knows what it takes to run a large scale distributed WordPress install.
Born and raised on [...]