Archive for the ‘wordcamp’ Category

WordCamp Fraser Valley Liveblog

July 16th, 2008 by Miss604   27 Comments

Photo credit: Raul on Flickr
Walking in to the Cascades Casino in Langley we were turned away immediately. No to worry though, we were actually just redirected to the Coast Hotel around back. We’re sitting in a pretty majestic ballroom with a swanky setup - microphone, projectors, little bitty notepads with the hotel logo on them. [...]

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WordPress 2.6 Available Now

July 15th, 2008 by Miss604   1 Comment

It’s only been a few month since the release of 2.5 but the bigger, better WordPress 2.6 is now out and Tyner is ready for your download or upgrade almost a month ahead of schedule.
Big features include: Wiki-like tracking of edits, Post from wherever you are on the web, Turbo-speed your blogging (with Google Gears), [...]

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Vancouver Social Media Scene: Third Tuesday and WordCamp Fraser Valley

June 12th, 2008 by Miss604   6 Comments

It’s that time of the month again, the one that we actually all look forward to: Third Tuesday is back at the Network Hub with guest speaker Joe Solomon.
Nonprofits have been using social networks to get the word out since long before the Internet existed. So what happens when nonprofits combine the power of Facebook, [...]

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WordCamp Gets Covered in the 24 Hours

May 7th, 2008 by Miss604   3 Comments

This morning edition of the daily commuter paper, 24 Hours Vancouver, has local radio host and tech columnist Buzz Bishop giving the low down on the happenings at last week’s WordCamp.

As he was not in attendance, he cited my live blog for more info and included a huge photo of Lisa’s “Your Ad Here” [...]

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WordCamp Vancouver 2008 Live Blog

April 30th, 2008 by Miss604   33 Comments

Tonight’s WordCamp Vancouver has received the stamp of approval by the WordPress overlords and has been listed on WordCamp Central, the official WordCamp site.
WordPress is build on PHP and a backend MySQL database. In plain English it’s what millions of people (including Miss604.com) use as a blogging and content management system. Here’s the official description: [...]

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WordPress 2.5.1 Screencast Teaser for WordCamp Vancouver

April 29th, 2008 by Miss604   12 Comments

I just upgraded my WordPress to 2.5.1 and to celebrate as well as promote WordCamp Vancouver this week, I’ve recorded a quick little screencast.
This video has been edited for time on Flickr.
A full version it can be viewed on Viddler.
I just used my MacBook’s internal mic so I know some folks will be cringing at [...]

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Vancouver Social Media Scene: WordCamp, DrupalCamp, NetSquared, Launch Party 4

April 28th, 2008 by Miss604   6 Comments

Hustling and bustling with all sorts of social media, web, and internetty activity Vancouver’s Social Media dance card is rather full for the month of May. Here’s what will be happening around town (and what will more than likely be live blogged).
What: WordPress Camp Vancouver
When: Wednesday April 30th, from 5:30pm to 8:30pm
Where: The Network Hub
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WordPress Camp Vancouver

April 22nd, 2008 by Miss604   17 Comments

Over the last few years John and I have given some tips, pointers, coded pages, created themes and shared our wealth of knowledge about WordPress.
Want to know how to move from Blogger to WordPress? Want to know the difference between WordPress.com and an actual WordPress-powered site? What’s the deal with plugins and which will [...]

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Wishing I was at WordCamp

July 20th, 2007 by Miss604   No Comments

I heard about WordCamp a little while ago because I have Matt on my Twitter and he mentioned something about tickets.
WordCamp is a 2-day conference for WordPress users and developers. The first day will focus on how to be a better blogger, the second on the development and future of WordPress. …To get WordPress users [...]

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