I’m back from WordCamp UK. It was a fantastic weekend and I am very pleased to have met so many interesting and talented people.
The presentations and talks were very informative, and I learnt a lot, which is always a good thing. I have to thank my fellow question time participants and fellow code surgeons for our sections.
There has already been talk of next year’s WordCamp and I can’t wait.
I’m almost ready for my trip to WordCamp UK. I’m going first thing tomorrow morning by train. “It’s easier by train”, and as it happens, the car is broken and in the menders!
I forgot to mention that I am also on the Code Surgery panel on Sunday too. If you have any coding problems there is still time to submit your questions to the surgeons.
There are still a couple more hours to buy tickets. Please come along, I look forward to seeing you there.
Ooh! I’ve been invited to sit on the panel for a question and answer session on Saturday at WordCamp UK. I’m sort of looking forward to it.
The current running order has the panel on just before lunch, but I don’t think that’s finalised yet.
Tickets are still on sale and it’s a ticket only event. No ticket, no getting in.
Check out the all new WordCamp UK 2008 blog.
I’m going!
Looking forward to both days events
After some last minute changes (and upsetting a few people) there is now a new venue for the WordCamp UK 2008 event.
The new venue is The Studio, it is still in Birmingham, and in fact quite close to the previously planned venue. The Studio has a directions map and their main web site lists all the features. The event will be hosted in ‘Atrium Bar’ and the adjoining ‘Open’ room.
Someone kindly set up a Google Maps directions page.
For full details go to the WordCamp UK wiki.
WordCamp UK is an informal gathering of WordPress bloggers, podcasters, designers and developers based in the United Kingdom.
When? – Saturday and Sunday 19-20 July 2008
Where? – Aston University Lakeside Centre, Birmingham
I’ll be there, will you?
Another year has passed for WordPress. This birthday comes just in time for the fantastic announcement from Matt about the future of Automattic and WordPress.
WordPress goes from strength to strength each year, and it has come an incredible distance since the beginning. Matt and the team at Automattic really do a fantastic job.
Many happy returns!
I noticed a few days ago that Akismet had caught more than 1 million spam comments on this blog. That’s an incredible amount. I didn’t think more about it until I spotted that Darren Rowse blogged about “The Blog Tool that Has Saved Me Months of Work” referring to Akismet having caught 2 million spam comments for him. He calculates that it has saved him over 46 days of moderation time.
Wow! That means it must have saved me 23 days effort, using his calculations. If I include the 200,000 or so it has caught on the other blogs I manage, it’s an awesome amount of time saved.
I have to agree that Akismet is a fantastic tool, and second his comment to encourage you to pay for Akismet if you are getting a great service out of it.
