Brainstorming Session

I heard through the grape vine last week that a local group was considering organizing a WordCamp for Orange County. Imagine my surprise! I got in contact with William, one of the organizers, and we’ve been talking about how to work together to put on a successful event. The OCPHP group is having a meetup next week, and they’re going to have a planning session to discuss ideas for OC WordCamp. For all of you who want to pitch in some ideas, or just meet other like-minded people, I encourage you to show up and say hi. The brainstorming session will start at 6PM on Jan. 27. You can get more info and RSVP at the OCPHP Meetup page. I hope to see you all there, and look forward to hearing some exciting ideas.

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Blair Williams Love Fest Heads to Orange County

I met Blair through John P. at WordCamp Las Vegas. Upon my return home, I bought and installed the pro version of Blair’s plugin, Pretty Link to check it out. I was totally impressed with the functionality that his plugin brought to the table and began looking through his code. Let me tell you, it is a meticulously organized and succinctly written bit of code. Blair not only writes code, but effectively markets a pro version of his plugin.

As if he wasn’t busy enough, over the last few months, Blair has been busy writing another plugin, Mingle. Mingle is a simple way to turn your WordPress blog into a social network without the overhead of WordPress MU and BuddyPress. He launched a companion site to showcase the plugin’s abilities when he released the plugin and the site has become nothing less than what I would consider to be a Blair Love Fest. The feedback he’s gotten on the plugin has been overwhelmingly positive.

I think we can all learn a lot from Blair’s breadth of knowledge.

It is my great pleasure to announce that we have confirmed that Blair will be presenting in Orange County. If you’ve ever wondered how to build and market a WordPress plugin, come check him out.

You can find Blair at the following places:

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Put In Your 2¢

We have a good idea what we want to see at Orange County WordCamp, but we won’t be the only ones in attendance. We want this event to be as meaningful for everyone as possible. Fill out the poll below and let us know what you want to experience at Orange County WordCamp 2010.

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Big Time Support From John Hawkins

9seeds - Dynamic Web Cultivation Over the weekend I had the pleasure of attending Blogworld Expo as well as WordCamp Las Vegas. While Blogworld was fairly large, WordCamp Las Vegas was a more intimate and exclusive sub-conference I had the opportunity to talk one-on-one with some really great WordPress users and developers, including long time WordCamp Las Vegas organizer, John Hawkins of John Hawkins Unrated. John gave us the low down on how an event like this should really shape up. Needless to say, his insight was very valuable for us since it’s our first time planning an event like this. John really believes in what we’re trying to do, so he accepted our request to have him present and also decided to sponsor the event through his new venture 9seeds. We couldn’t be happier to have John on board, and I hope you feel the same.

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Shopp Plugin Sponsors OC WordCamp

Shopp WordPress Plugin

We’ve just confirmed from Jonathan Davis of Ingenesis, that he’ll be providing a few single site licenses for the popular Shopp plugin for some lucky attendees of Orange County WordCamp.

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OC WordCamp Planning in Full Swing!

Hot on the heels of WordCamp Los Angeles, the planning begins for WordCamp Orange County. We’re narrowing down dates in Spring 2010 based on our possible venues, but definitely March or April. If you want to get involved, we’re looking for volunteers. Fill out the contact form and let us know you’re ready to help.

We’re working with Cal Events to put on a great show for you guys. More info coming soon!

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  • Event Details

    Date: April 24, 2010
    Location: UC Irvine
    Time: 9am-6pm
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