Shel Israel has been blogging the conference, and he liveblogged the panel I was on. He’s on the stage right now (with a lawyer and the woman from Delta who was fired for the pictures) so I’ll stop blogging and pay attention.
Category Archives: Events
At Web 2.0
This conference is really great. Right now Barry Diller is on stage fielding questions and it’s pretty high quality conversation. At the “launchpad” most of the demos were pretty unpolished, but one that stood out was Zimbra, which I blogged a few weeks ago. The best part, as with most conferences, is running into people outside of the sessions.
Web 2.0 Conference
Blogging may be light as I’ll be at the Web 2.0 conference and the surrounding activities the next few days. Since I couldn’t afford to attend it last year (a couple of grand is high for a college kid in Houston) I’ve been really looking forward to everything this year. I’m part of a workshop on “Open Source Infrastructure” at 9:45 AM, Wednesday. If you’re going to be at the conference I would love to meet you, so please don’t hesitate to introduce yourself!
Web 1.0
I got a pass to Web 2.0 this year (Open Source Infrastructure workshop) but I’m also going to check out Web 1.0, which looks like the most promising conference of the year.
BAR Camp
Blog Business Summit starts today, but what I’m really looking forward to is BAR Camp this weekend. I think this is the start of something very exciting.
Fillmore Jazz Festival
The Fillmore Jazz Festival is this weekend in San Francisco.
Seattle Meetup
Okay WordPress is merging with the Canadians and the Drupal geeks in a giant unified open source party/meetup at the Fairmont Hotel at 6:30 PM tonight, June 25. Come one and all to learn the real future of Open Source. 😉
Open Source Panel
Yesterday’s panel on Tomorrow’s Open Source went very well, and my thanks to Matt Westervelt, Asa Dotzler, and Scott Collins for making it so fun. I think if you were to summarize the entire panel to one thing, the key to the future of Open Source is to “listen to your mother.”
In Seattle
New York was a blast, but now I’m all the way on the other side of the country in chilly Seattle. There are apparently quite a few conferences going on here this week so booking a hotel was a nightmare, the selection was very limited, but on the plus side I ended up on one of the top floors of the Sheraton and the view is great. Gnomedex looks like it’s going to be a lot of fun and have a ton of good information. We’re going to do a WordPress BoF or party or open source bar or something, so put your name on the list on this page. I didn’t get to meet a whole lot of people in NY because my schedule was so tight, so hopefully I can catch up in Seattle.
NY Meetup Update
So it looks like Saturday is going to be too crazy to do a meetup on that day, but there is going to be a joint party with Lifehacker and Nick Denton on Tuesday night at 7 PM. If you’d like to go please send me an email and I’ll reply with the details.
New York City Meetup
So I’ll be in New York City (for the first time) from June 18th through the 22nd for the Collaborative Technologies Conference. The trip looks like it’s going to be really busy, but if there’s enough interest I’d love to do a WordPress meetup on Saturday or Sunday. Leave a comment if you’re in the New York area and would be interested in getting together.
WordPress BayCon 2005
“BayCon is one of the five largest regional annual science fiction and fantasy conventions in the United States, and has been held annually since 1982.” With a program schedule that includes everything from “People for the Ethical Treatment of Mars” to “Historical Swordfights – How They Were Done” to “Belly Dancing Workshop.” Well I just got word that WordPress will be joining the party with a WordPress BoF at 1 PM on Sunday in the Chardonnay Room. I’ll be there and I promise not to try out any of the belly dancing I learned the previous day.
At Gnomedex
I’m very much looking forward to Gnomedex in a few weeks and I noticed today that my bio is up on the speaker page. It says I’ll share “Why style is just as important as substance.” I know they can’t be talking about my fashion sense, so I’ll take the safe route and stick to stylesheets.
Geek Lunches Dangerous
Scoble got in trouble for the very long geek lunch/meetup last Saturday in Seattle. He also relates a funny story from the afternoon. We had about 15 people come and go during the meetup and it was a lot of fun — thanks to all who came out.
Seattle Meetup Location
Okay so it looks like the best place in terms of size, price, and location of those suggested is The Pike Pub & Brewery which sounds like a fun, laid-back place perfect for a meetup. Thanks to Scott and Jane for suggesting it. Still going to meet at 1 PM. It looks like there are going to be some great people attending, so it should be a lot of fun. Oh, and the tag for today is “wordpressmeetup“. 🙂
Seattle Meetup
Okay, so the Seattle meetup is going to be on Saturday at 1 PM in downtown Seattle. Exact location to be determined. Scoble is going to suggest some places and come out and Scott Berkun is also trying to make it out. Should be some interesting conversation. If you leave a comment with an email I’ll email you when we know the place. Update: Here’s the skinny.
Jakob Nielsen
I went to the BayCHI event last night which had speakers from Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, A9, and Jakob Nielson. I mentioned WordPress and thanked him for his free articles, which I usually enjoy even if I don’t agree with them. Niall snapped a picture of Jakob and I on his Sony F828.
Computers, Freedom, and Privacy
I suppose now is a good time to blog that I’m going to be speaking at the 15th annual conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy in Seattle this Friday on the panel “Unstoppable Speech (or, The Revolution Will Be Podcast).” If you’re in the area you should check out the conference, it looks excellent. I’m also looking for things to do in Seattle, any suggestions? Anyone interested in a WordPress meetup?
Copenhagen Meetup
WordPress World Tour
So I’m doing a little vacation this week and I’m going to be Florence, Italy until Tuesday the 29th, Venice until Friday the 1st, and then Copenhagen, Denmark through Sunday the 3rd. If anyone wants to do a WordPress/Photo Matt meetup while I’m in town, drop me a note. Also if you have any suggestions of things to do in any of these places please leave a comment. Blogging will be light this week, but I’ll be sure to take lots of pictures. 🙂